Andrzej Czok (right) with Andrzej Heinrich and Kazimierz Olech, Mount Everest in 1980
Andrzej Czok (November 11, 1948 – January 11, 1986) was a Polish mountaineer best known for the first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri on January 21, 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka and for the first ascent of Mount Everest through South Pillar in 1980 (new route also with Jerzy Kukuczka). He died while making a winter attempt on Kangchenjunga.
See also
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
References
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