glassgowkiss Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 as of now Krzysztof Liszewski did not return from his summit attempt on Everest (no oxygen). Krzysztof was last seen on the summit ridge going towards the top on May 22. The weather was foggy and windy. He was climbing with Adrian Nature, an american-romanian climber. The note did not specify the fate of Adrian. Liszewski (55) was from Lodz, Poland. He was a very acomplished climber and it was his third attempt on Everest. Piotr Pustelnik summited on Manaslu. It was his 13th 8000meater peak (GII twice). Two mountains left to finish the list of 14 peaks are Broad Peak and Annapurna. He was acompanied by Krzysztof Tarasewicz- it was his third 8000-er. Pustelnik suffered from frostbite (his fingers). Looks like Everest is kind of unlucky for polish climbers. In 1999 Tadeusz Kundelski was lost on the South side route. 10 years earlier a group of 4 (Chrobak, Heinrich, Dasal and Gardzielewski) were killed by an avalanche in that area. Yet another little note: in the most recent National Geografic there is a lot of information on Everest. This was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first ascent. In the "comprehensive" review of the "firsts" NG somehow "overlooked" the fact of the first winter ascent. There is a mention on the first without oxygen, first ski descent, first ascent by a blind man and so on. I find it rather fucking frustrating. This review will be used in the future for any historical reseach by millions of people. This "omission" shows complete disrespect to Polish climbing community by NG. Quote
j_b Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 sad to hear the tragic news. can you find more info about adrian? Quote
JoshK Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I'd agree. First winter accent is a hellavu lot more important than the first blind guy to ascend or the first poodle to paradlide off, etc. Stupid on NG's part. Quote
allthumbs Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 how many poles does it take to screw in a lightbulb? just kidding. sorry to hear about the lost climber. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 A: only one polish person to screw in a light bulb polish justice! WINTER SEND Quote
My_xxxth_Avatar Posted June 4, 2003 Posted June 4, 2003 Oh, don't worry too much, all good Poles fade away and come back as something equally repulsive. Liszewski will probably show up here at CC.com eventually as "Papa of Trask" or some such thing, kinda like CrazyPolishBob disappeared and showed up again as Glassgowkiss. Quote
j_b Posted June 5, 2003 Posted June 5, 2003 j_b said: can you find more info about adrian? no news is good news? Quote
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