Krzysztof Wielicki

Krzysztof Wielicki
	Krzysztof Wielicki in Silesian Library in Katowice
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	5 January 1950; Szklarka Przygodzicka, Polish People's Republic
Climbing career
Known for	First to climb Mount Everest, Kangchenjunga, and Lhotse in the winter

Krzysztof Wielicki (born January 5, 1950 in Szklarka Przygodzicka, municipality Ostrzeszów, Poland) is a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber, regarded as one of the greatest Polish climbers in history. He is the fifth man to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and the first ever to climb Mount Everest, Kangchenjunga, and Lhotse in the winter. He is a member of The Explorers Club. He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2003, for his outstanding achievements in alpinism and for popularizing the sport of climbing. In 2018 he received jointly with Reinhold Messner the Princess of Asturias Award in the category of Sports.

Major ascents

Year	Mountain	Height (in metres)	Remarks
1980	Mount Everest	8848	First winter ascent of an 8000-meter peak (with Leszek Cichy)
1984	Broad Peak	8051	First one-day ascent of an 8000-meter peak (solo)
1984, 1992	Manaslu	8163	New route on the South-South-East Face
1986	Kangchenjunga	8586	First winter ascent of Kangchenjunga (with Jerzy Kukuczka)
1986	Makalu	8485	Alpine style
1988	Lhotse	8516	First winter ascent of Lhotse (solo)
1990	Dhaulagiri	8167	New route, solo expedition
1991	Annapurna Massif	8091	Bonington route
1993	Cho Oyu	8201	Polish route
1993	Shishapangma	8027	New route on the South Face, solo expedition, in 24 hours
1995, 2006	Gasherbrum II	8035	Solo expedition
1995	Gasherbrum I	8080	Alpine style
1996	K2	8611	Japanese route
1996	Nanga Parbat	8126	Kinshofer route, solo expedition

In 2017, the International Astronomical Union approved the name of asteroid discovered by Vincenzo Silvano Casulli as 173094 Wielicki in honour of the Polish climber.

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