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 Berbeka (left) on Mera Peak in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 17 October 1954 Zakopane, Poland |
| Died | 6 March 2013 (aged 58) Broad Peak, Pakistan |
Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide. [1]
Berbeka made the first-ever winter ascent of three eight-thousanders: Manaslu, on 12 January 1984 with Ryszard Gajewski, [2] and Cho Oyu, on 12 February 1985 with Maciej Pawlikowski (the only winter ascent on an eight-thousander made along a new route), [3] and Broad Peak on 5 March 2013 with Adam Bielecki, Artur Małek, and Tomasz Kowalski. [4] Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski went missing on 6 March 2013 as they were descending from Broad Peak. They were declared dead two days later. [5]
Berbeka had also summited Annapurna in 1982, [6] Mount Everest and Lhotse. He was also the first person in history to have reached over 8000 m during the winter in Karakoram – Rocky Summit (8028 m), on 6 March 1988.
His life is the subject of a 2022 Polish Netflix film, Broad Peak . [7]
