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Gasherbrum III was not climbed until a Polish expedition succeeded in 1975. Here, the legendary Wanda Rutkiewicz teamed up ...

from Woytek Kurtyka to Wanda Rutkiewicz. But what do Hargreaves and these mountaineering myths have in common? All of them, through their climbs, not only conquered peaks but also delved deep ...