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Wanda Rutkiewicz

Poland

The first Polish woman and the third woman to reach the summit of Everest (1978); she climbed 8 of the 14 eight-thousanders before disappearing on Kanchenjunga (1992).

Legendary Polish mountaineer, the third woman to summit Everest (1978). She climbed eight of the fourteen eight-thousanders and was a towering figure in women's mountaineering history. She disappeared on Kangchenjunga in May 1992.

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