Alpinizm

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

There are 41 different teams with a total of 378 climbers who have been permitted to scale Everest during this year's spring climbing season. more

Veteran Sherpa guide, 49, from Nepal had held previous record of 22 successful ascents with two fellow guides. more

A new alpine road on the northwestern wall of Annapurna (8091 m), acquired only once from this side of the vast massif, is the goal of Adam Bielecki, one of the leading Polish climbers in the coming weeks. The Pole sets off on Sunday, and his German partner Felix Berg will be on the line.more

"K2 remains unconquered in winter and we must respect it" - wrote Bask Alex Txikon, who ended the expedition to this eight-thousander. In December, the Polish team will set off on the second highest peak (8,611 m). "We intensify preparations" - said Piotr Tomala.more

Just before the outbreak of World War II, a group of Polish climbers made a spectacular feat. On July 2, 1939, Jakub Bujak and Janusz Klarner - the first Polish himalists - stood on top of Nanda Devi East. Dariusz Jaroń talks about this expedition in his book "Polish mountaineers".more

Climber Waldemar Kowalewski, who participated in the expedition of Baska Alex Txikon on the only eight-thousand-meter K2 mountain (8,611 m), but hit a stone in the neck and had to finish the expedition, returns to Poland on Thursday.more

Paweł Dunaj and Marek Klonowski, participants of Baska Alex Txikon's expedition to the only eight-thousand-strong K2 (8,511 m), reached the base - said the Russian-Kazakh-Kyrgyz expedition, which reached the summit on Monday. Soon Waldemar Kowalewski is to join them.more

A January unification trip to the Lenin Peak in Pamir (7134 m above sea level), marking a new route to Annapurna or a December expedition on the last eight-thousand-meter K2 mountain (8,511 m above sea level) in winter - these are the plans of the best Polish climbers in 2019.more

During the Thursday press conference in Oviedo, Krzysztof Wielicki expressed his gratitude for granting him this year's Asturian Princess award in the sport category. He stressed that his discipline is "the art of suffering".more

On October 16, 1978, Wanda Rutkiewicz as the third woman and the first European woman stood at the top of the highest peak of the world - Mount Everest (8,850 m). On the same day Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elevated to the Holy See.more

The American Alpine Journal published a report on the January expedition of Tomasz Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol on Nanga Parbat (8 126 m).more

The rescuers saved the Russian climber Aleksander Gukow, who was imprisoned for a few days at an altitude of 6,200 m. on the northern pillar of the Latok I summit (7145 m); Gukow is in a serious condition - rescuers and diplomats said on Tuesday.more

Dramatic hours on Latok 1 (7,145 m): Russian mountaineer Alexander Gukov is currently trapped at 6200 meters after witnessing the death of his climbing partner Sergey Glazunov. A rescue operation is currently underway in a race against time.more