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Date: 05/01/1950
On 5 January 1950, Krzysztof Wielicki was born in Szklarka Przygodzicka. A formidable Polish mountaineer and one of the leading figures in Himalayan mountaineering, he is the fifth person to have summited all 14 eight-thousanders. A leading expert in winter expeditions, he was the first to make winter ascents of no fewer than three eight-thousanders:Everest in 1980 – the first winter ascent of an eight-thousander – Kangchenjunga in 1986 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and Lhotse in 1988, as a solo ascent: a remarkable feat!