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...
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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...
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Kukuczka is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Czesław Kukuczka (1935–1974), Polish defector killed at the Berlin Wall Jerzy Kukuczka...
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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...
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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...
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hurricane-force winds and temperatures below −40c°, Andrzej Czok and Jerzy Kukuczka achieve the first winter ascent on 21 January. 1986 – A mostly Polish...
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1979 – Lhotse (8516 m), 4 October, ascent together with Andrzej Czok, Jerzy Kukuczka and Janusz Skorek. 1980 – Mount Everest, participated in the winter...
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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...
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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...
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ascent was repeated three days later by Andrzej Heinrich and Jerzy Kukuczka, with Kukuczka setting an additional record for climbing two eight-thousanders...
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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...
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expedition), with Jerzy Kukuczka and Marek Łukaszewski 1975 – Grandes Jorasses, N face (Pointe Hélène, Polish route), new route, with Jerzy Kukuczka and Marek...
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director Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountain climber Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and sports commentator Jerzy Owsiak...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"Thunderstorms" "Skiing" "Avalanches" 2011 – "Kukuczka" – documentary film dedicated to Jerzy Kukuczka. (producer, scriptwriter, director.) 2011 – "Art...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Academy of Physical Education im. Jerzy Kukuczka in Katowice Higher Silesian Seminary in Katowice There are also: around...
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Kubacki (born 1990), Polish ski jumper and Olympic bronze medalist Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989), Polish alpinist Adam Małysz ( born 1977) Polish ski jumper...
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September 2019 to Wielicki as the 11th Lifetime Achievement award. Jerzy Kukuczka Wanda Rutkiewicz List of eight-thousanders "W Newsweeku: Czy Krzysztof...
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Artur Hajzer (1962–2013) Poland, first winter ascent of Annapurna with Jerzy Kukuczka (1987) Colin Haley (born 1984) US, traverses and speed solo ascents...
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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...
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Joszef Sir Hungary Katarina Witt East Germany Ralph Klein Canada Jerzy Kukuczka Poland Antonio Mariscal Mexico Josef Neckermann West Germany Jasdev...
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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...
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climb Nanga Parbat, along with her husband Maurice Barrard. In 1985, Jerzy Kukuczka, Zygmunt Heinrich, Slawomir Lobodzinski (all Polish), and Carlos Carsolio...
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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...
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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...
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