Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish
mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
and mountain guide. He and Tomasz Kowalski went missing on 6 March 2013 as they were descending from
Broad Peak
Broad Peak ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It was first ascended in June 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, ...
. They were declared dead two days later.
Berbeka's accomplishments include making the first winter ascent of the
eight-thousanders
Manaslu
Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Man ...
, on 12 January 1984, with
Ryszard Gajewski
Ryszard Gajewski (born October 5, 1954 in Zakopane) is a Polish mountaineer best known for the first winter ascent of Manaslu on January 12, 1984 together with Maciej Berbeka.
Eight-thousanders
* Manaslu (8156 m.) with Maciej Berbeka
* Cho Oyu ...
; of
Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985, with
Maciej Pawlikowski
Maciej Pawlikowski (born 19 February 1951) is a Polish mountaineer. He is best known for the first winter ascent of Cho Oyu together with Maciej Berbeka on February 12, 1985. He is also the current president of the Zakopane
Zakopane ( Podhale G ...
(the only winter ascent on eight-thousander made along a new route); He also climbed and summited
Annapurna
Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the difficu ...
and
Mount Everest
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. He was the first person in the world to have reached 8000 m winter in
Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
–
Rocky Summit (8028 m), on 6 March 1988. This occurred exactly 25 years to the day before he was reported missing on
Broad Peak
Broad Peak ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It was first ascended in June 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, ...
, which he climbed on 5 March 2013 with
Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski, and Artur Małek.
See also
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List of deaths on eight-thousanders
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than above sea level; they are all in the Himalayas, Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.
This is a list of Mountaineering, mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
Mount Ev ...
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List of people who disappeared
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References
1954 births
2010s missing person cases
2013 deaths
Mountaineering deaths
Polish mountain climbers
Polish summiters of Mount Everest
Sportspeople from Zakopane
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