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Last Post: 26 Sep 2008
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Mermaid   
26 Sep 2008
Life / Famous / Iconic Polish Women [48]

Wanda Rutkiewicz - considered by many to be the best female mountain climber in the world. She was the third woman to climb Mt. Everest (the first western woman to do so) and the first woman to climb K2. She climbed 8 peaks over 8000 meters. She intended to become the first woman to climb all 14 8000meter peaks.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Rutkiewicz
Mermaid   
8 Jul 2007
Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]

Zbigniew Herbert - poet
Krzysztof Penderecki - composer
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - composer
Czesław Słania - postage stamp and banknote engraver
angelfire.com/scifi2/rsolecki/czeslaw_slania.html