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Daredevil skis world’s seventh tallest mountain

Along with Oswald R. Pereira, a fellow mountaineer from the Sakwa Mountaineering Club in Kraków, Bartek Ziemski set out on the ascent of Dhaulagiri in Nepal in May. Oswald R. Pereira

The challenge was completed by Bartek Ziemki and was undertaken as part of his ongoing quest to ski down the world’s highest peaks.

Polish alpinist named ‘hero’ after rescuing Indian climber from Himalayan hell

The Indian climber Anurag Maloo was attempting to conquer Annapurna in west Nepal when he aborted his attempt at an altitude of about 7,100 metres and went missing during his descent.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Runners give up NYE fun for gruelling 24-hour mountain run to raise money for children’s wheelchairs

Łukasz Wawrzyniak and Urszula Kujawka from the Wawrzynteam running group, will spend 24 hours running continuously on a route near the Wielka Sowa mountain, the highest point of the Owl Mountains range in the Central Sudetes in South-western Poland.

Gran-tastic! Tarnów 78-year-old proves she is fastest granny in the world after running up Tatras in less than two hours

Sprightly Barbara Prymakowska outshone other pensioners in the over 60’s category of the race after running up the Kasprowy Wierch peak 1,986 metres above sea level in a staggering 1hr, 45 minutes.

Spectacular observation tower to once again crown Śnieżnik mountain nearly 50 years after controversial demolition

Inaugurated on 9th July 1899, the 33.5-metre tower – adjoined by a shorter 18-metre structure – was built with the purpose of providing views from the so-called Silesian Mont Blanc and quickly became a hit among hikers of the time.

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

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. 

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  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Poland sparks Russian anger as it begins changing Kaliningrad road signs to Królewiec

Posting on Twitter, the Ministry of Infrastructure said: “The first signs are already leading to Królewiec. We have just started replacing the boards so that they have Polish name Królewiec, not Kaliningrad.

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  • Thousands protest in Warsaw in huge anti-government demonstration
  • Sunday anti-government march is not grassroots event says PM
  • Tusk says size of march shows how many are ready 'to fight for Poland'
  • Thousands to march in Warsaw
  • PM sends condolences following deadly rail disaster in India

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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