Editing Mount Everest (section)

===1979/1980: Winter Himalaism===
[[File:Mount Everest winter 1980 cert.jpg|thumb|Confirmation of the summit obtained by [[Nepal Tourism Board|Nepal's Ministry of Tourism]]]]
The Polish climber [[Andrzej Zawada]] headed the first winter ascent of Mount Everest, the first winter ascent of an eight-thousander. The team of 20 Polish climbers and 4 Sherpas established a base camp on [[Khumbu Glacier]] in early January 1980. On 15 January, the team managed to set up Camp III at {{convert|7150|m|ft}} above sea level, but further action was stopped by hurricane-force winds. The weather improved after 11 February, when [[Leszek Cichy]], Walenty Fiut and [[Krzysztof Wielicki]] set up camp IV on [[South Col]] at {{convert|7906|m|ft}}. Cichy and Wielicki started the final ascent at 6:50{{nbsp}}am on 17 February. At 2:40{{nbsp}}pm [[Andrzej Zawada]] at base camp heard the climbers' voices over the radio – "We are on the summit! The strong wind blows all the time. It is unimaginably cold."<ref>[https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1984_files/AJ%201984%2050-59%20Zawada%20Everest.pdf Mount Everest the first winter ascent] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114174254/https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1984_files/AJ%201984%2050-59%20Zawada%20Everest.pdf |date=14 November 2021 }} Andrzej Zawada ''www.alpinejournal.org.uk'', accessed 12 December 2020</ref><ref name="theclymb.com">{{cite web|url=http://blog.theclymb.com/passions/history-2/ice-warriors-polands-golden-alpine-generation/|title=The Ice Warriors: Poland's Golden Alpine Generation|date=30 March 2016|access-date=31 March 2018|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917104446/https://blog.theclymb.com/passions/history-2/ice-warriors-polands-golden-alpine-generation/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://winterclimb.com/articles/item/111-mount-everest-first-winter-ascent-1980|title=The first winter ascent of Mount Everest|first=Damian|last=Granowski|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326072827/https://winterclimb.com/articles/item/111-mount-everest-first-winter-ascent-1980|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://himalman.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/krzysztof-wielicki-polish-winter-expedition-1980-part-1/|title=Krzysztof Wielicki – Polish Winter Expedition 1980 – part 1|date=13 November 2007|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326072826/https://himalman.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/krzysztof-wielicki-polish-winter-expedition-1980-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> The successful winter ascent of Mount Everest started a new decade of Winter Himalaism, which became a Polish specialisation. After 1980 Poles did ten first winter ascents on [[Eight-thousander|8000 metre peaks]], which earned Polish climbers a reputation of "Ice Warriors".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/8000erwinter.shtml|title=Adventurestats.com|website=www.adventurestats.com|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023050813/http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/8000erwinter.shtml|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="theclymb.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web11w/wfeature-polish-winter/2|title=Golden Decade: The Birth of 8000m Winter Climbing|website=www.alpinist.com|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=15 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615125022/http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web11w/wfeature-polish-winter/2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2102469/how-polands-ice-warriors-aim-become-first-team-summit-k2-savage|title=Poland's 'ice warriors' risk life and limb to be first to summit K2 in winter|date=13 July 2017|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428114017/https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2102469/how-polands-ice-warriors-aim-become-first-team-summit-k2-savage|url-status=live}}</ref>