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Wanda Rutkiewicz was born on February 2, 1943 in Plungiany, Lithuania. She died either on May 12 or May 13, 1992, while climbing Kangchenjunga.
Wanda Rutkiewicz (pron. van-dah root-kie-vitch) is regarded as one of the greatest woman climbers ever. She was the third woman and the first European to reach the summit of Mount Everest on October 16, 1978. In 1986 she became the first woman to successfully climb K2.
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