Andrzej Czok (November 11, 1948 – January 11, 1986) was a Polish
mountaineer best known for making the first winter ascent of
Dhaulagiri on January 21, 1985 with
Jerzy Kukuczka
Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 in Katowice, Poland – 24 October 1989 Lhotse, Nepal) was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. Born in Katowice, his family origin is Silesian Goral. On 18 September 1987, he became the second m ...
, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on
Mount Everest in 1980 (also with Kukuczka). He suffered a
pulmonary oedema while making a winter attempt on
Kangchenjunga in 1985–86 and died at Camp III. He was buried nearby in a crevasse.
See also
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List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
References
MountEverest.net Polish mountaineering timeline
1948 births
1986 deaths
Mountaineering deaths
Polish mountain climbers
Polish summiters of Mount Everest
Sportspeople from Zabrze
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