{"id":32417,"date":"2022-03-08T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/?p=32417"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:45:39","slug":"wanda-rutkiewicz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wanda-rutkiewicz\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring biographies: Wanda Rutkiewicz, the most outstanding mountaineer of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Considered <strong>the best mountaineer in<\/strong> <strong>all times.<\/strong> The Polish <strong>Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/strong>In addition to all the impressive ascents she achieved during her climbing career, she was also responsible for breaking the social patterns that dominated at a time when it was very difficult for women to do what they really wanted to do and were passionate about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Contents\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wanda-rutkiewicz\/#Su_nacimiento_e_infancia\" >His birth and childhood<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wanda-rutkiewicz\/#Logros_como_escaladora\" >Achievements as a climber<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wanda-rutkiewicz\/#Kangchenjunga_final_de_un_viaje\" >Kangchenjunga, the end of a journey<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Su_nacimiento_e_infancia\"><\/span>His birth and childhood<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/strong> was born in Plung\u00e9, Poland (now part of Lithuania), on 4 February 1943. When World War II came to an end, he and his humble family had to move to Wroclaw, located in western Poland. It was there that he managed to study and graduate with a degree in electrical engineering. At that time, a field reserved almost exclusively for men.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanda's childhood was not a happy one; at the age of 5 her older brother died while handling an old war mine with some friends. Then the process of separation from her parents was hard, and at the age of 29, her father was murdered by criminals who broke into their home to steal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although since her childhood she had to share the burden of this difficult family situation, thanks to her tenacity, in addition to studying for a university degree she also excelled in volleyball, being selected to form part of the national team and from the age of 18 she began to make a name for herself as an excellent mountaineer. 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class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Logros_como_escaladora\"><\/span>Achievements as a climber<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On 16 October 1978, <strong>Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/strong> became the third woman, although she was the <strong>first European-born woman to conquer the summit of Mount Everest.<\/strong> Among the many accolades she received after reaching Everest, one of the most appreciated by Wanda was from the Pope (the Polish Karol Wojtyla) who was inaugurated as Pope on the exact same day that Wanda reached the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1983, at the age of 40, she conquered a new eight-thousander, Broad Peak (8,047 m), together with the climbers Anna Czerwinska and Krystyna Palmowska, without oxygen or high-altitude porters. In 1985, she was part of the first women's team to reach Nanga Parbat (8,126 m). This feat was accomplished in an expedition together with the same Broad Peak climbers, and she was the team leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following year, <strong>was the first woman to crown<\/strong> and descended K2 alive as part of a small expedition led by the climbers Maurice and Lilliane Barrard, who died on the descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragic experience of this ascent marked Wanda for the rest of her life, but in a positive way. When a helicopter was evacuating her, with her feet and hands affected by severe frostbite, she was already planning her next goal, and it was from this experience that her desire to try to conquer the fourteen eight-thousanders was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From then on his ascents were repeated regularly, conquering Shisha Pangma in 1987, Gasherbrum II in 1989, Gasherbrum I in 1990, Cho Oyu in 1990 and the south face of Annapurna in 1991. The last two ascents were solo ascents. Wanda Rutkiewicz took part in a total of 22 expeditions to the Himalayas and reached the summit on eight of the fourteen eight-thousanders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kangchenjunga_final_de_un_viaje\"><\/span>Kangchenjunga, the end of a journey<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The death of <strong>Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/strong> It happened on 12 or 13 May 1992, on Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas. On that day he began the ascent at dawn together with the Mexican climber Carlos Carsolio, starting from Camp IV at an altitude of 7,950 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After about twelve hours of climbing under heavy snowfall, the Mexican climber reached the summit and on his way down he met the Polish woman at an altitude of between 8,200 and 8,300 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the mountaineer herself who made the decision to bivouac there and continue her ascent the next day. Taking into account the lack of provisions and equipment for the bivouac, Carsolio tried to convince her to go down with him. However, she did not want to accept this approach, the Mexican descended and from then on nothing more was heard of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news about <strong>the disappearance of<\/strong> <strong>Wanda Rutkiewicz<\/strong> had a very strong impact on the entire field of mountaineering, especially those from her native Poland. The legacy of this woman is not only in the sporting sphere but also in the human sphere, because of her personality and influence on other women who also love the mountains and talk about their history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanda Rutkiewicz had a striking personality.  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