”To be a woman in Himalayas”, Poland

Bulgarian premiere: 

“KOBIETĄ W HIMALAJACH”/”To be a woman in Himalayas”, Poland, 2020, Eliza Kubarska, 44`

A story about women from two different parts of the globe, who challenged the traditional order of the world and their influence on the younger generation of alpinists in Poland and Nepal. Wanda Rutkiewicz and Pasang Lamu Sherpa. 25 years after Wanda’s and Pasang’s disappearance, their successors appeared on the world arena: Kinga Baranowska and Maya Sherpa. Inspired by the courageous heroines of the last century, they continue the tradition of female himalaism raising the bar for others.