Alpinizm

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

Andrzej Bargiel, who was the first to ski from the top of K2 (8,611 m) to the base of the mountain, admitted that it was exhausting and at times very dangerous. "When I came to the wall, I just lay down on the snow," he said.more

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Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel is trying to become the first person to complete a ski descent of K2.more

Andrzej Bargiel and Janusz Gołąb as well as four Pakistani porters on high ground began climbing on the mountain K2 (8611 m) in Karakorum on Thursday. For 30-year-old Bargiel, the main goal is to enter and exit from the second highest peak in the world.more

Another death on Mont Blanc amid attempts to crack down on under-equipped climbers.more

Four months after the death of Tomasz Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat, his climbing partner Elisabeth Revol has published a letter of thanks for saving her life.more

A 48-year-old Sherpa climber stood atop the world's highest mountain for the 22nd time today becoming the only mountaineer in the world to hold the record for most summits on Mt Everest.more

A group of climbers with a well-known Cracow traveler Piotr Śliwiński embarks on an expedition, the aim of which will be to conquer the highest mountain in the world - Mount Everest to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.more

Bartosz Malinowski together with Joanna Lipowczan were the first Poles to pass the Great Himalayan Trail - one of the most difficult mountain routes in the world, numbering 1,700 km. Later they wandered through the Indian Himalayas.more

Anna Antonina Solska, wife of Tomasz Mackiewicz, who remained at Nanga Parbat at an altitude of about 7300 m, thanked the French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol for taking immediate fight for her husband's recovery and stay with him as long as possible.more

A French climber has described how she left her stricken companion high in the Himalayas and descended alone, narrowly escaping death.more

Adam Bielecki and Denis Urubko reach Elisabeth Revol, but the rescue operation to save Tomek Mackiewicz has been cencelled due to bed weather.more

The rescue operation for the prisoners of Nanga Parbat Tomasz Mackiewicz and Elisabeth Revol, which will be trapped under the Nanga Parbat summit, will begin on Saturday - the Winter Himalayanism website has been informed. The four climbers of the Himalayas will start with two helicopters to help K2.more

The weather and happiness will be decided by Marcin Kaczkan, participant of the winter expedition to K2, the only undiscovered eight-thousander of that time, about climbing the summit. He is one of the three climbers in the world with a winter height record for "Góra Góry".more