Radoslav Golian

I was born in Zvolen. In addition to wandering around the nearby Poľana, I was mostly involved in football and athletics in my youth. My college studies took me to the capital, where I have stayed until now. During my college years, I took up kayaking, started going to the mountains more and discovered the magic of via ferrata. I participated in various running races without the ambition to be among the best (I ran my first and last marathon in 3:15, I ran 10k in about 0:40). I tried skydiving, rafting, canyoning, and several other sports, but climbing and alpinism won my heart.

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I was born in Zvolen. In addition to wandering around the nearby Poľana, I was mostly involved in football and athletics in my youth. My college studies took me to the capital, where I have stayed until now. During my college years, I took up kayaking, started going to the mountains more and discovered the magic of via ferrata. I participated in various running races without the ambition to be among the best (I ran my first and last marathon in 3:15, I ran 10k in about 0:40). I tried skydiving, rafting, canyoning, and several other sports, but climbing and alpinism won my heart.

Climbing has become an integral part of my life and, in fact, a lifestyle. I mainly do sport climbing, while multi-length routes and big walls attract me the most. I consider climbing in mountains to be the most beautiful, and especially in our Tatra Mountains. I have crossed several sharp Tatra ridges, and even though it almost became fatal for me once, crossing the main Tatra ridge still remains my dream

Among my sporting achievements, I value most the winter non-stop crossing of the entire ridge of the Western Tatras with Danka Ivanovova, which we managed after two failed (tragi)comic attempts. According to my information, we are the first to cross it on foot non-stop in winter.

However, my primary goal is not top sports performances, but above all time spent fully, the joy of moving in the mountains, on the rocks and in beautiful nature. Also thanks to climbing, I visited many beautiful places and met amazing people. I climbed in China (Yangshuo, Getu, Hong Kong), in the USA (Red Rock, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, New Jack City), Peru (Cordillera Blanca) and of course mostly in Europe (Berdorf, Sicily, Siurana, El Choro, Paklenica, Dolomites, Wallis and many others). And I would like to continue this. The list of places I would still like to see and where I would like to climb is quite long.