Jerzy Kukuczka: One of the GREATEST Climbers of all times
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2022
- This is the story of Jerzy Kukuczka, a Polish high-altitude climber who ascended all 14 eight-thousanders mountains in the world in 1987.
He is one of the greatest high-altitude climbers of all time, was the second mountaineer to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world; a remarkable feat which took him less than eight years to accomplish.
He is the only climber in the world who has climbed two eight-thousanders in a winter. Altogether, he has ascended four eight-thousanders in winter, including three as first ascents.
During his career, he established ten new routes on the eight-thousanders, a record no one could break so far.
He established a new route on K2 in alpine style known as the Polish Line which no one has repeated so far. It’s one of the hardest and most dangerous routes in the Karakoram.
He ascended all fourteen eight-thousanders in less than eight years; he held the world record for shortest time span to summit the eight-thousanders for nearly 27 years.
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He’s the greatest of all time-no question.
I have the greatest respect for Kukuczka and all the polish climbers of that time. Not having as same the means as the european climbers, they achieved the unthinkable.
Thank you for uploading
Greetings from Italy
What a lovely tribute to a legend. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
Si presume che sia stato il più grande alpinista della storia, anche perché saliva con attrezzature rudimentali per l'epoca. Kukuczka nessuno ti dimenticherà pure le montagne piangono di te.Per sempre Kukuczka.Massimo da Sora ciociaria.
Thank you for making this available in English It seems to me even today that the West is mostly ignorant of the extraordinary skills and contriutions of Polish climbers. Most people have no clue about life in communism, makig money by climbing up a dangerous factory chimney to repair it and thereby making enough money to get some equipment through fiends from Western Europe. Likewise, Messner had all at his feet, the best gears from Austria, West Germany, Switzerland, this was not the case in Poland As an aging Hungarian climber of the era I have a deep understanding of that. Today, which American would try doing the same in homemade clothig? (Not Norh Face, but home-made as you read it). The K2 Polish route gives me the chills just from here, behind my desk! Rest in peace and the deepest respect from Budapest, Hungary.
Thanks Pal Kulcsar for your positive feedback. Kukuczka was indeed one of the greatest alpinists of all times. He carried out all of his mountaineering projects with shoestring. He will be remembered for ever.
I'm half Australian half kiwi and you rarely hear about our climbers either but he's done the balls pyramid and balls pass episodes ❤❤❤❤ hope to hear more
Being poor and doing menial labor to support an ambitious hobby is not the fault of ”communism” nor exclusive to it. In fact, the desire and will to go mountaineering is a sign of profound progress in a society as it only ever arises when all basic needs and some more have been met. You never see native cultures climbing mountains until a certain level of modernity has taken hold. The only counterexample is the Sherpas, who are, through capitalism, exploited and more or less forced into their extremely dangerous lines of work to support their dirt poor families. You are however right though that his feat is extremely impressive, definitely top 10 mountaineers ever.
@@alfatejpblind6498 Your comment reads as false ideas. First of all Kukuczka was not poor he was an electrical engineer, owned a car, second he did not do menial jobs, he was an engineer. But in communist Poland that was not lucrative position. I somewhat agree that mountaineering is a sign of society progress from basic needs.
I strongly disagree about sherpas being exploited, they are mercenaries, they are forced by nobody but their own greed and financial ambition. People lived in nepal without being sherpas for centuries. Their family aren't poor, they live a rustic basic life but are happy nonethless, happier than many people you would call rich.
Greatings from Poland 🇵🇱 🇭🇺❤️
K2 via THAT route. ...the maradona of mountaineering. RIP JK .
Thanks for remembering Jerzy Kukuczka!
Excellent documentary on the life of a great Person and great Climber and achiever Jurek Kukuczka. Thank you for putting this nice piece together!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Anyone interested in Polish climbers should read a book called "Freedom Climbers". It blew me away to learn about how these guys were crushing hard routes with few resources
your calm and knowing voice.......is the real goods of mountaineering....nameste.....Finnster
Uwielbiałem ten hołd.
Braziliiyskii-Polski
Thank you very much sir for covering this amazing character that was Jerzy Kukuczka. There are not many videos nor documentaries about Kukuczka done in English for people outside of Poland to understand. We in Poland know his story, Kukuczka has legendary status in Poland. You are obviously not Pole but you did good reasarch and found many old photos. Wish you all the best.
Thanks for your positive feedback. Stay blessed.
Beautiful film and commentary , thanks to Jerzy Kukuczka I am proud to be Polish
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kukuczka will go down in history as one of the worlds best high altitude climbers.
IIRC, Polish climbers have performed more winter Himalayan climbs than any other nationality.
Jerzy Kukuczka was in Poland in the 80s a hero of himalaism. I remember the news about his successfull climbs. I remember also the news in Polish TV about his accident on the South Face of Lhotse. I remember that at the beginning they said that he fell and is being sought by his collegues. But his body has been never found. I was 12 when he died. He has been always a legend for me and an example of a great Pole. I will always keep Jurek in my mind and my heart. My dream is to visit Nepal and go under the Lhotse South Face to the place, where Jurek made this legendary climb. Rest in peace, peace to your soul, Jurek. 🙏
Not enough recognition for this incredible climber, so I thank you for posting this video.
I felt the same and made this little effort.
What an incredible story! Sad ending but a legend!
I love the narrators accent. His English is excellent and I enjoy the way he tells each story. Thank you for your efforts narrator 🙏
Thanks for your positive feedback.
@@epicadventurearchives don’t stop. I only watch this to listen to your voice 🤭🤩
Jurek to był tur! LEGENDA
What an amazing athletic and honorable man! Go's bless him and his wife and children.
Such a sad and preventable death for one of the greatest mountaineering athletes of all time! May he rest in peace! And may God bless you for bringing the world to the world, through your informative and wonderfully done videos.❤😊❤
Excellent & thank you. What an incredible alpinist, best of all time in my opinion!
Very much in agreement with your statement 👍
Great and helpful when you identify the other climbers in the video. As always thank you for showing the routes.
My personal favorite Himalayan climber. The total body of work is without equal imho.
Great video about Jerzy. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
Thanks for your vidéo. Its Epic.
Great story of J.K
Always in our mind .
Pure Passion of climbing.
It's a muzeum in his village in Poland his wife care about that to keep him remember.
It was my pleasure to watch this film.
Thanks
underrated channel
best of the best!
I think Both Jerzy and Rienhold Messner both had legendary moments..Messner was leading in the Mid to late 70s and jerzy the 80s
Jerzys polish Line of K2 was a stunning feat of brave Alpinism,total commitment 👏
Messners Solo ascent of Everest in 1980 without oxygen was a huge breakthrough in high altitude mountaineering.
Poland had so many amazing climbers doing new routes..Wanda rutkiewitz was such a legend in her time also👍
Thanks for your feedback. Next video is about Wanda Rutkiewicz. It will be published in next few days.
@@epicadventurearchives Amazing 👏
I'm looking forward to that🙂👍
Real hero no tlen
Thanks for true
By far the GOAT, but maybe not the most important, namely Messner, but very near. Jurek was from another time and space.
Excellent coverage of a most impressive human being, thank you.
Thank you for this tasteful and wonderful video of remembrance of a great climber! Right now I read a book about climbing where there is an own chapter about the era of famous Polish climbers. I really your channel, it is full with information!
Fantastic review of one of the true legends of mountaineering. Very much appreciated indeed!
Thank you for this.
Yes, Jurek ( Jerzy) Kukuczka was amazing! Thanks for posting a video about him. At time when our country Poland was under communism he was a bright sign of freedom and hope. ❤🙏👍🏼🇵🇱
A nie papiez ?
@@klimzjabowa.1950 oczywiscie że Papież JP2 !!! Ale ten film jest o Jerzym Kukuczce a nie papieżu Polaku który oczywiście przyczynił się do upadku komunizmu.
@@anitaklara7428 gdzie Kukuczka przyczynił się do upadku komunizmu? Jeśli chodzi o to że odnosił sukcesy zagranica, to idąc takim tokiem rozumowania, to każdy sportowiec, który takie sukcesy odnosił przyczynił się do upadku komuny
@@klimzjabowa.1950 Kukuczka nie przyczynił się do upadku komunizmu ( nie napisałam tego). Jego sukcesy sprawiały że mówiono o Polsce a dla nas Polaków żyjących w tamtych czasach komunizmu jego międzynarodowe sukcesy dawały nam radość po prostu.
@@anitaklara7428 Ale tak zasugerowalas w pierwszym tekscie ze byl " jasnym znakiem wolnosci i nadzieji" w czasach komunizmu, wiec na jedno wychodzi.
Absolute legend
Climb in tranquility, Champ.
So many of the greats end up dying in the mountains. A fantastic career - I wish he was still with us.
What a great tribute to the man. Says alot that he managed to do all this on a shoestring and even had to buy second hand rope. What an amazing human.
A fitting tribute to a great climber. His My Vertical World is well worth reading. RIP.
Greatest climber of all times!
Great summary of his climbs thank you
Keep posting-
Your work helps keep their memory and honour alive.
Cпасибо!
Thanks
@@epicadventurearchives
Thank You again,Sir.
Do what you do for those who care,
that’s what matters-
Because those that do not care…
Do not matter.
Great video and great climber, but i really can't understand how he could trust a second hand rope bought in a damn Katmandu market? This is a serious question, is it that he had such supreme confidence that he could not fall or just on such a tight budget to afford a new rope? If he was so confident why use a rope at all? And if he required the rope why not either buy a new one or really thoroughly inspect the second hand one, which is difficult. I understand it is difficult because the integrity of the rope is going to hidden inside the internal stands and difficult to determine. I'm interested to hear from those climbers who can relate to this. Reminds me of Dan Osman's death doing a bungee jump on a rope that he'd left exposed to the elements for some weeks and failed to thoroughly inspect before his final jump.
Thank you for this video 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Great history
Thank you!!
Excellent video. Well researched and presented, thank you.
Thanks for watching. Stay blessed.
Good story Sir and I enjoyed the calm in which presented ! I didn't know about this climber but then I, m not a mountaineer either?? I find it a littlebit Sad that he died in this way because of his achievements!! After reaching ur Goals one should take it a bit easier with climbing DANGEROUS mountains because Mountains can Kill you !! R.I.P.
I am glad to know his story. Thank you.
Very well done!
Thank you! Cheers!
An amazing climber !
Very nice video for Jerzy, he was awesome, my inspiration for mountaineering
Godspeed Jerzy.
Gravity never makes a mistake.
The man in the photo in 0:22 is not Kukuczka, but Tadeusz Piotrowski who was his climbing partner on that route. Unfortunatele he died on descent.
We miss Jurek so much :(
Beast mode
The Olympic Committee couldn't give him an Honorary Gold Medal?
Looking at jerzy's records made me believe that Nimsdai Purja is on some another level... Jerzy is a legend undoubtedly
Nims Purja will NEVER compare to an all time legend like Jerzy Kukuczka.
Purja climbed the fourteen 8000’ers using bottled oxygen, and therefore cannot be in the same category as Kukuczka, Messner, Carsolio and Viesturs, to mention a few!
@@RG-ja34sep I think Purja has his moments. For example, winter K2 ascent , Nepalese team.
you could add some subtitles to another languages, like spain, germent, russion or french, we all from poland know the history of kukuczka very vell
Yer- Zhi. Yerzhi
South face of Lohtse Is the most difficultà in the world
It is kind of sad that he was quite poor and died because he bought a second hand rope on a market in Katmandu that snapped when he fell. Life really has no mercy and no justice.
he had an amazing life dude... lived on the edge, on his own terms, and was blessed to have many deeply fulfilling and transformative journeys. death comes for us all whether dramatically in the mountains/ the abode of snows or quietly in our beds. He died relatively young but he was lucky to live a full life. Those who have greater longevity yet never know who they are or dare to test their dreams are the ones to be pitied.
@@Nathan-sc7hs Thanks for this great reply, i agree wholeheartedly.
The greatest they portrayed these people, they still end up dead. Make sure you give people who are able to break records but still retired to speak about there accomplishments 😊
The greatest, not ‘one of’.
He may have been many great things.....but an awful Father is what he was best at.
I just can’t understand your accent. My ears must be bad! Or not used to hearing it.
You do great work,please use subtitles. You will get way more subscribers!
Sorry for that
just wondering how such a great climber will buy a second-hand 6mm!! rope and trust his life on that. Feels unnecessary.
Communist poland was a poor and dark place. There was no food for some
Not one...🤦
Yes, he was an amazing Alpinist. However you are completely incorrect when you stated that HE “pioneered the alpine style”. Wrong. That Honor will always belong to Reinhold Messner, the FIRST person to summit all 14 8 thousanders. And FIRST in that w/o any o’s. You’re biased, which makes you appear as ignorant of the facts.
He said,
“Using HIS Alpine style,
A style which he pioneered…”
He did not say that Jerzy pioneered Alpine style.
R. Messner himself stated to Jerzy by telegram,
“You are not second,
you are great.”
If they respected each other,
shall we not do the same?
No one did better
what he did,
the way he did it.
No one.
Messner will always be better remembered by the world
and Jerzy will always be remembered and respected by those who respect
The Mountain.
They were both the epitome of rugged individualism and no one can say that one is supreme to the other…
unless or until they can climb as well in those men’s boots.
Jerzy will always be The Ice Warrior to me and I will never disrespect Messner by claiming that they can be ranked against each other…
They are both Legends.
“If they respected each other, shall we not do the same?” You nailed it.
@@j.griffin What exactly is "alpine style"?
I feel sorry for you that you are such an angry person.
Questioning why you seem unable to ask this question without anger and a critical-spirit?? Perhaps try KINDness in your curiosity next time!!
Schwer verstehbar. Englisch können so wenig Leute. Merken sie das selbst nicht ???
Die Untertitel kommen viel zu schnell.
Also was wollen sie denn vermitteln ? Konfusion , obwohl es ein so berühmter Bergsteiger war !!!! Und lasst die blöde Musik endlich weg, braucht keiner und stört zusätzlich
GRANDE💪💪💪