1. Klemens "Klimek" Bachleda was a pioneering Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer in Austria-Hungary.
18 Facts About Klemens Bachleda
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Klemens Bachleda died during an unsuccessful mountain rescue attempt in the High Tatras.
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Klemens Bachleda was a Goral, an ethnographic group which inhabits the Tatra Mountains on both sides of the modern border between Poland and Slovakia.
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Klemens Bachleda died when he was twelve, leaving him an orphan.
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Klemens Bachleda earned a living as a shepherd-boy in the high mountains.
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Klemens Bachleda later went to Upper Hungary to find work, where he was called up for military service.
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Klemens Bachleda married Agnieszka Styrczula from Dzianisz, and they had three children.
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Klemens Bachleda is said to have had outstanding qualities of character: tact, minimisation of risk, courage, consideration, self-sacrifice, helpfulness, diligence and honesty.
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Klemens Bachleda had a talent for orienting himself in difficult, rocky areas, and for mountaineering.
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Klemens Bachleda made the second ascents of Mnich and Zabi Kon.
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Klemens Bachleda took part in the first winter ascents of Zleb Karczmarza, and of Bystra.
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Klemens Bachleda climbed in groups roped together from as early as 1900.
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Klemens Bachleda was the first Tatra highlander to learn to ski.
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Klemens Bachleda has more than ten features in the Tatras named after him, including Klimkowa Turnia, the easternmost peak of Starolesny Szczyt.
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Klemens Bachleda became his deputy, and one of its most active and dedicated members.
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Klemens Bachleda's comrades hoped that he had found another way down.
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Klemens Bachleda was the first member of TOPR to die during a rescue attempt.
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The part of Klemens Bachleda was played by Jozef Gasienica Wawrytko.