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Poles in the Himalayas in Winter
The 17th of January 1980 was one of those days in the history of the world when humankind managed to break another barrier, to push back the boundaries of the impossible yet again - using skill, intelligence and determination. Throughout the centuries there have been many such days for science, art, sport or the exploration of the globe. On the 17th of January two Poles, Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki, joined the exclusive club of the discoverers of the undiscovered, the explorers of the unexplored, the conquerors of the unconquered. They became the first people in the world to stand on the summit of an eight-thousander in winter - and it was the highest of them all, Mount Everest. In the years that followed Polish expeditions went into the Himalayas one after another, sometimes they were successful, sometimes not; but if anybody climbed an eight-thousander in winter, it could only be the Poles. So far they have eight of them to their name - they are true Ice Warriors.
Wojciech Fusek
(book in Polish, film in Polish with English subtitles)
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Film running time 53' 20'' |
