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In February 2020, Mammut Pro Team athlete Dani Arnold set off on a challenging expedition to Lake Baikal - a UNESCO World Heritage Site and at 1642 metres the deepest, at more than 25 million years the oldest and with a volume of more than 23,000 km³ the freshwater lake with the most water on earth. The Siberian winter provided fascinating conditions for this extraordinary journey. The pictures speak for themselves ...

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The first steps on the frozen Lake Baikal impressed Dani Arnold very much: “The completely clear view through the thick ice into the deepest lake in the world was so fascinating and will remain in our memories for ever.”

Image credit: Mammut Sports Group AG, Thomas Monsorno

In winter, the conditions around Lake Baikal are so extreme that hardly any athlete had tackled the adventure of ice climbing above the Siberian lake before Dani Arnold.

Image credit: Mammut Sports Group AG, Thomas Monsorno

In icy temperatures, every move became laborious and took much longer than usual. Due to the extremely hard ice, screwing in ice screws “was never more difficult anywhere in the world,” says Dani Arnold.

Image credit: Mammut Sports Group AG, Thomas Monsorno

With each day in the ice, the new routes directly above the frozen lake became longer and more difficult. In total, Dani Arnold managed to climb ten new routes between WI5 and M8*, up to 40 meters long, on the cliffs of Olkohn Island.

Image credit: Mammut Sports Group AG, Thomas Monsorno
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