Andrzej Czok
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Andrzej Czok (November 11, 1948 – January 11, 1986) was a Polish mountaineer best known for making the first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri on January 21, 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Everest in 1980 (also with Kukuczka). He suffered a pulmonary oedema while making a winter attempt on Kangchenjunga in 1985–86 and died at Camp III. He was buried nearby in a crevasse.[1]
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- ^ Machnik, Andrzej. "Kangchenjunga Climbed in Winter". The Himalayan Journal. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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