Wanda Rutkiewicz

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Wanda Rutkiewicz was a pioneering Polish high-altitude mountaineer renowned as one of the leading female climbers of the 20th century, with numerous groundbreaking ascents in the Himalayas and Karakoram.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish person
high-altitude mountaineer
human
mountaineer
woman
attemptedAscentOf Kangchenjunga
causeOfDeath mountaineering accident
citizenship Poland
commemoratedBy memorials in Poland
continentOfActivity Asia
countryOfBirth Lithuania
countryOfDeath Nepal
dateOfBirth 1943-02-04
dateOfDeath 1992-05-13
diedDuringExpeditionOn Kangchenjunga
educatedAt Wrocław University of Science and Technology
era 20th century
familyName Rutkiewicz
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering
fieldOfWork mountaineering
fullName Wanda Rutkiewicz self-link
givenName Wanda
hasGenreOfAchievement alpine-style ascents
hasNotableCharacteristic pioneering female high-altitude climber
inspired future generations of female climbers
knownFor high-altitude climbing in the Himalayas
pioneering female ascents of eight-thousanders
languageSpoken German
Polish
Russian
memberOf Polish Mountaineering Association
nationality Polish
notableAchievement first Pole to reach the summit of Mount Everest
first woman to reach the summit of K2
notableWork Polish women’s Himalayan expeditions
occupation electrical engineer
mountaineer
placeOfBirth Plungė
placeOfDeath Kangchenjunga
regionOfActivity Himalayas
Karakoram
sexOrGender female
summited Annapurna
surface form: Annapurna I

Cho Oyu
Gasherbrum II
K2
Mount Everest
Nanga Parbat
Shishapangma
workedAs engineer

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Gasherbrum III firstAscentBy Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda hasNotableBearer Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz fullName Wanda Rutkiewicz self-link