Kinga Baranowska

Who is Kinga Baranowska?

Kinga Baranowska is a Polish mountaineer. She currently lives in Warsaw.

She summited her first eight-thousander, Cho Oyu, in 2003. She failed on attempt to reach one of the most difficult seven-thousanders, Jengish Chokusu in Tian-Shan range. In 2006 she successfully reached the top of Broad Peak. On June 11, 2007 she summited Mount McKinley and one month later, on July 18, she successfully climbed Nanga Parbat. One year later she summited Dhaulagiri – her first attempt to reach the summit from north-east face, in September 2007, failed.

Climbers summited Dhaulagiri May 1, 2008. Teams : Ivan Vallejo, Ferrán Latorre, Nacho Orviz, Fernando Gonzalez-Rubio, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, David Göttler, Carlos Pauner, Marta Alejandre, Asier izaguirre, Alex Txicon, Muptu Sherpa and Polish Kinga Baranowska all summited Dhaulagiri in 40 km/h winds, thunder and lightning on the summit.

On 18 May 2009 Kinga Baranowska as the first Polish woman summited Kangchenjunga which is located on the India-Nepal border. Kangchenjunga has been summited in high winds - however, descent on Kang is reportedly very difficult.