Twenty-six days had passed without news from Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas on their winter Greenland expedition. Finally, we received a text from them yesterday with a photo showing the line of a climbing route straight up a huge rock wall. Clearly, the guys had found the winter El Dorado they sought.
![a topo on a picture of a huge vertical wall under blue sky.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25080507/yeti-02-394x700.jpg)
The new route opened Tomaszewski and Haldas.
Moving by snowmobile over the frozen ocean from the town of Ummaannaq to the nearby islands, they pick a huge vertical wall they described as Greenland’s El Capitan, and prepared to climb in -36ºC temperatures. Since then, there had been no further reports — just climbing.
Other than the new route map, there are no details yet. Tomaszewski only said that they were both okay and back in a warm place, presumably Ummaannaq. On social media, they promised to send a report soon. They included some amazing photos that tell a story of their own. Below, some examples.
![Two lonely yellow tents on the ice, among sastrugi, as seen from the wall above.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25081222/yeti-07-700x394.jpg)
Base Camp. The ‘wiggles’ in the snow are sastrugi — hard snow waves created by the wind. Photo: M. Tomaszewski
![The tents at the base of the wall.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25081315/Yeti-03-700x395.jpg)
Base Camp from sea level. Photo: M. Tomaszewski
![Climbing in a blizard, on a vertical rock wall.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25081353/yeti-11-700x394.jpg)
Rough weather. Photo: M. Tomaszewski
![The frozen sea under a stunning ski in the low winter sunlight.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/25081655/yeti-08-700x527.jpg)
The views from the wall, showing dozens of icebergs frozen into the sea ice. Photo: M. Tomaszewski