Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich undertook many serious climbs including difficult new routes and first winter ascents. Among Polish climbers, the team Heinrich-Chrobak was held in high prestige and
Eugeniusz Chrobak [
pl] is still considered one of the best Polish Himalayan climbers of all time. The Heinrich-Chrobak team was very much the Polish equivalent of the
Bonington-
Whillans team in Britain.
1974 –
Lhotse (8250 m) in winter with
Andrzej Zawada, reaching a height of 8,250 meters (27,070 feet), the first time anyone had gone above 8000 m in winter.[3][4]
1980 –
Mount Everest, participated in the winter expedition, leading the way by the Ice Fall, and participated in setting up higher camps.[7]
1981 –
Masherbrum, SW Peak (7806 m), first ascent, with
Marek Malatyński and
Przemysław Nowacki. On the descent Malatyński and Nowacki both died during an enforced and exposed bivouac but Heinrich survived and managed to descend to base camp despite taking a fall of 650 to 1000 feet down ice-cliffs.[8]
Andrzej Zawada: Cho Oyu's Three-Kilometer-High Face. American Alpine Journal, 1986, pp. 6–13 (with 2 photographs with lines depicted, but these photos are not included with the online copy)
Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich undertook many serious climbs including difficult new routes and first winter ascents. Among Polish climbers, the team Heinrich-Chrobak was held in high prestige and
Eugeniusz Chrobak [
pl] is still considered one of the best Polish Himalayan climbers of all time. The Heinrich-Chrobak team was very much the Polish equivalent of the
Bonington-
Whillans team in Britain.
1974 –
Lhotse (8250 m) in winter with
Andrzej Zawada, reaching a height of 8,250 meters (27,070 feet), the first time anyone had gone above 8000 m in winter.[3][4]
1980 –
Mount Everest, participated in the winter expedition, leading the way by the Ice Fall, and participated in setting up higher camps.[7]
1981 –
Masherbrum, SW Peak (7806 m), first ascent, with
Marek Malatyński and
Przemysław Nowacki. On the descent Malatyński and Nowacki both died during an enforced and exposed bivouac but Heinrich survived and managed to descend to base camp despite taking a fall of 650 to 1000 feet down ice-cliffs.[8]
Andrzej Zawada: Cho Oyu's Three-Kilometer-High Face. American Alpine Journal, 1986, pp. 6–13 (with 2 photographs with lines depicted, but these photos are not included with the online copy)