The route of the first winter ascent (12 February 1985) on Cho Oyu (8188 m / 26,864 ft) by Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski (repeated three days later by Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich and …

Jun 13, 2024 · In February 1984, Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski of Poland became the first people to climb Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world, from the Nepal side. …

Maciej Pawlikowski and Maciej Berbeka made the first winter ascent of Cho Oyu (8188 m / 26,864 ft) (a new route via the SE Pillar) on 12 February 1985 (repeated three days later by Zygmunt …

Cho Oyu, which lies 2.8km NW of Everest, has two official heights. The most popular among climbers is 815 3m, but the Nepalese authorities maintain that it is 82.0im. These differing …

Cho Oyu, Winter Ascent. A Polish-Canadian party led by Andrzej Zawada completed the first winter ascent of Cho Oyu (8201 meters, 26,906 feet). They climbed the southeast-face route. …

Feb 25, 2021 · Polish climbers Maciej Berbeka, Ryszard Gajewski made the first ascent. This was also the first ascent without supplemental oxygen. The 11-member Polish team was led by …

Cho Oyu was the fifth eight-thousander to be climbed, after Annapurna in June 1950, Mount Everest in May 1953, Nanga Parbat in July 1953 and K2 in July 1954. Until the ascent of …

It was a great feat of Berbeka-Pawlikowski duo, especially because climbing southeastern wall was extremely difficult - on par with rock and ice alpine routes. But here, they were climbing …

Dec 13, 2022 · At 8,188m, Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world. It lies 20km west of Mount Everest and sits astride the border of Tibet and Nepal. Therein lies much of its recent …

Berbeka made the first-ever winter ascent of three eight-thousanders: Manaslu, on 12 January 1984 with Ryszard Gajewski, and Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985 with Maciej Pawlikowski (the …