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A Polish man is among four victims of accidents that occurred within two days in the Mont Blanc massif on the French and Italian sides, the ANSA news agency reported. These accidents occurred in good conditions in the mountains, but after heavy snowfall.more

Himalayan climber Piotr Krzyżowski from Bielsko-Biała reached the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest (8,848 m), without using additional oxygen. He did this just two days after climbing Lhotse (8,516 m), the fourth peak of the earth. He is the second Pole to conquer Everest without using oxygen from a cylinder.more

American mountaineer Ed Viesturs announced that he was giving up the title of the first person in the world to conquer all eight-thousanders. He was awarded number 1 in the Guinness Book of Records after the name of the famous Italian climber Reinhold Messner was removed from it.more

The feat of Norwegian Himalayan climber Kristin Harili, who conquered 14 of the world's highest mountains in 92 days, has been overshadowed by the death of a Pakistani porter en route to K2 and the controversy surrounding the circumstances of the tragedy and the behavior of the climbers near the seriously injured man.more

Italian Marcello Ugazio made it from Genoa to Mont Blanc in less than 15 hours, cycling 300 kilometers and then climbing the peak, accompanied by a guide, from which he returned.... by helicopter. This caused controversy on the French side.more

British climber Kenton Cool this week made the 17th ascent of Mount Everest (8848 m), which is a record among foreign climbers. Nepalese Kami Rita Sherpa climbed the highest peak of the Earth most often, with 27 successful attacks on his account.more

Andrzej Bargiel interrupted the expedition to Mount Everest (8,848 m) due to bad weather conditions. The aim of the Polish ski mountaineer was the first downhill skiing from the highest mountain in the world without the use of oxygen.more

"Everest Ski Challenge" is a project during which Andrzej Bargiel wants to climb Mount Everest without the use of oxygen and ski down the mountain. The expedition to the highest peak of the globe will start tomorrow.more

Monika Witkowska stood today at the K2 sewing in Karakorum (8,611 m) - it was announced on her Facebook fanpage. Thus, she became the second Pole, after Wanda Rutkiewicz, to accomplish this art.more

The Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa set another record in the history of mountain climbing. The 47-year-old managed to climb for the second time all 14 mountains above 8000 m above sea level.more

12-year-old Italian Federico Tomasi climbed Mont Blanc. His father informed about the record achievement of a gymnasium student from Turin. The daily La Repubblica emphasizes that the teenager has once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible.more

Yesterday the Seym established 2022 as the Year of Wanda Rutkiewicz. "On the 30th anniversary of the death of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland pays tribute to one of the most outstanding mountaineers in the world" - emphasized the resolution.more

Foreigners climbed Mount Everest for the first time since Nepal’s government reopened the mountain after it was shut last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite recent coronavirus cases at its base camp.more

Some congratulate the Nepalese who were the first to reach the K2 summit on Saturday, others congratulate, but at the same time emphasize that it was not a feat. The most controversial is the reaction of Adam Bielecki, who gives the impression of a man dissatisfied with the fact that ten Nepalese mountaineers did what he did not.more

Janusz Gołąb, the first ever winter conqueror of Gaszerbrum I (8068 m), does not follow with great attention the actions of international teams on K2 (8 611 m) in Karakoram. "I am interested in the style of climbing, not commercial expeditions" - admitted the sports manager of the Polish expedition to this summit in the winter of 2018/19.more

45 lat temu - 12 sierpnia 1975 roku - Halina Krueger-Syrokomska i Anna Okopińska dokonały pierwszego w świecie wejścia na ośmiotysięcznik w wyłącznie kobiecym składzie - zdobyły Gaszerbrum II (8034 m) położony w Karakorum podczas wyprawy kierowanej przez Wandę Rutkiewicz.more

China has closed the base camp on its side of Mount Everest to visitors who don't have climbing permits. Authorities have resorted to the unusual move to deal with the mounting waste problem at the site.more

35 years ago, on February 12, 1985, Zakopane residents Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski made their first winter ascent to the eight-thousanders Cho Oyu (8201 m). Poles led a new way. Three days later, Jerzy Kukuczka and Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich reached the summit.more

Russian rescuers found the body of a mountaineer from Poland, who disappeared on Elbrus in the end of January 2019.more

Polish mountaineers discontinued the expedition to Lhotse (8,516 m), the fourth highest mountain in the world - the Polish Mountaineering Association announced today.more

Mountain rescuers have found the body of a Polish mountaineer today who fell into a crevice in the Breithorn massif in the Pennine Alps in Italy.more

A record 885 people climbed Everest in May this year, figures showed Tuesday, capping a deadly traffic-clogged season that also saw 11 climbers die on the world's highest mountain. more

Adam Bielecki, Denis Urubko and Piotr Tomala were decorated by President Andrzej Duda with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Participants of the Polish winter expedition to K2 at the end of January 2018 took part in a rescue operation on Nanga Parbat.more

Climber Elisabeth Revol in two days won Mount Everest and Lhotse - said the organizer of the expedition Rishi Ram Bhandari. The Frenchwoman in January last year was saved on the slopes of Nanga Parbat (8126 m) by the Polish expedition to K2.more

Just a week after breaking his own record for the most number of summits on Mount Everest, Kami Rita Sherpa yet again climbed the world's highest mountain today morning. By achieving this feat, he has become the only mountaineer in the world to hold the record for the most Everest summits.more