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From Poland 🇵🇱
Resident New Zealand 🇳🇿
Date of birth 3rd Mar 1963
Age 63 years old
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Boulder (Worked) 7C
Hardest Sport (Worked) 8b

Kazimierz 'Kaz' Pucia began his climbing career in the Tatra Mountains before immigrating to New Zealand in the early 1990s. He became a dominant figure in the domestic sport climbing and bouldering scenes, widely recognised for his extreme physical strength, high athleticism, and strict gymnastic training regimens.

Pucia won numerous national sport climbing competitions, frequently campusing cruxes. During the 1990s, he pushed limits of New Zealand climbing by establishing both the hardest sport route (Spaceboy[1] Extension) and the hardest boulder (The Joker[2] ) problem in the country at the time.

References

[1] https://climbing-history.org/climb/8099/space-boy

[2] https://climbing-history.org/climb/8227/the-joker

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44 contributions since 19th July 2026.

Quick Info

From Poland 🇵🇱
Resident New Zealand 🇳🇿
Date of birth 3rd Mar 1963
Age 63 years old
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Boulder (Worked) 7C
Hardest Sport (Worked) 8b

Kazimierz 'Kaz' Pucia began his climbing career in the Tatra Mountains before immigrating to New Zealand in the early 1990s. He became a dominant figure in the domestic sport climbing and bouldering scenes, widely recognised for his extreme physical strength, high athleticism, and strict gymnastic training regimens.

Pucia won numerous national sport climbing competitions, frequently campusing cruxes. During the 1990s, he pushed limits of New Zealand climbing by establishing both the hardest sport route (Spaceboy[1] Extension) and the hardest boulder (The Joker[2] ) problem in the country at the time.

References

[1] https://climbing-history.org/climb/8099/space-boy

[2] https://climbing-history.org/climb/8227/the-joker

Contributors
44 contributions since 19th July 2026.

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