Polish winter expedition to K2, 2002/3 /Version english and polish/.
Posted by himalman Polish winter expedition to K2, 2002/3 (8611m) led by Krzysztof Wielicki, Poland’s most accomplished Himalayan climber and conqueror of 14 “eight-thousanders”.The expedition has broken the altitude record that man has ever achieved in winter on

Polish Himalayas – The Great Tragedies. /Version english and polish/
Posted by himalman “Mountains are beyond good and evil” – Freidrich Nietzsche. The unprecedented feats in the highest mountains would sometimes claim the lives of the expedition members. Many outstanding mountaineers remained in the mountains forever – unfortunately the list of souls asking for prayer is not limited to Wanda Rutkiewicz and Jerzy Kukuczka. It includes climbers less known to the general public, but no less talented, such as Wojciech Wróż and Andrzej Czok. There are also those who were just beginning to knock on fame’s door or who came to the mountains for sligh

Polish Himalayas – Women in the Mountains. /Version english and polish/
Posted by himalman “The good Lord helped us both climb to great heights on the same day” - this is the most famous quotation related to Polish Himalayan climbing and it moves us now as much as ever, or perhaps even more, since both of the interlocutors are no longer with us. The words were spoken by the pope J

Polish Himalayas – The Great Climbing. /Version english and polish/
Posted by himalman The Himalayas by the Fingertips. A story of extreme climbing always sounds a bit like a fairy tale. As the altitude grows and the difficulties pile up, the eyes of the listeners open wider and wider. Some of them accept the account at face-value, others refuse to believe it, assuming the story-teller is telling stories. Not than you can blame them – it

Polish Himalayas – The Ice Warriors. /Version english and polish/
Posted by himalman Poles in the Himalayas in Winter. The 17th of January 1980 was one of those days in the history of the world when humankind  managed to break another barrier, to push back the boundaries of the impossible yet again – using skill, intelligence and determination. Throughout the centuries there have been many such days for science, art, sport or the exploration of the globe. On the 17th of January two Poles, Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki, joined the exclusive club of the discoverers of the undiscovered, the explorers of the unexplored, the conquerors of the unconquered