Good page for a first! And nice pictures! You could include more information in the "Getting There" section like the numbers of the roads you are referring to. I suppose most of us at SP would have some trouble getting there, wouldn't we? Another nice feature would be info on where one can spend the night. Can you free-camp somewhere, etc.
And I'm really happy to see a decent Swinica page! Now I'm looking forward to a little chapter about the technical climbing routes, like Walentkowa Arete (UIAA III? Or much harder?). As for the name of the mountain, I find the other explanation much more convincing – that Swinica bears a resemblance to a swine's head/snout while viewed from the north. It's also worth remembering that in the area there are plenty of toponyms derived from the shepherds' names (they say Niebieska Turnia, literally "Blue Crag" as well)
Any information about the Walentkowa is welcome. IMHO this is the kind of route that has its place out of the Swinica page and it its own page, because non-marked, technical, and whose content wouldn't fit proportionally with other "normal" routes I shortly described.
The SP rule is "do it, post it". I have climbed illegally a couple of times but not that one...
As for the etymology, it is welcome. I'll include it. But I read the one I wrote in many other places.
Gangolf Haub - Apr 26, 2004 12:37 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGood page for a first! And nice pictures! You could include more information in the "Getting There" section like the numbers of the roads you are referring to. I suppose most of us at SP would have some trouble getting there, wouldn't we? Another nice feature would be info on where one can spend the night. Can you free-camp somewhere, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
Gangolf
Scott - May 10, 2004 10:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentLooking good, keep going!
palaeo - Sep 26, 2004 9:15 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentPerhaps some info on maps and guidebooks would be useful. Nice pictures.
sokolxxx - Nov 15, 2004 8:22 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for information. I corrected my page of Swinica so you can see the map and something more.
Tell me...you are from Poland? I saw your page...
Derek Franzen - Apr 15, 2005 3:46 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentNice job!
Romuald Kosina - Jul 16, 2005 10:22 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentThis is a good winter mountain show, the only one within Central Europe.
yatsek - Jan 19, 2010 4:04 am - Hasn't voted
It's 2010The page needs updating and bringing up to today's standards.
yatsek - Apr 9, 2010 6:59 am - Hasn't voted
It's April 2010And I'm really happy to see a decent Swinica page! Now I'm looking forward to a little chapter about the technical climbing routes, like Walentkowa Arete (UIAA III? Or much harder?). As for the name of the mountain, I find the other explanation much more convincing – that Swinica bears a resemblance to a swine's head/snout while viewed from the north. It's also worth remembering that in the area there are plenty of toponyms derived from the shepherds' names (they say Niebieska Turnia, literally "Blue Crag" as well)
visentin - Apr 9, 2010 8:01 am - Voted 10/10
Re: It's April 2010Any information about the Walentkowa is welcome. IMHO this is the kind of route that has its place out of the Swinica page and it its own page, because non-marked, technical, and whose content wouldn't fit proportionally with other "normal" routes I shortly described.
The SP rule is "do it, post it". I have climbed illegally a couple of times but not that one...
As for the etymology, it is welcome. I'll include it. But I read the one I wrote in many other places.