Jerzy Kukuczka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish alpine and high-altitude climber (1948–1989)
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Place of Birth: Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Jerzy Kukuczka
- Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 in Katowice, Poland – 24 October 1989 Lhotse, Nepal) was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber.
- Born in Katowice, his family origin is Silesian Goral.
- On 18 September 1987, he became the second man (after Reinhold Messner), to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world; a feat which took him less than 8 years to accomplish.
- He is the only person in the world who has climbed two eight-thousanders in one winter.
- Altogether, he ascended four eight-thousanders in winter, including three as first ascents.
- Along with Tadeusz Piotrowski, Kukuczka established a new route on K2 in alpine style (the so-called "Polish Line"), which no one has repeated.
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