Wanda Rutkiewicz

Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz climbing in the foothills of Poland's Sudetes (1968)
Born
Wanda Błaszkiewicz

(1943-02-04)4 February 1943
Plungė, Lithuania
Died13 May 1992(1992-05-13) (aged 49)
Kangchenjunga, Nepal
NationalityPolish
OccupationMountaineer
Known forFirst woman to successfully climb K2

Wanda Rutkiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [/ˈvanda rutˈkʲevitʂ/] 4 February 1943 – 12–13 May 1992) was a Polish mountaineer and computer engineer.[1] She was the first woman to reach the summit of K2 and the third woman (first European woman) to summit Mount Everest.[2][3]

  1. ^ Martina Gugglberger (24 April 2016). "Wanda Rutkiewicz – crossing boundaries in women's mountaineering". Sport in Society. 20 (8): 1059–1076. doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1175139. S2CID 148301887.
  2. ^ ""Wyglądała, jakby wróciła z Księżyca". 30 lat temu Rutkiewicz stanęła na K2". www.tvp.info (in Polish). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Strona 3 Pruszkowskiej Drużyny Harcerskiej". 3pdh.pruszkow.zhp.pl. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2019.