Career
She has also published several books about mountaineering. The first Polish woman to reach the Seven Summits. She is Doctorate.S. (Pharmacy) but she left medicine science for the mountains and now is a business woman.
She owns a purchasing firm.
She has been climbing for 33 years, usually in all-women teams. In summer 1977 with Krystyna Palmowska she climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn.
This was the first time women climbed such a difficult wall. In 1978 with Krystyna Palmowska, Wanda Rutkiewicz and Irena Kesa she climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn in winter.
Again they were the first women to succeed and it created a sensation in the European mountaineering world.
In 1979 with Krystyna Palmowska they climbed a new route, Rakaposhi (7788 m), in Pakistan. On June 30, 1983 they both climbed Broad Peak, Rocky Summit - Czerwińska, Main, Snowy Summit 8047 meters - Palmowska). lieutenant was only a two women expedition.
On July 15, 1985 she was on the summit of Nanga Parbat with Wanda Rutkiewicz and Krystyna Palmowska - the first women team on the top without support of mentor
She tried two times to climb Kanchenjunga: in 1980 and in 1990 as a leader of the expedition. Foreign five years she “collected” the highest summits of the continents: Aconcagua (South America) and Kilimanjaro (Africa) in 1995 r.
Mount McKinley (North America), Elbrus (Europe) and Mount Kosciuszko (Australia) in 1996 r. Mount Vinson (Antarctica) in 1998 r.
Carstensz Pyramid (Australia with Oceania) in 1999 r.
Mount Everest (Asia) 5/22/2000. On 10/6/00 she climbed Shishapangma (unclear if the Central or Main Summit). She is the author or coauthor of many books about climbing on Matterhorn, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Nanga Parbat, K2.
This December she will publish her new book about the 7 Summits.
She is also the oldest woman to summit Mount Everest. On May 21, 2001 Anna summitted Lhotse, then Cho Oyu on September 25, 2001.
1983 - Broad Peak-Rocky Summit (not considered as independent eight-thousander)
1985 - Nanga Parbat
1986 - K2 (only to the altitude of 8200 m)
2000 - Mount Everest
2000 - Shisha Pangma (Central-Peak)
2001 - Lhotse
2001 - Cho Oyu
2003 - Gasherbrum II
2006 - Makalu.
