Who is Wojciech Kurtyka?
Wojciech Kurtyka. Wojciech Kurtyka (also Voytek Kurtyka, born 25 July 1947, in Skrzynka near Kłodzko) is a Polish mountaineer and rock climber, one of the pioneers of the alpine style of climbing the biggest walls in the Greater Ranges.
Who is Kacper Kurtyka?
Besides being a climber, Kurtyka is author of many articles on climbing published in Polish and English. He is also an inventor (around 1980) of the local Polish grading system of free climbs. This system uses an opened scale, called “Kurtyka scale” or “Krakowska scale”. In 2016, he received the Piolet d’Or Carrière (Lifetime Achievement Award).
What is the Kurtyka scale?
Besides being a climber, Kurtyka is author of many articles on climbing published in Polish and English. He is also an inventor (around 1980) of the local Polish grading system of free climbs. This system uses an opened scale, called “Kurtyka scale” or “Krakowska scale”.
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