The 25-th Jubilee of our Meetings was also a chance to invite the special guests to join us. One of them was Leszek Cichy – he is best known for making the first winter ascent of Mount Everest together with Krzysztof Wielicki in 1980 which established the winter ascent record of 8.848 meters.
He was also the first Polish climber to complete the Seven Summits and a number of other prestigious climbs. Leszek is almost my age and quite well known person in my country. I followed him on the Everest Trek in 1987 – alone, to see the summit from Kala Pattar – staying some 6 kms above sea level. See our picture…
