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Which pair of climbers made the first winter ascent of Mount Everest?

Jerzy Kukuczka i Andrzej Czok

Krzysztof Wielicki i Leszek Cichy

Reinhold Messner i Peter Habeler

Andrzej Zawada i Andrzej Heinrich

On February 17, 1980, Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki, as the first alpinists in history, won the highest mountain in the world in winter - Mount Everest (8850 m). A 20-person, national expedition was led by the precursor of the winter himalism, Andrzej Zawada.

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