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"The good Lord helped us both climb to great heights on the same day" - this is the most famous quotation related to Polish Himalayan climbing and it moves us now as much as ever, or perhaps even more, since both of the interlocutors are no longer with us. The words were spoken by the pope John Paul II to Wanda Rutkiewicz on the 10th of June 1979, during his first pilgrimage to Poland. He was referring to the amazing day of the 16th of October 1978, which was of utmost importance for both of them. When the white smoke over St. Peter's Square let the Catholic world know it had a new pope, the pope's compatriot from a faraway country was standing on the Earth's tallest summit, Mount Everest, as the third woman and first European woman in history. This event, by many referred to as a miracle, was at the same time a strong affirmation of the phenomenon created by Polish women climbers: women's mountaineering.
Wojciech Fusek
(book in Polish, film in Polish with English subtitles)
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Film running time 41' 48'' |
