Tomasz Mackiewicz

Tomasz Mackiewicz (13 January 1975 – 30 January 2018 ) was a Polish high-altitude climber.

Early life and expeditions Born in Działoszyn, Poland. At the age of 12, together with his parents, he moved from Działoszyn to Częstochowa, where he later attended high school. While living in Częstochowa, he was addicted to heroin for several years.

In 2008, Mackiewicz was awarded a "feat of the year" award along with Mark Klonowski for an extensive traverse of Mount Logan. In 2009 he summited Khan Tengri as a solo climber. He tried several times to summit Nanga Parbat in winter. While climbing with Klonowski in 2015, he reached a height of and in 2016, along with the French climber Élisabeth Revol, he reached an altitude of on Nanga Parbat.

Disappearance On 25 January 2018, while attempting his seventh try at a winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, known as the "Killer Mountain", in Pakistan, at , Mackiewicz had reached the summit from the Diamer side along with French climber Élisabeth Revol. Memorial of Polish Himalayan Mountaineers, Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Tomasz Mackiewicz's name and date of disappearance is inscribed on the memorial.

Ludovic Giambiasi, Revol's partner, wrote on a Facebook post: The rescue for Tomasz is unfortunately not possible – because of the weather and altitude it would put the life of rescuers in extreme danger, It's a terrible and painful decision. ... All our thoughts go out to Tomek's family and friends. We are crying.

In March 2018, his father, Witold, received a death certificate from Pakistan, in which the date of his death was given as 30 January 2018.