24 October 1989(1989-10-24) (aged 41) Lhotse, Nepal
Website
Virtual Museum of Jerzy Kukuczka
Climbing career
Known for
Second to climb all 14 eight-thousanders
First ascents
Gasherbrum II East, Biarchedi, Manaslu East, Yebokalgan Ri, Shishapangma West
Major ascents
Four winter ascents on the eight-thousanders
Kukuczka on graffiti in KatowiceStreet art of Kukuczka in Bogucice, the district of Katowice where he grew up and lived, unveiled in 2019.[1]
Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 – 24 October 1989) was a Polish mountaineer. He was born in Katowice, his family was ethnically Silesian Goral.[2] 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 to have 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.
^"Mural z wybitnym himalaistą Jerzym Kukuczką odsłonięto w Katowicach". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^Kukuczka, Jerry (2015). "Challenge the Vertical".
Józef JerzyKukuczka (24 March 1948 – 24 October 1989) was a Polish mountaineer. He was born in Katowice, his family was ethnically Silesian Goral. On...
Kukuczka is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Czesław Kukuczka (1935–1974), Polish defector killed at the Berlin Wall Jerzy Kukuczka...
of the Himalayan season in 1981. On 3 February 1987, Polish climbers JerzyKukuczka and Artur Hajzer made the first winter ascent of Annapurna I. The first...
hurricane-force winds and temperatures below −40c°, Andrzej Czok and JerzyKukuczka successfully made first winter ascent on 21 January. 1986 – A mostly...
1979 – Lhotse (8516 m), 4 October, ascent together with Andrzej Czok, JerzyKukuczka and Janusz Skorek. 1980 – Mount Everest, participated in the winter...
expeditions summited via two new routes, the Magic Line and the Polish Line (JerzyKukuczka and Tadeusz Piotrowski). Piotrowski fell to his death as the two were...
Ascent of the main summit by Andrzej Czok and JerzyKukuczka without the use of supplemental oxygen (Kukuczka's first conquered eight-thousander, and eventually...
died on the unsuccessful attempt. 1986 The first ascent in winter, by JerzyKukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki on 11 January 1986, they followed the route from...
expedition), with JerzyKukuczka and Marek Łukaszewski 1975 – Grandes Jorasses, N face (Pointe Hélène, Polish route), new route, with JerzyKukuczka and Marek...
January 1985 with JerzyKukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Everest in 1980 (also with Kukuczka). He suffered a pulmonary...
novelist JerzyKukuczka, Polish mountain climber Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and sports commentator Jerzy Owsiak, Polish social activist Jerzy Pilch, Polish...
October renowned Polish climber JerzyKukuczka ascended Makalu via a new route up the north-western side and north crest. Kukuczka climbed solo, in Alpine style...
route up the SE face in 1988. All these climbs were done together with JerzyKukuczka, without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support. Artur also attempted...
climber Hermann Buhl in his youth, and later Lynn Hill, Peter Croft and JerzyKukuczka. His first ascents were in Mexico: Pico de Orizaba and Popocatépetl...
ascent was repeated three days later by Andrzej Heinrich and JerzyKukuczka, with Kukuczka setting an additional record for climbing two eight-thousanders...
ski descent from the top of an 8000-metre peak to base camp. 1983 - JerzyKukuczka with Wojciech Kurtyka, new route. Alpine style ascent without the aid...
Navarrete, and Ryszard Warecki. 1987: 18 September, west ridge, FA by JerzyKukuczka and Artur Hajzer (both Polish). A new route along the ridge west, by...
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Academy of Physical Education im. JerzyKukuczka in Katowice Higher Silesian Seminary in Katowice There are also: around...
September 2019 to Wielicki as the 11th Lifetime Achievement award. JerzyKukuczka Wanda Rutkiewicz List of eight-thousanders "W Newsweeku: Czy Krzysztof...
Artur Hajzer (1962–2013) Poland, first winter ascent of Annapurna with JerzyKukuczka (1987) Colin Haley (born 1984) US, traverses and speed solo ascents...
1986, JerzyKukuczka, Artur Hajzer, and Carlos Carsolio made the first climb of the east summit (7894 m) of Manaslu. The next day, Kukuczka and Hajzer...
climb Nanga Parbat, along with her husband Maurice Barrard. In 1985, JerzyKukuczka, Zygmunt Heinrich, Slawomir Lobodzinski (all Polish), and Carlos Carsolio...
the only person with a permit to climb this mountain; he came across JerzyKukuczka and Wojciech Kurtyka, who had permits to climb K2, but used its geographic...
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Katowice, Poland
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