Andrzej Zawada

Selected expeditions

• In 1959 he was a leader to a first winter crossing through the whole main ridge of Tatra Mountains, which took 19 days.
• In 1971, as chief he led the Polish expedition to make the first ascent to the Khunyang Chhish in the Karakoram. He also reached the summit.
• With Tadeusz Piotrowski he made the first winter ascent of Noshaq in the Hindu Kush. It was the world's first winter climb above.
• On 25 December 1974, Zawada became the first man in the world to exceed a height of in the winter, alongside Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich, by reaching a height of on Lhotse.
• In 1977 Zawada made the first crossing the north wall of Koh-i Mandaras.
• In February 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy made the first winter ascent of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. Zawada led the expedition. It was the first ascent in winter of a peak above 8,000 m.
• In May 1980 Zawada led an expedition of Everest with Andrzej Czok and Jerzy Kukuczka and ascended a new route.
• In February 1985 Maciej Berbeka and Maciej Pawlikowski made the first winter ascent of Cho Oyu. It is the only winter ascent on eight-thousander made a new route. Zawada led the expedition.
• On 31 December 1988 Krzysztof Wielicki made the first winter ascent of Lhotse. Zawada led the expedition.

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