Rutkiewicz publicly said several times in her life that she suspected she would die in . To this day, it is not known whether she was joking or maybe she had this disturbing feeling during difficult climbs. The legendary 49-year-old mountaineer disappeared on May 12, 1992 on Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, at an altitude of about 8,200 meters. The date of her death was set for May 13 — a day later. To this day, it is not known what exactly happened during the climb, and the woman’s body has never been found. 2022 was announced as the year of Wanda Rutkiewicz.
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The mysterious disappearance of Wanda Rutkiewicz. She has been dealing with death since she was a child
accompanied the famous climber from an early age. The series of unfortunate events began in 1948. When she was 5 years old, her brother, two years older, died. While playing with his friends, they found a dud, probably from the war, which they decided to throw into the fire. The explosion was so strong that windows in the surrounding houses were shattered and the boy was killed.
In 1992, Wanda Rutkiewicz was already a well-known and recognized mountaineer. Despite her previous achievements, she decided to climb the ninth eight-thousander in her career. During the last expedition to Kanchenjunga, she was accompanied by many ailments. Nevertheless, together with the leader of the expedition, who was Carlos Carsolio, on May 12 she decided to make an attempt. After 12 hours of climbing, the man decided to return. At an altitude of 8,200 meters, he met Rutkiewicz, who informed him that she would spend the night in difficult conditions and would try to climb the mountain the next day. She never returned to base.
Almost 31 years have passed since the tragic events. What could have happened in the Himalayas?
For over 30 years, it has not been possible to determine exactly what happened to Wanda Rutkiewicz. Several scenarios are assumed. Due to the high altitude, she died from exhaustion, hypothermia or oxygen deficiency, but she could also have fallen while trying to climb or descend the mountain. Information about the mountaineer’s disappearance and death reached Poland on May 29. The situation touched many people. Some suspect that the earlier death of her partner could have had an impact on the tragic events. On July 24, 1990, Kurt Lyncke, while climbing with Wanda, fell off the wall of Broad Peak before her eyes and disappeared into the abyss. Although later she undertook climbing and mountain expeditions alone, she never came to terms with death
The greatest achievements of Wanda Rutkiewicz. She climbed eight out of fourteen eight-thousanders
Wanda Rutkiewicz had many spectacular achievements in her career. There was a lot of talk about them in our country at one time. She was the first woman to climb the second highest eight-thousander in the world, K2. nbut she did not stop there, because she was the first Polish and European woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest. In addition, she also climbed other eight-thousanders – Nanga Parbat, Shishapangma, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Cho Oyu and Annapurna. This gave a spectacular result – eight out of fourteen eight-thousanders in the world.
Source: Gazeta
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