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Who made the first winter ascent of Mount Everest?

Reinhold Messner and Erhard Loretan

Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki

Reinhold Messner and Jerzy Kukuczka

Leszek Cichy and Jerzy Kukuczka

The first winter ascent of Mount Everest on 17 February 1980 was also the first winter summit of any of the world's fourteen 8000 metre peaks. After 1980 Poles did nine more first winter ascents on 8000 metre peaks, one of which was shared with an Italian climber Simone Moro. Only K2 remain unconquered in winter conditions.

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Where does the name K2 come from?

name of Polish climber - Jerzy Kukuczka

the fact it's second in height in the world

name of the Karakoram Range

the name "King George II"

At what temperature does water boil at the top of Mt Everest?

68°C (154.4°F)

101,4°C (213,8°F)

100°C (212°F)

98,6°C (208,4°F)

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb Mt Everest. But which of them was the first to step on the summit?

it is not known

Reinhold Messner

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