Justyn Wojsznis

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Justyn Wojsznis (* 1909 in Warsaw ; † 1965 there ) was a Polish mountaineer from the interwar period.

In the Tatras he made a number of first ascents . Wojsznis also climbed outside of Europe, for example in the Atlas and the Himalayas . Together with his compatriot Jan Alfred Szczepański , he was the first to climb the highest mountain in Chile , the Ojos del Salado (6893 m), on February 26, 1937 .

Wojsznis described his experiences on the mountain in a series of books.

literature

  • Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski: Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska. Poronin: Wydawnictwo Górskie, 2004. ISBN 83-7104-009-1

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150299/ojos-del-salado.html