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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Anna Czerwińska
- Anna Czerwinska (born July 10, 1949 in Warsaw) is a Polish mountaineer.
- She is known for being the oldest woman to Summit Mount Everest (at the time) at the age of 50 (born 7/10/49 climbed Everest from the Nepal side on 5/22/2000).
- She has also published several books about mountaineering. The first Polish woman to reach the Seven Summits.
- She is D.S.
- (Pharmacy) but she left medicine science for the mountains and now is a business woman.
- She owns a purchasing firm.
- She has been climbing for 33 years, usually in all-women teams.
- In summer 1977 with Krystyna Palmowska she climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn.
- This was the first time women climbed such a difficult wall.
- In 1978 with Krystyna Palmowska, Wanda Rutkiewicz and Irena Kesa she climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn in winter.
- Again they were the first women to succeed and it created a sensation in the European mountaineering world.
- Anna Czerwinska was a member of the Polish Gasherbrums Expedition in 1975.
- In 1979 with Krystyna Palmowska they climbed a new route, Rakaposhi (7788 m), in Pakistan.
- On June 30, 1983 they both climbed Broad Peak, Rocky Summit - Czerwinska, Main, Snowy Summit 8047 meters - Palmowska).
- It was only a two women expedition.
- Czerwinska tried to reach the top of K2 three times: in 1982, 1984 and 1986, the last time she was a witness to tragedy when 13 climbers died on the mountain.
- On July 15, 1985 she was on the summit of Nanga Parbat with Wanda Rutkiewicz and Krystyna Palmowska - the first women team on the top without support of men.
- She tried two times to climb Kanchenjunga: in 1980 and in 1990 as a leader of the expedition. She led the Makalu Expedition in 1988 and was also a member of the Makalu Expedition in the winter of 1990.
- For five years she “collected” the highest summits of the continents: Aconcagua (South America) and Kilimanjaro (Africa) in 1995 r.; Mount McKinley (North America), Elbrus (Europe) and Mount Kosciuszko (Australia) in 1996 r.; Mount Vinson (Antarctica) in 1998 r.; Carstensz Pyramid (Australia with Oceania) in 1999 r.; Mount Everest (Asia) 5/22/2000.
- On 10/6/00 she climbed Shishapangma (unclear if the Central or Main Summit).
- She is the author or coauthor of many books about climbing on Matterhorn, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Nanga Parbat, K2.
- This December she will publish her new book about the 7 Summits.
- She is also the oldest woman to summit Mount Everest.
- On May 21, 2001 Anna summitted Lhotse, then Cho Oyu on September 25, 2001.
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