A Polish daredevil on Friday skied down the Yawash Sar II peak in Pakistan, notching up another world first. The feat by Andrzej Bargiel is the first stage in an adventure during which he also aims to scale Laila Peak in Pakistan. Both mountains are over 6,000 metres tall. Bargiel has previously said his trek would last a month. This is not the first accomplishment of this kind for Bargiel, in 2018 he ski’d down K2, the 2nd highest mountain the world, and he also had to abandon an attempt to ski down Mount Everest in 2019.
Source – Polskie Radio, onet.pl
Poland’s COVID reproduction („R”) number, an indicator of how many others are being infected by one person with the virus, is at its lowest since the start of the epidemic last year, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Friday.
Source – Polskie Radio
This weekend marks a long weekend in Poland with Monday May 3rd being a public holiday. The holiday celebrates the 230th anniversary of the declaration of the Constitution of May 3rd 1791, the first constitution in Europe and the 2nd oldest in the world after the American Constitution.
Source – Radio Gdańsk, Wikipedia
The disputed development plan for Gdańsk Brzeżno has been referred for review at court by the Pomeranian province after protests by residents and environmental campaigners. The plan was adopted in March this year by the Gdańsk municipality.
The plan includes hotel and gastronomic development. The province shared the opinion of councillors and activists that the Gdańsk municipality officials concealed the position of the conservator of monuments during the adoption of the plan. Moreover, the lawyers of the Pomeranian province Office noticed that there is no maximum height for some buildings in the plan.
Source – Radio Gdańsk
Weather
Today will be a sunny day in a gentle breeze with temperatures reaching 9 degrees centigrade (48 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 4 degrees overnight. Sunday will be more cloudy with sunny spells and scattered showers and temperatures will reach 9 degrees during the day and 4 degrees overnight.
