AGREST Ambassadors
AGREST AMBASSADORS are experienced climbers, instructors, title-winning competition climbers, and successful route setters. It is them we consult our projects with and who provide us with feedback after testing our products. It is important for us that our products meet the needs of the climbing community, which is why we treat it very seriously and we’re open to any comments, suggestions, and new ideas.
AGREST WOMEN
KATARZYNA BERBEKA - has been climbing since 2003.
She loves climbing for bringing a lot of fantastic people in her life who she loves to spend time with both climbing in the rocks and indoors.
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DARIA BRYLOVA - has been climbing for over 10 years
In Poland, as one of few women, she sent three VI.6 routes in Mamutowa Cave.
Abroad, she clipped the anchor of 4 routes graded 8b and one 8b+
She boulders in the rocks very rarely, but she sent one 8A boulder and a couple of 7A boulders.
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JOANNA NIECHWIEDOWICZ - has been climbing since 2004.
More difficult routes in the rocks which are worth mentioning:
Shock the Monkey VI.5+/6
Pobicie Tytanów VI.5+/6
Powitanie Wiosny VI.5+/6
Fałszywy Prorok VI.6
Hipertrofia treningowa VI.6
Czekając na Gofoffa VI.6
and couple of VI.5+ and plenty of VI.5
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KAROLINA OŚKA - has been climbing since 2010.
Right now, she’s into climbing technically difficult big wall routes.
Her greatest achievements are Classic big-wall ascends of Freerider, El Corazon and Golden Gate at El Capitan in Yosemite, sending difficult multi-pitch routes: Pilar del Cantabrico at Picos de Europa (8a+), Final Frontier (5.13b) in Yosemite and RP ascends: Nie dla psa Kiełbasa VI.7, Ekspozytura szatana VI.6+, Próba Turinga VI.6+ and OS and Flash up to 8a
ascends: Nie dla psa Kiełbasa VI.7, Ekspozytura szatana VI.6+, Próba Turinga VI.6+ and OS and Flash up to 8a
MAJA RUDKA - has been climbing since 2010.
Member of Korona climbing club in Krakow.
In 2017, she won third place in the European Youth Bouldering Championships
In 2020, she won the Polish Boulder Cup.
Climbing in the rocks is what she loves the most.
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AGREST MEN
PIOTR BUNSCH - has been climbing since 2002.
An extremely efficient and successful competition climber.
In the rocks: 3x9a RP, 8b+ OS.
He does not shy away from adventure either— he’s added 33-pitch Freerider at El Capitan to his achievements.
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MARCIN CIEPIELEWSKI – has been climbing since 2001
Member of Kotłownia Club in Lublin and Korona Climbing Club in Kraków.
An artist linking two passions – climbing and photography.
Has been awarded in Poland as well as on prestigious international competitions.A winner of 7th CVCE Photo 2021- Donostia/San Sebastian
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MICHAŁ CZECH - has been climbing since 2010 (when he was 15)
8b RP i 7c OS in sport climbing and 7c+ RP i 7b+ OS in trad climbing.
His list of major achievements includes:
FAs of 3 six-thousanders in Pakistan, including two via new climbing routes in the Shuijerab Region in North Karakoram
Solo traverse of Guillamet and Memroz (known as Motocross Traverse), Fitz Roy Massive, Patagonia
Three free climbing routes on El Capitan: Freerider (VI, 5.13a, 900m), Golden Gate (VI, 5.13b, 900m), El Corazon (VI 5.13b, 900m)
First Polish ascent of Divine Providence (7b, 900m), Grand Pilier d’Angle, Mont Blanc
First Polish ascent of L'or du Temps on Grand Capucin (7c+, 450m)
New winter route on the east face of Pośredni Gerlach in the Tatras - Halucynacje (M6+, 650m)
over 120 routes in the Tatras (half of them in winter)
Nity (VI.4) free solo
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ŁUKASZ DUDEK - has been climbing since 1999
He has climbed nearly 20 routes rated 9a
The author of a boulder called Obsesja, rated 8c
Co-author of the Alpine Wall Tour project (2015)
He has done the first ascent of an 8-pitch route Tortour 8c in the rope solo style (2019)
The first man who climbed Pan Aroma 8c rope solo style (8.08.2020)
Delirium 8c rope solo (08.2022), Wilder Kaiser
KAMIL FERENC - has been climbing since 2003r.
6x 8b+ OS,
7x 9a, 2x 9a/a+, 1x9a+ RP
That says it all..
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President of the Mountain Marathons Foundation, which organizes, among others, the Lower Silesian Mountain Running Festival,
Climbing instructor, speleologist,GOPR Senior Rescuer.
He has participated in speleological exploration trips of the Polish Mountaineering Association (PZA) to cave systems of Austria, Ukraine and China.
He has been practising endurance sports for over 25 years
In 2014, he was classified in the TOP 10 of the Ultra-Trail Word Tour Series world ranking
In 2016, Piotr Hercog launched his project – the Hercog Mountain Challenge
WADIM JABŁOŃSKI - has been climbing since 2009r.
Mountaneer, associated in the SAKWA Climbing Club.
So far he has climbed in the Alps, Scottish Highlands and the mountains of Norway, Caucasus, Karakoram, the Indian and Nepalese Himalayas.
His selected climbs:
Main Ridge of the Tatras – solo, time: 5.5 days
Pakistani Disco M6 WI4+ 800m - Trident Gunj-e-Sar 6150 m n.p.m. (Karakorum, Pakistan) - first ascent,
Gangotri Gambling 6c+ M6 A0 – Turnia Sokoła 5602 m n.p.m. (Himalayas Garhwalu, India) – first ascent,
Peuterey Integrale, time: 29h
ADAM KARPIERZ - has been climbing since 2003
5 x 8c+ RP, 8b OS, VI.5/+ OS
X (8b) in Tatras (in the second attempt)
Deep Water solo: 8b, 8a fl, 7c+ os
Boulders do 8A+ fb
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GRZEGORZ KAROLAK - has been climbing since 1999r.
He concentrates mostly on bouldering. He successfully completes boulder problems at 8a and routes at 8b. He's a co-owner of the now legendary climbing gym in Warsaw called Bloco.
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GABRIEL KORBIEL - wspina się od 2012 r.
Związany z KW SAKWA. Na koncie ma m.in.El Capitan, Freerider (5.12d, 900m, RP), pięciodniowe przejście
Chorwacja, Paklenica, Spider (8a, 300m, RP)
Alpy, Filar Narożny, Divine Providence (ED+, 7b+, 900m, OS), pierwsze polskie przejście klasyczne
Peru, La Esfinge, Welcome to the slabs of Koricancha (8a, 650 m, RP)
Maroko, Tadrarate, L'axe du mal (7c+, 500m, RP)
Tatry, Mnich, Metallica IX/IX+ RP, Saduś IX RP
Wspinanie sportowe na poziomie 8c RP i 8a OS
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RAFAŁ PORĘBSKI - has been climbing since 1997r.
Together with his family, he lives in a Mongolian yurt exploring Catalonian cliffs. Among his achievements there is a variety of grades, among others: tens of onsighted routes at 8a/a+, 100x8b/b+, 15x8c/one of which opened by him, 2x 8c+.
He regularily climbs in the mountains as well.
ALEKSANDER ROMANOWSKI - has been climbing for 20 years.
The three-time winner of the Champion of Poland title in bouldering and won numerous Polish Cup competitions.
Active routesetter.
ŁUKASZ SMAGAŁA - has been climbing for over 20 years.
Avatar Team Trainer, active instructor and route setter.
PIOTR SUDER - he's been climbing since 2000.
Route setter of the Polish Mountaineering Association (PZA) since 2012.
He’s a certified Class II Trainer in Sport Climbing.
PIOTR SZTABA - has been climbing since 1990.
Active Tatra Mountain Instructor of PZA (Polish Alpine Association), co-owner of the Climbing School Kilimanjaro.
Tatra mountaneer and author and co-author of plenty of new climbing routes (summer and winter).
Participant of exploring expeditions as well as skitouring in Karakorum,
or big walls in Axu, Jordan and USA.
Still a sport climber up to 7C OS
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MARCIN 'YETI' TOMASZEWSKI - has been climbing since end of 80'
a Polish mountaineer, alpinist, big wall climber, climbing instructor
a member of the Polish Mountaineering Association (PZA) National Team in mountaineering
1991-2022 he climbed 250 routes in Tatra Mountains in Winter and in Summer (21 new routes, 15of them solo), and 70 climbing routes in Alpes
Last achievement in Greenland: First Ascent FRAM 700 m, unclimbed wall,
First Winter Big Wall (together with Paweł Hałdaś)
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MARCIN WSZOŁEK - has been climbing since 1996r.
A key Polish route setter with IFSC certification (2012).
4x VI.7 (2 first ascents)
1x 9a
In Mountains (together with Konrad Ociepka): Voile Petit 8b, End of Silence 8b+, Hotel Supramonte 8b.
GRZEGORZ GROCHAL - has been climbing since 1992r.
In the late nineties he climbed 2 routes rated VI.7 and several routes VI. 5 OS.
He’s a co-author of multi-pitch routes in the Tatras, Jordan, Oman, Morocco, and Mexico.
