Born: November 17,1976,in Wejherowo, Kaszuby, Poland
Mountaineering. She currently lives in Warsaw, Poland and is a member of the Alpinus Expedition Team. She also is a member of the governing board of Klub Wysokogorski Warszawa. She climbed her first eight-thousander - Cho Oyu (8201m)- in October 2003. Failed on attempt to reach one of the most difficult seven-thousanders Jengish Chokusu in Tian-Shan range. In July 2006 she successfully reached the top of Broad Peak (8047m), Pakistan. In June 2007 she climbed Mount McKinley (6194m), Alaska, USA and one month later in July she successfully climbed the face Diamir of Nanga Parbat (8125m), Pakistan. In 2008 she climbed Dhaulagiri, Himalaya, Nepal - her first attempt to reach the summit from north-east face, in September, 2007 failed. Climbers reached the summit of Dhaulagiri (8,167m) in May, 2008 in 40km/h winds, thunder and lightnings on the summit. She was the first Polish woman climber to reach this summit. She was also the first Polish woman climber to reach the summit of Manaslu (8156 m) -October, 2008 On 18th of May, 2009 Kinga Baranowska as the first Polish woman (Alpinus Expedition Team, KW Warsaw) climbed Kangchenjunga (8586 m) located in Nepal. They climbed the summit of Kangchenjunga in high winds - descent on Kang is reportedly very difficult.
Some of her other achievements:
Matterhorn (4478 m) from the Italian side and other summits in the Alps, among others in the Monta Rosa massif
Summits in Africa: Kilimanjaro, Jabel Toubkal, Batian-the highest (5199m) peak of Mount Kenia in 2002
Chan Tengri (7010 m) - from the southern side in 2002
Pik Pobiedy (7439 m) - in the Tien Shan mountains: organizer and participant of the expedition in 2003.
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Official site (in Polish). Many photos from expeditions and a diary!
Interview (in Polish)
Dhaulagiri photos
Nanga Parbat photos
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