Himalaya

Hero climbers carry out daring rescue mission after Italian plunges over 100 feet off side of Himalayan mountain

The group of climbers led by Denis Urubko (pictured), who was last year involved in the rescue of the French alpinist Elisabeth Revol from K2, were quick to respond after reiving an SOS. Denis Urubko/Twitter

Italian climber Francesco Cassardo and his colleague was descending the 6,955 metre Gasherbrum peak VII after becoming the first people in history to reach the top when he fell breaking his leg and suffering a near fatal neck injury. Fortunately for him, a group of Polish and Canadian climbers were nearby who rushed to his rescue.

Himalayas’ King Krzysztof Wielicki adds the Piolets d’Or lifetime achievement award to his long list of distinctions

Awarded annually since 2009, the Piolet d’Or award takes into account levels of technical ability, surpassing limits thought undoable and respect for the mountains and environment.

Nanga Parbat rescue expedition climbers decorated by president

President Andrzej Duda decorated three high-altitude climbers with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on Monday, for their part in a winter 2018 mountain rescue on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat.

Three Poles recognised by National Geographic as Adventurers of the Year

The famous magazine rewards a man who skied down K2 and two climbers involved in a desperate bid to save two colleagues stranded high on one of the world’s highest mountains.

How many fingers does a horse have and other Google searches from Poland in 2018

TFN takes a look a back at this year’s most popular searches and what inspired them. A little hint: football was at the top.

Poles in race to make first winter ascent of K2

Called the Savage Mountain owing to its grim reputation for claiming lives, K2 has never been climbed in winter.

Forty years ago, Wanda Rutkiewicz became the first Polish woman to climb Everest. And then she disappeared in the Himalayas

Although it is widely thought that the 49-year-old perished whilst ascending the third highest mountain in the world, her body has never been found and there are still some who believe she is living in seclusion in the mountains.

Hundreds of Poles head to Everest in Independence Day celebration

Poles hope to set world record by getting 400 people to Everest base camp.

Street in Lithuanian city named after Polish female alpinist

One of the streets in the northwestern Lithuanian city Plunge has been named after the Polish climber Wanda Rutkiewicz. The third woman in history to have conquered Mount Everest was born there on February 4, 1943.

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