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JAN CERVINKA / MOUNTAINEERING

Moments in the history of Czechoslovak Expedition Mountaineering

Československé reprezentační horolezecké družstvo
ve Vysokých Tatrách v roce 1955
Czechoslovak national climbing team training
in the High Tatras, 1955

Economic Realities and Preparing to Go

Karákóram-Pákistán-Harámoš, Návrat domů afghánskou pouští, 1970 | Karakorum-Pakistan-Haramosh, Return home through the Afghan desert, 1970

Lost Landscapes and the Aesthetics of the Expedition Experience

Himálaj-Nepál-Makalu, Cesta nosičů po sněhu,1973, 1976 | Himalaya-Nepal-Makalu, Carriers en route on snow, 1973, 1976

“What kind of oil do I use for the car???”

Kopie dopisu, který Červinkovi poslal uznávaný kronikář Anders Bolinder, tehdejší tajemník Švýcarského himálajského klubu, v němž se snaží určit, který ze dvou severních vrcholů Manáslu je vyšší. Bolinder zmiňuje, že problém konzultoval i s Čechy, kteří provedli prvovýstup na II. severní vrchol Manáslu v roce 1979 | A copy sent to Jan Cervinka of a letter by respected chronicler Anders Bolinder, then-secretary of the Swiss Himalayan Club, trying to establish which of the two Manaslu North Peaks are higher. Bolinder mentions having also consulted with the Czechs who had made a first ascent of Manaslu North II in 1979

Jan Cervinka lived with his wife Vera Patkova in the mountains of Czech Republic until his death in April 2025. Like Edmund Hillary, he was a beekeeper, every year supplying family and friends with jars of honey. Around him gathered s a community of friends - many of whom dated back to his days when he was an active climber and a leader of the local climbing club, which he founded in the small town of Vrchlabi, where he moved with his family in the wake of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Moments in the history of Czechoslovak Expedition Mountaineering

Training

Economic Realities and Preparing to Go

Getting There

Lost Landscapes and the Aesthetics of the Expedition Experience

The Trek

Making the Way to the Top

Exhaustion and Illness

Rescues and Tragedies

“What kind of oil do I use for the car???”

Exploring the World’s Peaks

What Remains