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On This Day: February 17, 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy Became the First to Climb Mount Everest in Winter

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On This Day: February 17, 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy Became the First to Climb Mount Everest in Winter.

On this day, February 17, 1980, Polish climbers Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy made history by becoming the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest during winter. Their groundbreaking ascent was part of a Polish expedition led by Andrzej Zawada, marking one of the greatest achievements in mountaineering history.

Climbing Everest is already one of the most difficult feats in the world, but tackling it in winter adds extreme challenges, including brutal subzero temperatures...
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