Adam Bielecki (climber)

On September 30, 2011, together with Artur Hajzer and Tomasz Wolfart he summited Makalu (8463m), They climbed the mountain without supplementary oxygen.[2]

On March 9, 2012, Adam Bielecki with Janusz Gołąb made the first successful winter ascent of Gasherbrum I (8080m), thereby also achieving the highest elevation reached by man in winter in the Karakorum. They climbed the mountain without supplementary oxygen.[3]

On July 31, 2012, he summited K2 (8611m) without use of supplemental oxygen.[4]

On March 5, 2013, he climbed Broad Peak (8051m) together with Maciej Berbeka, Artur Małek and Tomasz Kowalski. They climbed the mountain without supplementary oxygen. The climbers separated before the summit, and while Bielecki and Małek reached the camp on descent, Berbeka and Kowalski went missing and were pronounced dead three days later.[5][6]

On January 27, 2018, Bielecki, along with Denis Urubko, Jaroslaw Botor and Piotr Tomala led a rescue operation on Nanga Parbat to save climbers Élisabeth Revol and Tomasz Mackiewicz, who were stuck on the mountain.[7] All 4 of them had been attempting a winter summit of K2, were brought to the mountain by helicopter. Bielecki and Urubko climbed over 1000m through the night to reach Revol. They succeeded in bringing Revol to safety, but, due to the severe weather conditions, were unable to save Mackiewicz.[8] The K2 expedition ended with no success.[9] Bielecki and his colleagues were awarded Legion of Honour, France's highest distinction for military and civil merits, for this rescue mission.[10]

On July 16 2018, Adam Bielecki with Felix Berg, climbed Gasherbrum II by the west face (probably the second ascent of this face) without supplementary oxygen.[11][12]

Bielecki was a leader of multiple expeditions on 5 continents, among other peaks he climbed also: Tilicho Peak, Pik Lenin, Jengish Chokusu (western summit), Damavand, Ararat, Kilimanjaro, Ruwenzori, Mount Kenya, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Aconcagua, Denali (Mc Kinley) Dhampus Peak, El Cuerno, Artesonraju, Churup and in the Alps in total 17 four-thousanders, including Mont Blanc, Dufourspitze, Matterhorn.[13]

On August 20, 2017, Bielecki together with Paweł Migas and Jacek Czech climbed in the Cajon del Mapo region of the Andes opening 3 new routes: "Ruta Polaca", "Diedro Polaco" and "La Perdida".[14][15]

• 2011 – Makalu
• 2012 – Gasherbrum I (first winter ascent)
• 2012 – K2
• 2013 – Broad Peak (first winter ascent)
• 2018 – Gasherbrum II (by the west face)

• „Colton-MacIntyre”. Grandess Jorasses ED+, 1200m.[16]
• „Shmid route”. Matterhorn, TD+, 1100m.[17]
• „Transylvania” Monte Cassale, VII, 1100m.[18]
• „Via Luna 85”, PlaccheZebratta, 6c, 400m.
• „Shangri-La” Osterva, VIII.
• „Szewska Pasja”, Młynarczyk VII+.
• „Ruta Polaca”, Cerro Arenas. TD+, 1000m. First ascent
• „La Perdida”, Cerro Arenas. ED-,900m. First Ascent
• „Rubenzahl” Kandersteg. WI6.
• „Juvsola” Rjukan. WI6.[19]
• „Original route” La Esfinge. 6c+/7a, 800m.[20]