Maciej Berbeka

Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide.[1] He and Tomasz Kowalski went missing on 6 March 2013 as they were descending from Broad Peak. They were declared dead two days later.[2]

Maciej Berbeka
Berbeka (left) on Mera Peak in 2009
Born(1954-10-17)17 October 1954
Zakopane, Poland
Died6 March 2013(2013-03-06) (aged 58)
Broad Peak, Pakistan

Berbeka's accomplishments include making the first winter ascent of the eight-thousanders Manaslu, on 12 January 1984, with Ryszard Gajewski; and Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985, with Maciej Pawlikowski (the only winter ascent on an eight-thousander made along a new route). He also climbed and summited Annapurna and Mount Everest. He was the first person in the world to have reached 8000 m during the winter in Karakoram – Rocky Summit (8028 m), on 6 March 1988. This occurred exactly 25 years to the day before he was reported missing on Broad Peak, which he climbed on 5 March 2013 with Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski, and Artur Małek.

See also

References
  1. Hawley, E. (1994). "Everest Ascent and Tragedy" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. 36 (68): 274–275. ISSN 0065-6925.
  2. "Broad Peak: all hope lost for Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski". Planetmountain. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.


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