Post by Nictoshek on Apr 4, 2010 15:36:39 GMT -7
The Polish assault on the Himalayas began on the 2nd of July 1939, when a team of four climbers put the white-and-red Polish flag on the virgin summit of Nanda Devi East (7434 meters above sea level).
That is how Poles began the bold charge on Asian seven- and eight-thousanders. They were the first to climb many peaks in winter;
as for mountains which had already been conquered, Poles plotted out new routes, or climbed without oxygen, or extremely quickly - even in one day.
Jerzy Kukuczka lost the race for the first Crown of the Himalayas only
"by one pitch". His female compatriots promoted women's Himalayan climbing, thus bringing feminism into the mountains. Polish mountaineers often had to pay the ultimate price for their unique experiences, but they never quit.
"The Polish Himalayas" is a story of how people from the lowland country cut in half by the Vistula took possession of the highest mountains in the world.
That is how Poles began the bold charge on Asian seven- and eight-thousanders. They were the first to climb many peaks in winter;
as for mountains which had already been conquered, Poles plotted out new routes, or climbed without oxygen, or extremely quickly - even in one day.
Jerzy Kukuczka lost the race for the first Crown of the Himalayas only
"by one pitch". His female compatriots promoted women's Himalayan climbing, thus bringing feminism into the mountains. Polish mountaineers often had to pay the ultimate price for their unique experiences, but they never quit.
"The Polish Himalayas" is a story of how people from the lowland country cut in half by the Vistula took possession of the highest mountains in the world.