BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Embassy of Czech Republic (Czechia) -- Event: Mountaineering Day

DC -- Embassy of Czech Republic (Czechia) -- Event: Mountaineering Day:

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Description of Pictures: Mountaineering Day
The European Union National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (EUNIC DC), presents Mountaineering Day at the Embassy of the Czech Republic on September 24, 2022, from 10 am to 2 pm.
Conquer the climbing wall then relax with a cold brew while listening to the folk band Orchester Praževica. Watch a raptor demonstration by Master Class Falconer and Director of the West Virginia Raptor Center, Collin Waybright, and a dog presentation by Expert Trainer Marie Donahue, who works with German Shepherds bred from Czech bloodlines at Rodina Straze.
Delve into how the EU is combating climate change and preserving nature. Learn about top athletes and companies related to mountaineering from EU countries. Take part in a mapping and sustainability challenge. Try making a tasty trail mix and sample delicious “mountain cuisine” with a demo by Italian Chef Roberto Donna. Check out alpine destinations to visit and more. Enjoy a day of “mountaineering through Europe,” while in the heart of Washington, DC.
Free admission | RSVP required | All ages welcome!

PARTICIPANTS:
EUNIC DC:
* Austrian Cultural Forum Washington
* Delegation of the European Union to the United States
* Embassy of the Czech Republic
* Embassy of the Republic of Poland
* Embassy of the Slovak Republic
* Embassy of Slovenia
* Italian Cultural Institute of Washington
+ Embassy of Switzerland

Folks attending included Czech Ambassador to United States Miloslav Stase.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MOUNT_220924_045.JPG: Respect Nature Do not disturb plants or animals.
2. MOUNT_220924_046.JPG: Respect Nature Ask for permission before camping.
3. MOUNT_220924_049.JPG: Respect Nature Keep your dog on a leash.
4. MOUNT_220924_051.JPG: Respect Nature Use the marked fire pits for your barbeque.
5. MOUNT_220924_053.JPG: Respect Nature Planning a nature escape? Opt for public transport.
6. MOUNT_220924_055.JPG: Respect Nature Stay on marked trails.
7. MOUNT_220924_063.JPG: Four rules to go
8. MOUNT_220924_071.JPG: The had little canvas bags that kids could decorate and then fill with nuts.
9. MOUNT_220924_108.JPG: Wanda Rutkiewicz The first woman to reach the summit of the most dangerous mountain in the world - K2. The first European woman to conquer Mount Everest. One of the greatest climbers in history. At the top of Mount Everest she left a small stone brought from Poland. The day she stood on the roof of the world – October 16, 1978 – was exactly the same date cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope John Paul II. ‘The good Lord wanted us to ascend so high on the same day. Both of us as the first Poles‘, the new pope said when he heard about his compatriot‘s achievement. After returning from the expedition, Rutkowska said: ‘As I approached the summit, I had to cover the last 50 meters without oxygen, because my intake valve had frozen shut. So I took the mask off and walked the last few meters breathing the outside air. I was in such a state of euphoria over these final meters that I went to the top at the same pace as with oxygen.’ She loved challenges. She was confident and feisty. But also stubborn. She was born in 1943 to a Polish family in Płungiany, a small town near Kłajpeda, Lithuania. After World War II, she moved with her parents to Wrocław. Her love for the mountains grew slowly. After graduating from high school, she went with her friends to Morskie Oko in the Tatra Mountains. While sitting on the shore of Poland‘s loveliest alpine lake, she was struck by the thought that the landscape was so beautiful she would like to stay forever. She was truly bitten by the mountain bug a little later, however, when she went rock climbing in the Sokole Mountains near Jelenia G�ra. She graduated from the Wrocław University of Technology and became an electronics engineer. Her first job was at the Automated Power Systems Institute in Wrocław; then, after moving to Warsaw, she was employed at the Institute of Mathematical Machines. Every holiday she devoted entirely to climbing. Sunbathing on a beach, she claimed, would be too tiring. At the beginning of her alpine career, Himalayan specialists claimed that women were not suited to high-altitude climbing. Rutkiewicz broke this stereotype. In 1986, she became the first woman in the world to climb K2, one of the most dangerous mountains in the world. She wanted to conquer all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks („eight-thousanders“), following in the footsteps of Reinhold Messner and Jerzy Kukuczka. She called the project her ‘caravan to dreams’. In the end, she climbed eight of them. Apart from Mount Everest and K2, she summited Nanga Parbat, Shishapangma, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Cho Oyu and Annapurna I. She often climbed alone, taking difficult routes and eschewing oxygen. She organised or co-organised women’s expeditions in the Alps and Himalayas. She recorded her achievements and thoughts in articles for climbing magazines. She was also the author of several books and films on climbing. She perished on the way to the summit of Kangchenjunga (8586 m) on May 13, 1992, at the age of 49. She became a legend of Polish and world Himalayism.
10. MOUNT_220924_123.JPG: Princepolo These chocolate bars accompanied Polish mountaineers during numerous expeditions to the highest mountains in the world. They conquered Broad Peak (8,051 m/26,414 ft). Prince Polo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prince Polo is a Polish wafer chocolate bar and one of Poland's top-selling candy brands. It is also sold in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania and Ukraine under the name Siesta, and in Iceland under Prins P�l�. According to measurements shown by Nielsen, the bar has been the most sold chocolate bar for decades in Iceland and was for many years one of the few chocolate bars available in the country. Prince Polo was introduced in 1955, during the early years of the Polish People's Republic, by Olza S.A. in Cieszyn. It is a chocolate-covered wafer, with four layers of wafer joined by three layers of chocolate-flavored filling; it was easily identifiable by its metallic gold-colored wrapper. The company, which was founded in 1920, was purchased by Kraft Jacobs Suchard in 1993. In 1995 the Prince Polo packaging was revised with a new logo; the bar was no longer wrapped in paper and was instead sealed in plastic. Subsequently, several new varieties of Prince Polo were introduced, beginning with Hazelnut (Orzechowy) in 1996, and later milk chocolate, coconut, and Premium (claimed to be a more luxurious version). A larger XXL (52 g) size was also added.
11. MOUNT_220924_175.JPG: Face painting
12. MOUNT_220924_184.JPG: Folk band Orchester Praževica
13. MOUNT_220924_260.JPG: A dog presentation by Expert Trainer Marie Donahue, who works with German Shepherds bred from Czech bloodlines at Rodina Straze
14. MOUNT_220924_312.JPG: Laurel Fork Falconer Job: 12:17 HJV [ I didn't expect a Biblical quote. "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you" ]
15. MOUNT_220924_393.JPG: Czech Ambassador to United States Miloslav Stase (right)
16. MOUNT_220924_418.JPG: And then there were 4...
17. MOUNT_220924_426.JPG: Demo by Italian Chef Roberto Donna
18. MOUNT_220924_487.JPG: The tags are for the trail finder challenge.
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