Yalung Kang | 1984 S Face direct

A Poland expedition to Yalung Kang in 1984 via S Face direct, led by Tadeusz Karolczak. Summit reached on 7th October 1984. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	990
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	S Face direct
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Poland
Leaders	Tadeusz Karolczak
Sponsor	Polish Spain Yalungkang Expedition
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	7th,10th
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Spain
Approach	-
Basecamp Date	1984-09-07
Summit Date	1984-10-07
Summit Time	-
Summit Days	30
Total Days	0
Termination Date	-
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8505
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	4
Fixed Rope (m)	2100
Total Members	10
Summit Members	4
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Taken	False
O2 Unknown	False
Other Summits	-
Campsites	BC(07/09,5200m),C1(14/09,6250m),C2(20/09,6700m),C3(29/09,7450m),C4(06/10,7800m),Smt(07,10/10)
Route Notes	BC same as Poles (higher than usual site) C3 at foot of couloir. All difficult, some really difficult: icefall starting at 7000m and rock from about C3 and C4. Last section so difficult that without fixed ropes had to go down normal route used by German-Austrian expedition in 1975. Both parties descended by 1975 route. Put 2100m fixed rope total.
Accidents	None
Achievement	New route, 1st Poles to summit
Agency	-
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2449675
Year	1984
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	s face direct

Members

Field	Value
ID	21793
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	02
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Grzegora
Last Name	Benke
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1955
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Exp Doctor
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Occupation	Orthopedic surgeon
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2433220
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	grzegora benke
Year of Birth	1955
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21794
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	03
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Francisco Asis
Last Name	Chavarri Yabarra
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Spain
Status	Climber
Residence	Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Occupation	Student
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	Chavarri = Txabarri (in Basque)
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2432624
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	francisco asis chavarri yabarra
Year of Birth	1953
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21795
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	04
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Leszek
Last Name	Cichy
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1951
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Occupation	Engineer of geodessy
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8505
Summit Date 1	1984-10-10
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	10
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2431928
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	leszek cichy
Year of Birth	1951
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21796
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	01
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Tadeusz
Last Name	Karolczak
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1955
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Leader
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8505
Summit Date 1	1984-10-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	7
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2433259
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	tadeusz karolczak
Year of Birth	1955
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	21797
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	05
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Przemyslaw
Last Name	Piasecki
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1952
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	Mechanical engineer
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8505
Summit Date 1	1984-10-10
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	10
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2432199
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	przemyslaw piasecki
Year of Birth	1952
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21798
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	06
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Roman
Last Name	Tuliszka
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1952
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	University teacher of biology
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2432215
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	roman tuliszka
Year of Birth	1952
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21799
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	07
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Wojciech
Last Name	Wroz
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1942
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	Physicist
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8505
Summit Date 1	1984-10-07
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	7
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2428683
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	wojciech wroz
Year of Birth	1942
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	42
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21800
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	08
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Marek
Last Name	Zierhoffer
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1953
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	Physicist
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2432704
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	marek zierhoffer
Year of Birth	1953
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21801
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	09
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Jerzy
Last Name	Zietek
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1957
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	Poland
Status	Climber
Residence	Poznan, Poland
Occupation	Attorney
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2434025
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jerzy zietek
Year of Birth	1957
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	27
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	21802
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Member ID	10
Peak ID	YALU
Year	1984
Season	3
First Name	Jose Luis
Last Name	Zuloaga
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1954
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	Spain
Status	Climber
Residence	Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
Occupation	Physicist
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	2432947
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jose luis zuloaga
Year of Birth	1954
Year	1984
Age at Expedition	30
Role	Member

10 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Grzegora Benke	M	1955	Poland	Exp Doctor	Warsaw, Poland	Orthopedic surgeon	Details Other expeditions
Francisco Asis Chavarri Yabarra	M	1953	Spain	Climber	Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain	Student	Details Other expeditions
Leszek Cichy	M	1951	Poland	Climber	Warsaw, Poland	Engineer of geodessy	Details Other expeditions
Tadeusz Karolczak	M	1955	Poland	Leader	Poznan, Poland	Electrical engineer	Details Other expeditions
Przemyslaw Piasecki	M	1952	Poland	Climber	Poznan, Poland	Mechanical engineer	Details Other expeditions
Roman Tuliszka	M	1952	Poland	Climber	Poznan, Poland	University teacher of biology	Details Other expeditions
Wojciech Wroz	M	1942	Poland	Climber	Poznan, Poland	Physicist	Details Other expeditions
Marek Zierhoffer	M	1953	Poland	Climber	Poznan, Poland	Physicist	Details Other expeditions
Jerzy Zietek	M	1957	Poland	Climber	Poznan, Poland	Attorney	Details Other expeditions
Jose Luis Zuloaga	M	1954	Spain	Climber	Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain	Physicist	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	6
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Reference ID	01
Year	1984
Type	2
Journal	AAJ
Author	Nyka, Jozef
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1985
Language	-
Citation	59:251 (1985)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	4170
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Reference ID	02
Year	1984
Type	3
Journal	MM
Author	-
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1985
Language	-
Citation	102:13 (Mar 1985)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	12602
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	YALU84301
Reference ID	03
Year	1984
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198525102/Asia-Nepal-Yalung-Kang-South-Face
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
YALU84301	AAJ	Nyka, Jozef	-	-	59:251 (1985)	-
YALU84301	MM	-	-	-	102:13 (Mar 1985)	-
YALU84301	-	-	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198525102/Asia-Nepal-Yalung-Kang-South-Face	-	-	-