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Kangbachen
Kangbachen is a subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga in the Nepalese part of the Himalayas. The Kangchenjunga massif's local name translates to "Five treasures of the high snow" in reference to its five peaks, one being Kangbachen. Kangbachen lies on the west ridge of the Kangchenjunga range, in Nepal. It is the smallest of Kangchenjunga's five peaks and the only one less than eight thousand meters (7,903 m). It is also the only one of Kangchenjunga's peaks entirely in Nepal. Kangbachen has rarely been climbed compared to other mountains on the range. It has only had ten recorded expeditions since 1930, and only two successful summits, according to the The Himalayan Database, ''Himalayan Database''. It was first summitted on May 26, 1974, via the southwest ridge by a Polish expedition team, composed of Kazimierz Olech, Wiesław Kłaput, Marek Malatyński, Zbigniew Rubinowski and Wojciech Brański. The second successful summit, by a Yugoslavian team, took place just over four months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Olech
Kazimierz "Waldek" Waldemar Olech (6 August 1928 – 12 January 2016) was a Polish Mountaineering, mountaineer, Alpine climbing, alpinist, Himalayan climber, caver, climbing instructor, and mountain photographer. Biography Kazimierz Olech was born in Kraśnik, Kraśnik, Poland in 1928. In his youth, he participated in Scouts and played volleyball for his school team. Kazimierz Olech first went to the High Tatras in 1947, and began mountaineering in 1954. He went on to climb hundreds of routes across the Tatras. In 1957, he set out to climb the entire ridge of the Tatras, from Huty at the western end to Ždiar in the east. It took three attempts and the loss of a climbing partner, Ryszard Wawra, before successfully making the first winter ascent of the Tatra Mountains, Tatra ridge with Andrzej Zawada in 1959. In 1957, he began climbing further afield, heading to summit difficult routes in the Alps, the Caucasus, the Hindu Kush, and the Pamir Mountains. He made a number of first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
