Excellent documentary of an incredible climber. They could make a movie about her life as it was so interesting. I feel that the way her life ended was always going to be that way as she was never going to stop climbing.
What a lovely presentation. This is the first time I sort of - in my limited way, I mean - understand the free force that propells these people. Esp now Wanda who had experienced the sheer madness of war and destruction, and chose to find peace in the hills and in the mountains. No wonder she was Polish, where so many noteable ppl come from. Thank you, dear presenter.
Wow! A truly amazing person in so many respects. Thank you, again, for re-creating her life for us, and to such a very high standard. Your films are compelling, and hard to stop before their conclusion. Excellent work.
A brilliant video for a brilliant woman. 👏 Thank you for sharing the "crazy Polish lady's" story, she is a true role model & pioneer... may Wanda rest in peace in the mountains she loved. 🤍
I’m really glad I found this channel. Excellent research delivered so well. It’s wonderful to hear a strong Indian accent speaking such excellent English without compromising the Narrators Indian accent. The pace of the narration is excellent. Well done Narrator
I am surprised at the lack of likes on this video. The amazing achievements of Rutkiewicz mark her not only as a pioneer - but a one of the greatest badass climbers in history. She crawled off K2 after reaching the peak, watching her comrades perish, and then climbed again like a BOSS! Why aren't there more stories about Kukuczka and Rutkiewicz - I'd give anything to see the photo of Jerzy carrying Wanda piggyback. Two of the greatest of the greats. I'm happy she died in a place she loved, doing what she loved. It was a good death.
judyo your language is poor using american degenerated reversed meaning, have some respect when writing about noble european people, not using rogue detestable language.
This is fantastic 👏 She was a truly amazing woman and a true lover of the high mountains. I hope her story is heard by many more in the future..Great job 👏 🙂👍
Great video! Thank you for making it. You have honored Rutkiewicz greatly. Though she had a great death - I wonder what awesome feats that awaited her had she lived. She could have easily rivaled Kukuzcka and Messner.
Wathed this vid a few weeks ago but this passage has been haunting me and I needed to come back and transcribe it. Pardon any improper grammar. It is so beautiful, and starts at about 19:33...
Sometimes being stubborn can lead to your death. She seemed to be that as well as her other fine attributes. Crazy... Maybe Lifetime will do a movie about her.
I had the great fortune to meet Wanda while trekking to Kanchenjunga in 1991. She was on her way back to Kathmandu after a failed attempt on that mountain. She invited me to tea when I returned to Kathmandu. At the time, I had no idea how famous she was. We spent an afternoon together talking about mountaineering. I had a few modest climbs of my own in Canada to talk about. Yet, it was only when I bought and read the book “Women Climbing” by Bill Burkett and Bill Peascod, that I discovered who she was. A year later, she made her attempt on Kanchenjunga where she perished. I’d like to think that she did succeed in submitting. I have never forgotten her. Thank you so much for this beautiful film.
Thank you so much for this video about Wanda - I’ve read ‘The Women of K2’ which tells the story of the first 5 women to summit K2 and how they all subsequently died. It was good to remind myself of her achievements and learn more about her life as well as how she died.
What an inspirational mind. The mountain is a confrontation not only with nature, God and oneself but ones own mind and will. It becomes the rhythm of life. Her statement of dying on a mountain made absolute sense to me. She knew her destiny was to live and die there. A peaceful life away from the race. She lived on her own terms. Her legacy is a gift to many. Wanda taught we can push through and keep moving, climbing …either the actual mountain or the metaphorical one we must all traverse in our life. May she Rest In Peace.
Wanda left this world doing what she LOVED to do more than anything. I am not a Mountaineer, Trekkie and dislike the snow but I admire those who do just that. I am in awe at the resilience, stamina, fortitude and desire to reach a goal when the odds are you might not make it at all. So sorry she did not follow Carlos Carsolio ( Mexico ) advice to descend. Her mind must nor have been well by then (Oxygen). I would like to think she just up and left to be with the Buddhist as her mom said, it sounds better than the end of the other lady "Sleeping Beauty" at Everest or "Green Boots" etc. RIP Wanda Rutkiewicz ✝
A really most interesting video about a most interesting character in alpine mountaineering! You have created a video full of facts, love and dignity, thank you so much for it!
To be honest I feel worse for her mom, can you imagine what she went through? Spending a good chunk of your adult years near Nazis and Communists, bouncing from one war torn country to another, having to deal with everything from that dangerous and insane time period, losing your young son, losing your husband to murder, the only immediate family member she had left her daughter was constantly putting her life at risk in other countries, her daughter disappears and while we can assume she passed while climbing her mom honestly believed until the day she died that she abandoned everything and everyone to become a monk... it's not bad enough to lose your child but then to think they willingly abandoned you too is crazy. Of course my heart breaks for everyone in this (and there's no doubt in my mind that Wanda was dealing with some demons) but especially for her mom 🥺
This biography is just right and a nice homage to her with lovely pictures and well understood exposed simple essential key facts of her life with neutrality but human care . You are excelling at this genre and it's not an easy exercise. It requires human qualities not just research and video making abilities.
An amazing high altitude climber. It seems like a questionable decision to bivy alone at that altitude instead of descending. Still a stellar mountaineering career.
Well, it could be clouded jugement from high mountain sickness. It gets to the best and there's all kind of testimonies. Like removing all clothes in freezing weather. Even if the mexican man realized she was not herself, it's not easy to force someone down against their will when you don't know them personally.
Extreme mountaineering is a dance with death; living on the very edge. Is the desire of a few to live on that edge a blessing or a curse? I think Wanda Rutkiewicz knew she was never going to die of old age.
The Troll Wall is a north wall. Only gets 4 hours of sun during the Summer. I climbed in wool clothes and hat. We slept four hours on the "Central Base." Near the top, I stood in ice water on the belay. I started off the next pitch, mid 5.10, and I couldn't feel my feet
But you say that Wanda body has never been found , while actually was found in 1995 by an Italian expedition on the slope opposite to the one she was climbed.Two hypotheses were formulated: that she had climbed Kangchenjunga and had then fallen trying to descend from the opposite slope or that, having reached the col that separates the main peak of Kangchenjunga from Kangchenjunga West (Yalung Kang), she had fallen from the col along the gully on the side south
It was actually the body of Yordanka Dimitrova, a Bulgarian climber who had been caught by an avalanche on the southwest face of Kangchenjunga in October 1994. During the identification process, Bulgarian-made tablets were found in one of her pockets.
Banned for anemia but accepted a few months later? If this happened these days it would be assumed the climber used EPO. I have never heard that EPO was used so long ago, but might it have been? I have no wish to downrate such an admirable and genuinely remarkable athlete, but was EPO in fact available in those days?
No wonder she struggled to make deep personal connections, everyone she cared for was lost. I'm sure she could never find in men what she truly desired, what she found at the top of the world. That being, another mountain.
What she told Carlos as he descended , what she did not have, made her decision to press on extremely reckless. A great shame. Not an unfamiliar story on the mountain.
This video is all over the place, back and forth and back again. Follow a proven format. This thing has 6 conclusions and jumps all the place with random facts dribbled throughout and no chronological order at all. Try again.
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Remember Wanda Rutkiewicz. She had been the most outstanding high-altitude female alpinist in the world.
Wanda was the best and someone I consider a role model. Thank you for this video, excellent!
You're very welcome!
Thank you for telling us this story. I am glad she lived the life she wanted.
Excellent documentary of an incredible climber. They could make a movie about her life as it was so interesting. I feel that the way her life ended was always going to be that way as she was never going to stop climbing.
She dug a friend of ours out an avalanche in Patagonia. Saved his life.
When did that happen?
@@phillipproussier3723 IIRC, late 80s
What a lovely presentation. This is the first time I sort of - in my limited way, I mean - understand the free force that propells these people. Esp now Wanda who had experienced the sheer madness of war and destruction, and chose to find peace in the hills and in the mountains. No wonder she was Polish, where so many noteable ppl come from. Thank you, dear presenter.
Wow! A truly amazing person in so many respects. Thank you, again, for re-creating her life for us, and to such a very high standard. Your films are compelling, and hard to stop before their conclusion. Excellent work.
Thanks
What a woman!
Thank you for this upload.
A brilliant video for a brilliant woman. 👏 Thank you for sharing the "crazy Polish lady's" story, she is a true role model & pioneer... may Wanda rest in peace in the mountains she loved. 🤍
Very good work Bro! Thank you very much for this video and Memory about Wanda Rutkiewicz 💪💪 Regards from Poland🇵🇱
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely fascinating story of a legendary climber. This truly is a great production, with lovely pictures and facts, well done!
Thanks
beautiful and smart woman who lived her life the way she wanted...
I’m really glad I found this channel. Excellent research delivered so well. It’s wonderful to hear a strong Indian accent speaking such excellent English without compromising the Narrators Indian accent.
The pace of the narration is excellent. Well done Narrator
I am surprised at the lack of likes on this video. The amazing achievements of Rutkiewicz mark her not only as a pioneer - but a one of the greatest badass climbers in history. She crawled off K2 after reaching the peak, watching her comrades perish, and then climbed again like a BOSS! Why aren't there more stories about Kukuczka and Rutkiewicz - I'd give anything to see the photo of Jerzy carrying Wanda piggyback. Two of the greatest of the greats. I'm happy she died in a place she loved, doing what she loved. It was a good death.
Thanks for your time and positive comments.
judyo your language is poor using american degenerated reversed meaning, have some respect when writing about noble european people, not using rogue detestable language.
This is fantastic 👏
She was a truly amazing woman and a true lover of the high mountains.
I hope her story is heard by many more in the future..Great job 👏 🙂👍
Also..there is a great documentary about the Polish Climbers called 'the Art of freedom'
Highly recommended 👌
Great video! Thank you for making it. You have honored Rutkiewicz greatly. Though she had a great death - I wonder what awesome feats that awaited her had she lived. She could have easily rivaled Kukuzcka and Messner.
a moving account .... keep on making these valuable videos please
She was amazing!
What a lovely video and narration about Wanda Rutkiewicz. Nicely done! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your videos! Thanks so much for taking the time.
Beautiful♡Thank you so much for this amazing and deeply touching documentary!
Wathed this vid a few weeks ago but this passage has been haunting me and I needed to come back and transcribe it. Pardon any improper grammar. It is so beautiful, and starts at about 19:33...
Sometimes being stubborn can lead to your death. She seemed to be that as well as her other fine attributes. Crazy...
Maybe Lifetime will do a movie about her.
I had the great fortune to meet Wanda while trekking to Kanchenjunga in 1991. She was on her way back to Kathmandu after a failed attempt on that mountain. She invited me to tea when I returned to Kathmandu. At the time, I had no idea how famous she was. We spent an afternoon together talking about mountaineering. I had a few modest climbs of my own in Canada to talk about. Yet, it was only when I bought and read the book “Women Climbing” by Bill Burkett and Bill Peascod, that I discovered who she was. A year later, she made her attempt on Kanchenjunga where she perished. I’d like to think that she did succeed in submitting. I have never forgotten her. Thank you so much for this beautiful film.
Great memory! No doubt, she was one of the finest female climbers of her time.
Thank you so much for this video about Wanda - I’ve read ‘The Women of K2’ which tells the story of the first 5 women to summit K2 and how they all subsequently died. It was good to remind myself of her achievements and learn more about her life as well as how she died.
This was very well done. Thanks for sharing her story.
Thank you very much. This was very well done.
She was brilliant! Thanks for this.
What an inspirational mind. The mountain is a confrontation not only with nature, God and oneself but ones own mind and will. It becomes the rhythm of life. Her statement of dying on a mountain made absolute sense to me. She knew her destiny was to live and die there. A peaceful life away from the race. She lived on her own terms. Her legacy is a gift to many. Wanda taught we can push through and keep moving, climbing …either the actual mountain or the metaphorical one we must all traverse in our life. May she Rest In Peace.
Wow. What an amazing lady.
Thank you - can you do Hillary Nelson - she was recently killed trying to ski down a mtn with Jim Morrison
Great video really enjoyed this one. Never heard of her before thank you for sharing.
Wanda left this world doing what she LOVED to do more than anything. I am not a Mountaineer, Trekkie and dislike the snow but I admire those who do just that. I am in awe at the resilience, stamina, fortitude and desire to reach a goal when the odds are you might not make it at all. So sorry she did not follow Carlos Carsolio ( Mexico ) advice to descend. Her mind must nor have been well by then (Oxygen). I would like to think she just up and left to be with the Buddhist as her mom said, it sounds better than the end of the other lady "Sleeping Beauty" at Everest or "Green Boots" etc. RIP Wanda Rutkiewicz ✝
So brilliant. Many thanks for bringing another important but unrecognised life before the public.
Great job! Well done 👏👏👏
A really most interesting video about a most interesting character in alpine mountaineering! You have created a video full of facts, love and dignity, thank you so much for it!
To be honest I feel worse for her mom, can you imagine what she went through? Spending a good chunk of your adult years near Nazis and Communists, bouncing from one war torn country to another, having to deal with everything from that dangerous and insane time period, losing your young son, losing your husband to murder, the only immediate family member she had left her daughter was constantly putting her life at risk in other countries, her daughter disappears and while we can assume she passed while climbing her mom honestly believed until the day she died that she abandoned everything and everyone to become a monk... it's not bad enough to lose your child but then to think they willingly abandoned you too is crazy. Of course my heart breaks for everyone in this (and there's no doubt in my mind that Wanda was dealing with some demons) but especially for her mom 🥺
This biography is just right and a nice homage to her with lovely pictures and well understood exposed simple essential key facts of her life with neutrality but human care . You are excelling at this genre and it's not an easy exercise. It requires human qualities not just research and video making abilities.
Great story. For She stays well in her new life.
Thanks so much, great video and commentary
Very good video; very relevant photos. Thank you!!!
*WoW❕❗* Thanks for recognition🫡
Very good movie, thank you,
she outpaced the time she lived in; her attitude, ambition to climb high mountains was not understood and appreciated by many at that time...
An amazing high altitude climber. It seems like a questionable decision to bivy alone at that altitude instead of descending. Still a stellar mountaineering career.
Questionable hardly describes it.
Well, it could be clouded jugement from high mountain sickness. It gets to the best and there's all kind of testimonies. Like removing all clothes in freezing weather. Even if the mexican man realized she was not herself, it's not easy to force someone down against their will when you don't know them personally.
Extreme mountaineering is a dance with death; living on the very edge. Is the desire of a few to live on that edge a blessing or a curse?
I think Wanda Rutkiewicz knew she was never going to die of old age.
awesome story,,,,,namaste.....finnster
Impressive!
The Troll Wall is a north wall. Only gets 4 hours of sun during the Summer. I climbed in wool clothes and hat. We slept four hours on the "Central Base." Near the top, I stood in ice water on the belay. I started off the next pitch, mid 5.10, and I couldn't feel my feet
Bravo! You did a great job. That wall is challenging.
At 14:07, isnt that from the 2008 expedition?
nice work. those polish climbers were a different breed. rip Wanda.
Wandzia Love!
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12:30 On the right hand side I guess it's not Anna Czerwińska but Krystyna Palmowska.
No food, no water and no shelter but let’s wait out the night and push for the summit in the morning. 🤦🏼♀️
17:43 - Great video. One small error - The image of Cho Oyu actually appears to be Dhaulagiri?
Yes, it’s Dhaulagiri. Thanks for pointing it out.
Which Bgm used during the video?
Important. Plungė where Wanda Rutkiewicz was born, was never a part of Poland. It was always Lithuania. The author of this film has to correct errors.
But you say that Wanda body has never been found , while actually was found in 1995 by an Italian expedition on the slope opposite to the one she was climbed.Two hypotheses were formulated: that she had climbed Kangchenjunga and had then fallen trying to descend from the opposite slope or that, having reached the col that separates the main peak of Kangchenjunga from Kangchenjunga West (Yalung Kang), she had fallen from the col along the gully on the side south
That was a body of other lady, from Bulgaria.
#DangValley ❣️🇳🇵
[3:45] That is one insanely long pinky finger.
Her body was found by Simone Moro in 1995. Is there a book dealing with the history of Polish mountaineering?
It was actually the body of Yordanka Dimitrova, a Bulgarian climber who had been caught by an avalanche on the southwest face of Kangchenjunga in October 1994. During the identification process, Bulgarian-made tablets were found in one of her pockets.
@@epicadventurearchives They need to update Italian wikipedia.
Her body has not been found, like of Kukuczka. They both live forever in the mountains they loved so much.
Rip
Banned for anemia but accepted a few months later? If this happened these days it would be assumed the climber used EPO. I have never heard that EPO was used so long ago, but might it have been? I have no wish to downrate such an admirable and genuinely remarkable athlete, but was EPO in fact available in those days?
No wonder she struggled to make deep personal connections, everyone she cared for was lost.
I'm sure she could never find in men what she truly desired, what she found at the top of the world. That being, another mountain.
What she told Carlos as he descended , what she did not have, made her decision to press on extremely reckless. A great shame. Not an unfamiliar story on the mountain.
Summit fever
Do not go Alpine Climbing in a year that ends in "6". You have been warned...
Are you really a great climber if you die while climbing?
Most of them are dead while climbing.
This video is all over the place, back and forth and back again. Follow a proven format. This thing has 6 conclusions and jumps all the place with random facts dribbled throughout and no chronological order at all. Try again.
It's looks great to me,i visited Wikipedia many times before and i know about her for years.
But i love the way who talks and he is doing great job 👍.
Thank you for making a wonderful video of an inspirational woman 🏔 ❤
Soloing the south face of Annapurna is staggering on its own. What a lady.
god bless her!