Kacper Tekieli

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Kacper Tekieli
Born(1984-11-23)23 November 1984
Justyna Kowalczyk
(m. 2020)
Children1

Kacper Tekieli (23 November 1984 – 17 May 2023) was a Polish mountain climber and sport climbing instructor with a title given by the Polish Alpinism Association (pl: Polski Związek Alpinizmu).[1][2][3] His accomplishments in mountaineering include ascents of the Tatra Mountains, Mount Elbrus, Makalu, Broad Peak, and the Alps. He died in an Jungfrau avalanche in the village of Stechelberg in 2023.

Early life

Tekieli was born in Gdańsk, Poland on 23 November 1984.[4][5] He obtained a master's degree in philosophy, during which he experienced his first fascination with the mountains in the Bieszczady Mountains. In the 2007/2008 season, he was a member of the sports club Otryt Lutowiska and worked in Bacówka near Mała Rawka.[6] After graduating, he spent a few months in the mountains of Alaska, worked in Refuge Murowaniec for a year, and then moved to Kraków and took up mountaineering.[7]

Climbing career

In the Tatra Mountains, Tekieli climbed about 300 climbing routes, in particular most of the most important mountain walls, albeit alone.[2] In 2010, as part of the 6th International Elbrus Race, he ran to the top of Mount Elbrus in less than five hours,[5] and two years later, together with Przemysław Pawlikowski, he finished in twelfth place in the 9th Butcher Run.[8] In 2010, Tekieli was a participant in the Polish Winter Himalaism 2010–2015 program. As part of this project, he took part in expeditions to Makalu and Broad Peak Central.[4][7] He walked routes in the Alps (including the north face of the Eiger, Matterhorn, Grandes Jorasses, and the north-west face of Monte Civetta in the Dolomites),[2] Colorado (Jeff Lowe's Octopussy, historically the first M8 ice route, and other difficult classic ascents),[9] Nevada and Alaska, and also the fastest diretissima of the northern face of the Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki.[5]

Over time, Tekieli came to the conclusion that "the essence of mountaineering is to climb a difficult wall in the most favorable conditions", the choice of the most logical solution to a given mountaineering problem.[7] This approach resulted in successes on "chain walks", projects forming several separate climbing routes into a coherent, meaningful whole within a single mountain action. He often made such crossings in the Tatra Mountains alone and without protection, also in winter conditions.[10][11] On 18 October 2018, he climbed the porch pillar and both pillars of Rumanowy Szczyt in this way in seven and a half hours, and it was a project he had been working on for a long time.[12] On 5 July 2019, together with Łukasz Mirowski, in a record time of 15 hours and 52 minutes, he defeated the Expander by Krzysztof Pankiewicz, a Tatra chain, connecting climbing routes with grade 6–7, on the walls of Mały Młynarz, Kotła Kazalnica Mięguszowiecka, Mnich and Kościelec.[2][13]

During this period, Tekieli also remained involved in Himalayan mountaineering to some extent. In autumn 2016, he also took part in the tragic expedition to Shivling, where he carried out a difficult rescue operation, in which together with Paweł Karczmarczyk he reached the mortally wounded Łukasz Chrzanowski and tried to help him.[14][15] The following year, Tekieli declined the invitation to the Polish winter expedition to K2 and instead went to the mountains of Scotland, where he led new climbing routes with Sandy Allan and Andy Nisbet.[16] In summer 2018, he organized an expedition with Allan, Rick Allen and Stanislav Vrba to create a new route to Broad Peak, which ended in failure after two dangerous accidents. First, Rick Allen fell from a considerable height during a solo reconnaissance. He was found and saved thanks to an innovative action using UAV (the first in the history of Himalayan mountaineering).[17][18] Then Stanislav Vrba suffered a serious leg injury as a result of a rock chipping while climbing. Tekieli managed to abseil with him on a rope to the base of the wall, from where, together with other climbers, he carried the injured man through the glacier to the base.[19][20]

In 2019, Tekieli achieved further significant successes in the mountains of Europe. In addition to the aforementioned Expander, on 4 August, as the fourth

Piolet d'Or award.[25][26] On 13–14 August 2020, Tekieli climbed all the peaks of the Great Crown of the Tatra Mountains in 37 hours and 28 minutes, improving the previous record by over 11 hours.[27] On 2–4 March 2021, he returned to Expander with Maciej Ciesielski and Piotr Sułowski, making the first winter ascent (43 hours and 50 minutes of continuous mountain action in deep snow)—such an undertaking was previously considered impossible and they became pioneers.[28] For this ascent, they received the Kraków Mountain Award 2021.[29]

Personal life and death

Tekieli's first wife was writer Małgorzata Lebda.

Justyna Kowalczyk.[31] In 2021, their son Hugo was born in Kraków.[32] Tekieli set himself the goal of climbing all 82 Alpine four-thousanders in record time (less than 61 days). From 6 to 17 May he climbed eight four-thousanders. On 17 May 2023, after reaching the Jungfrau summit, he died during the descent due to an avalanche in the village of Stechelberg.[33][34] His body was not found until the next morning. Tekieli was 38.[35][36]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kacper Tekieli – Krakowski Festiwal Górski" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Goście WinterCamp – aktualizacja trwa, zobacz kto odwiedził nas w 2020 roku: | WinterCamp 2.0". wintercamp.pl. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "W labiryncie stopni instruktorskich – stan prawny szkoleń wspinaczkowych w Polsce" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kacper Tekieli". Polar Sport.
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  6. ^ "Nie żyje Kacper Tekieli. W Bieszczadach zaczęła się jego miłość do gór. Przyjechał tu 15 lat temu". 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Kacper Tekieli. Bycie w drodze na ośmiotysięcznik". K2 Warszawa.
  8. ^ "Pawlikowski Przemysław, Tekieli Kacper – czas – '10:47:44' – 12 miejsce. Komańcza | biegi-gorskie | 8 czerwca 2012". enduhub.com (in Polish). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Zima w Colorado – Kacper Tekieli" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. ^ Damian Granowski (13 May 2015). "Łańcuchówka Kacpra Tekieli". Drytooling.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Kacper Tekieli o przejściu wymarzonej tatrzańskiej łańcuchówki" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Kacper Tekieli: trzy tatrzańskie filary w jeden dzień solo!" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Rekordowy "Expander" – Łukasz Mirowski i Kacper Tekieli w 15:52" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Łukasz Chrzanowski zginął na Shivling" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Dwa lata po tragedii na Shivlingu". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  16. ^ Simon Richardson. "Lurching Towards One Hundred Routes | Scottishwinter.com". Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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  18. ^ "British climber presumed dead is rescued after being spotted by drone in Himalayas". The Independent. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Broad Peak. Kolejna akcja ratunkowa. Polacy bohaterami". Sport.pl (in Polish). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Pechowa wyprawa na Broad Peak. Wypadek Stando Vrby" (in Polish). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Matterhorn Ridges x 4: François Cazzanelli and Andreas Steindl climb 4 crests in 16 hours". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  22. ^ "4 Ridges of the Matterhorn in Under 24 Hours for Kacper Tekieli". Rock and Ice. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Kacper Tekieli in solitaria sull'Eiger". www.up-climbing.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Kacper Tekieli znowu solo. "Droga Laupera" na Eigerze" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  25. ^ Nicole Chavez (30 April 2017). "Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck dies in Everest training accident". CNN. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Aberdeen and Newtonmore climbers win Piolet d'Or". BBC News. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Kacper Tekieli rekordowo na Wielkiej Koronie Tatr" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  28. ^ "Ciesielski, Tekieli, Sułowski: zimowy "Expander" pokonany w 43 godziny i 50 min" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  29. ^ "KFG 2021: Kraków Climbing Award i Kraków Mountain Award przyznane" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  30. ^ Czernek, Seweryn (18 May 2023). "Pierwsza żona pożegnała Tekielego. Poruszające słowa pisarki. "Puściliśmy siebie wolno"". gazeta.pl. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  31. ^ "Justyna Kowalczyk wzięła ślub! Pochwaliła się nowym nazwiskiem". sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  32. ^ "Justyna Kowalczyk urodziła". sport.wprost.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  33. ^ ""Był moim wszystkim". Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli o zmarłym mężu" ["He was my everything". Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli on her deceased husband]. www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  34. ^ "Stechelberg: Skitourengänger tödlich verunglückt" [Stechelberg: Ski tourer killed in an accident]. KAPO Bern (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  35. ^ Michał Lao (18 May 2023). "Nie żyje Kacper Tekieli, prywatnie mąż Justyny Kowalczyk". interia.pl. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  36. ^ "Husband of Olympic medalist Justyna Kowalczyk dies in avalanche". ESPN. May 18, 2023. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023.
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