Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 – 24 October 1989) was a Polish mountaineer. He was born in Katowice, his family was ethnically Silesian Goral. On...

solo first ascent of one of the eight-thousanders. The Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka is noted for creating over ten new routes on various eight-thousander...

Kukuczka is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Czesław Kukuczka (1935–1974), Polish defector killed at the Berlin Wall Jerzy Kukuczka...

of the Himalayan season in 1981. On 3 February 1987, Polish climbers Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer made the first winter ascent of Annapurna I. The first...

Ascent of the main summit by Andrzej Czok and Jerzy Kukuczka without the use of supplemental oxygen (Kukuczka's first conquered eight-thousander, and eventually...

hurricane-force winds and temperatures below −40c°, Andrzej Czok and Jerzy Kukuczka achieve the first winter ascent on 21 January. 1986 – A mostly Polish...

1979 – Lhotse (8516 m), 4 October, ascent together with Andrzej Czok, Jerzy Kukuczka and Janusz Skorek. 1980 – Mount Everest, participated in the winter...

expeditions summited via two new routes, the Magic Line and the Polish Line (Jerzy Kukuczka and Tadeusz Piotrowski). Piotrowski fell to his death as the two were...

January 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Everest in 1980 (also with Kukuczka). He suffered a pulmonary...

ascent was repeated three days later by Andrzej Heinrich and Jerzy Kukuczka, with Kukuczka setting an additional record for climbing two eight-thousanders...

died on the unsuccessful attempt. 1986 The first ascent in winter, by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki on 11 January 1986, they followed the route from...

expedition), with Jerzy Kukuczka and Marek Łukaszewski 1975 – Grandes Jorasses, N face (Pointe Hélène, Polish route), new route, with Jerzy Kukuczka and Marek...

director Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountain climber Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and sports commentator Jerzy Owsiak...

of Norway, Nirmal Purja of Nepal, Kim Chang-ho of South Korea, and Jerzy Kukuczka of Poland) for ascending the 14 eight-thousanders, he climbed six of...

Swiss. In 1988, the Olympic Order was presented to Reinhold Messner and Jerzy Kukuczka, the first two people to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders. Messner...

October renowned Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka ascended Makalu via a new route up the north-western side and north crest. Kukuczka climbed solo, in Alpine style...

"Thunderstorms" "Skiing" "Avalanches" 2011 – "Kukuczka" – documentary film dedicated to Jerzy Kukuczka. (producer, scriptwriter, director.) 2011 – "Art...

ski descent from the top of an 8000-metre peak to base camp. 1983 - Jerzy Kukuczka with Wojciech Kurtyka, new route. Alpine style ascent without the aid...

Ramiro Navarrete, and Ryszard Warecki. 1987: 18 September the two Poles Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer, climbing alpine style, made the first ascent of the...

climber Hermann Buhl in his youth, and later Lynn Hill, Peter Croft and Jerzy Kukuczka. His first ascents were in Mexico: Pico de Orizaba and Popocatépetl...

Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Academy of Physical Education im. Jerzy Kukuczka in Katowice Higher Silesian Seminary in Katowice There are also: around...

Kubacki (born 1990), Polish ski jumper and Olympic bronze medalist Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989), Polish alpinist Adam Małysz ( born 1977) Polish ski jumper...

September 2019 to Wielicki as the 11th Lifetime Achievement award. Jerzy Kukuczka Wanda Rutkiewicz List of eight-thousanders "W Newsweeku: Czy Krzysztof...

Artur Hajzer (1962–2013) Poland, first winter ascent of Annapurna with Jerzy Kukuczka (1987) Colin Haley (born 1984) US, traverses and speed solo ascents...

1995, 18 May 1999, 20 May 2012 and 25 May 2014. He has climbed with - Jerzy Kukuczka, Piotr Pustelnik, Janusz Majer, Krzysztof Wielicki. He has summited...

Joszef Sir  Hungary Katarina Witt  East Germany Ralph Klein  Canada Jerzy Kukuczka  Poland Antonio Mariscal  Mexico Josef Neckermann  West Germany Jasdev...

mountain. Piotrowski died on 10 July 1986. Two days previously he and Jerzy Kukuczka had finished the first ascent of the South Face of K2 (also called the...

climb Nanga Parbat, along with her husband Maurice Barrard. In 1985, Jerzy Kukuczka, Zygmunt Heinrich, Slawomir Lobodzinski (all Polish), and Carlos Carsolio...

1986, Jerzy Kukuczka, Artur Hajzer, and Carlos Carsolio made the first climb of the east summit (7894 m) of Manaslu. The next day, Kukuczka and Hajzer...

Shigehiro on May 10, 1980 Martin Zabaleta and Pasang Temba on May 14, 1980 Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok on May 19, 1980 Reinhold Messner on August 20, 1980...