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Heroes awarded France’s highest honour after rescuing alpinist from ‘killer mountain’

Hero Piotr Tomala who received his Legion of Honour from French Ambassador Pierre Levy was part of the rescue mission that saved French climber Elisabeth Revol in January 2018. Leszek Szymański/PAP

The four-man Polish team were on an expedition to scale the peak of K2 188km away when they heard of Elisabeth Revol’s plight and volunteered to brave freezing temperatures of minus 35 degrees Celsius to rescue her. 

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.

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.

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.

What a champ! Andrzej skis down K2 in spectacular world record performance

Last year, the seasoned mountain skier was forced to abandon his K2 challenge. This year he nailed it.

K2 x 2 as man tries skiing down for second time

Fastest man to climb Mt. Elbrus now plans to ski down K2.

Polish K2 expedition abandoned due to bad weather

A Polish attempt to scale the world's second highest peak, K2, in winter has been called off due to adverse weather conditions, the expedition's leader, Krysztof Wielicki, announced on Monday.

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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