Jarek Gawrysiak and Wojtek Flaczynski from the 10 members Polish team reached the top of Nanda Devi East (7534 m) on 27th June at around 5pm.They started for the summit push from Camp-3, located at about 6800m at around 3am on the same day. 80 years back, two polish climbers Klarner and Bujak reached the top of Nanda Devi East on 2nd July, 1939 at around 5:20pm.
"Jarek and Wojtek Flaczyński reached the summit of Nanda Devi East today at around 5pm. They will stay in a bivouac tonight near 7000m. All members are safe so far," Anindya Mukherjee, the official organizer of this 80th Anniversary Expedition reported Dream Wanderlust.
Polish climbers had set out to summit of Nanda Devi East / Sunanda Devi (7434m) in the end of May with an intention of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first Polish summit. 10 climbers are Fronia, Dariusz Załuski, Wojtek Flaczyński, Bartłomiej Szeliga, Jan Lenczowski, Marcin Gałus, Stanisław Pisarek, Filip Babicz, Oswald Rodrigo Pereira under the Leadership of Jarosław "Jarek" Gawrysiak.
They were divided into three teams for the summit push from the Base Camp. The first team comprised Jarek, Rafal, Jan, Wojtek, and Filip; second team - Dariusz and Oswald; alongside the third team - Stanisław, Marcin and Bartłomiej.
"It is a very special expedition for us because, 80 years ago in 1939, another Polish team made the very first ascent to Nanda Devi East. That was also the first Himalayan expedition by any Polish team ever. So, that is very important for us and we will try to do the same this time.", said Jarosław Gawrysiak before starting the expedition.
1939 Polish Expedition (Photo courtesy: The Himalayan Club)
2019 Polish Team (Photo courtesy: Anindya Mukherjee)
