Acting
Jerzy Kukuczka
- Born
- Mar 24, 1948 · Aged 41
- Died
- Oct 24, 1989
- Place of birth
- Katowice, Śląskie, Poland
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 5
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (7)
- جيرزي كوكوتشكا
- Józef Jerzy Kukuczka
- Кукучка, Ежи
- 捷西·库库奇卡
- イェジ・ククチカ
- Jerzy 'Jurek' Kukuczka
- Jurek Kukuczka
Biography
Józef Jerzy Kukuczka, nicknamed "Jurek", born on March 24, 1948 in Katowice, Poland and died on October 24, 1989 while attempting to climb the south face of Lhotse, is a Polish mountaineer and Himalayan climber. He is considered one of the greatest Himalayan climbers of all time. He was the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb the fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters. An iconic climber of an extraordinary generation of Polish climbers (including Wanda Rutkiewicz, Krzysztof Wielicki, Wojciech Kurtyka, Andrzej Czok, Artur Hajzer, Ryszard Pawłowski etc.) his Himalayan exploits are…
