Climbers in a camp in the Tatra Mountains. From the left: Zbigniew Wach and Janusz Kurczab.

Climbing in the Tatra Mountains in the 1960s and 1970s. Polish climbers, including Jerzy Kukuczka, gained experience in the Tatra Mountains, which was extremely important in conquering mountains around the world. Kukuczka often took part in ascents that were the first winter ascents of climbing routes on the Tatra peaks and marked new routes (e.g. the first winter ascent of Mały Młynarz Direttissima with Tadeusz Gibiński and Zbigniew Wach in 1972).

Tatras, Tatra Mountains, 1972, Zbigniew Wach, Janusz Kurczab, camp

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