The list of Poland's most famous alpinists / mountaineers - who was the best?

Dougpol1 29 | 2497

17 Nov 2015 / #1

Jerzy Kukuczka

Wulkan - | 3136

17 Nov 2015 / #2

Kukuczka

Jerzy Kukuczka world's best mountaineer? he wasn't even the best Polish climber, there were better and more famous ones like Krzysztof Wielicki or Wanda Rutkiewicz.

OP Dougpol1 29 | 2497

17 Nov 2015 / #3

You don't know mountaineering then... ever heard of Alpine style climbing? Sure. It's the " norm" now of course..... For routes and for feats of endurance nobody but nobody beat Kukucka. Stick to something you know about before you comment is my advice.

Wulkan - | 3136

17 Nov 2015 / #4

You don't know mountaineering then

It seems like I know more about it than you.

For routes and for feats of endurance nobody but nobody beat Kukucka.

Negative sir, Krzysztof Wielicki was the best Polish mountaineer ever and Kukuczka (not "Kukucka" learn how to spell you hero's name) was very good, maybe even number 2.

OP Dougpol1 29 | 2497

17 Nov 2015 / #5

It seems like I know more about it than you.

I'll bite Wulkan. You tell me what ascents you've made and what degree of difficulty, and I'll share my (documented) climbs with you.

Fair?

Yosemite 2 | 88

18 Nov 2015 / #6

Im reading Anatoli Boukreev's The Climb at the moment. The Khumbu Ice fall seems a like a nasty place.

Levi 11 | 433

18 Nov 2015 / #7

The Most famous alpinist from Brazil and South America, Waldemar Niclevicz, is from a polish family.

He is also a best-seller book author.

OP Dougpol1 29 | 2497

18 Nov 2015 / #8

Interesting. What books does he write? On mountaineering?