Wanda: Eine Geschichte über die Macht von Leben und Tod – Hörbuch

Audiobook narrated by Danuta Stenka. She said, "I will die in the mountains." She kept her word; according to court records, she died on May 13, 1992. The day before, she had disappeared on Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas. No one witnessed her death, no one heard her last words, and no one found her body. At the beginning of the 21st century, two tourists knocked on the door of the Jerzy Kukuczka Memorial and claimed they had encountered a figure resembling the mountaineer who had disappeared years earlier in a monastery in Tibet. Her death remains a mystery, like many events in her life, to this day.

The third woman and the first European to summit Mount Everest. The first woman on K2. From a young age, she was known for her Samogitian stubbornness. She had to grow up quickly to support her mother in the household. She wanted to replace her father's firstborn son, who had tragically died. First, she bore the burden of a difficult family history, then she always kept things in the background. She lived from expedition to expedition. She never decided to become a mother. Her two marriages fell apart. Freedom was the most important thing for her. Her true love was for the mountains.

Unknown documents, previously unpublished photos, and relatives who agreed to an interview for the first time. Following the enormous success of her book "Simona Kossak. The Story of the Extraordinary Life of Simona Kossak," Anna Kamińska brings readers closer to the life of Poland's most famous mountaineer. Wanda. A story of the power of life and death. Wanda Rutkiewicz's story is much more than a biography. It is a tale of overcoming one's own demons, conquering personal weaknesses, and a great passion for life that, while it grants incredible strength, can also burn.