Polish women to conquer the Himalayas

Kinga Baranowska and Kasia Skłodowska from Alpinus Expedition Team plan to conquer Dhaulagiri (8167 meters above see level) as first Polish women.

At the beginnig of April they arrived in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after long and exhausting trekking session they got to the base camp under Dhaulagiri (4800m). Kinga and Kasia set up a camp at 5800 meters above see level, nad within the next few days they want to set another two camps at 6500 and 7200 meters above see level. All thi in view of getting acclimatised as well as possible. After such training of their bodies so high they want to make an attempt to conquer Dhaulagiri next week.
Dhaulagiri "The White Mountain", the Himalayan peak of 8167meters above see level, is seperated from Annapurna by the deep gorge of Kali Gandaki. It is the seventh highest from eight-thousanders in the world and, so far, the one which has not been conquered by any Polish woman.
The peak was reached in 1960 by a Swiss expedition with Kurt Diemberger. However, the first and so far the only people who conquered Dhaulagiri in winter were Poles: Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok in 1985.