Andrzej Zawada (alpinist)

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Andrzej Zawada during the 1980 winter expedition on Mount Everest .

Maria Andrzej Zawada [ ˈandʐɛj zaˈvada ] (born July 16, 1928 in Olsztyn ; † August 21, 2000 in Warsaw ) was a Polish mountaineer , Tatra mountaineer and trained seismologist . He organized and led numerous Himalayan and Tatra expeditions. He was also the author of many mountain films and books (e.g. Last Attack on the Kunyang Chhish , 1973). He was a grandson of Tomasz Rawicz-Zawada, a participant in the January uprising of 1863.

Expeditions

In 1959 Zawada was the guide of the first winter crossing of the High Tatras , which lasted 19 days. In 1971 he led the first Polish expedition to Khunyang Chish (7852 m) in Karakorum . With Tadeusz Piotrowski he managed the first winter ascent of the Noshak (7492 m) in the Hindu Kush (1973). It was the world's first winter ascent of a summit over 7000 m. In 1977 Zawada succeeded in the first ascent of the north face of Koh-i Mandara (6628 m).

In 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy managed the first winter ascent of Mount Everest (8,848 m) under the direction of Zawada. In the winter of 1984/85 he participated in the Polish Cho Oyu expedition with Andrzej Heinrich and Jerzy Kukuczka . At the turn of 1987/88 he led the first Canadian-Polish winter expedition to K2 .

Books

  • Kazimierz Marcinek; Andrzej Zawada: Last attack on the Kunyang Chish (Polish). Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka, Warsaw 1973

literature

  • Fritz Rudolph: Chomolungma and your children. Sportverlag, Berlin 1982

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SURNAME Zawada, Andrzej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zawada, Maria Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish alpinist, Tatra mountaineer and trained seismologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Olsztyn
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2000
Place of death Warsaw