
![[ camp in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, late night, deep in awesome discussions and stories ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693943828-Z3CGWKMSGE1OPMLAGCNC/PhotoD_05.jpg)
![[ Maly Krivan Mountain, Little Fatra m. range, Slovakia ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694558306-4UAAJMKLK2SGAXBD75CA/PhotoE_02.jpg)

![[ polish fields near Snieznik mountain ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693771819-F6VLT92PLFW7IVNC15J7/PhotoC_01.jpg)




![[ Stare Mesto pod Sneznikem, Czech Republic, small guest house, after a bit of metaxa given by locals ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693854848-FKB3IQ1GHXXXMGJSZTKY/PhotoC_07.jpg)

![[ near Lucni Bouda, Karkonosze or as some say “Giant Mountains”, Czech Republic ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693895567-T62BN12WD4KGZI9PRHRH/PhotoD_03.jpg)



![[ on the path to Labski Szczyt, on Czech-Polish border near River Elbe ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693994163-TWKPGZ2IFE50ZCJ9WA02/PhotoD_08.jpg)


![[ Greg & Pawel, two of my good, old friends resting in Izery Mountains ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694086623-5IBGQUN83JOVZY6XE2VO/PhotoD_11.jpg)
![[ Chatka Gorzystow / Mountaineers Cabin, small but worth every second to be there mountain shelter in Jizera Mountains, Poland ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693629972-W2W3TCQJCIA0ZOD0SJZV/PhotoA_04.jpg)
![[ near Las Arenitas volcano peak, Tenerife, Spain ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694150595-CDMQYTG8BBA50OAW02G0/PhotoD_13.jpg)
![[ my first glimpse on Mount Kazbek, Georgia, magical but on the other hand stating the rules of the game ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694193040-TAM4ZMW8A1XJAL7K9Q2K/PhotoD_14.jpg)
![[ Gergeti Glacier, Georgia ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694267834-TDGFHV15K7CP29ACHQ6C/PhotoD_15.jpg)

![[ Meteo Station / Bethlemi Hut - base camp under Mount Kazbek ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694270331-ZKIM87P5M5YCNBR457W4/PhotoD_16.jpg)
![[ members of my summit team in Kazbek base camp ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1618172509003-Y2HLUSVWXR2PJRDFF2KS/Photo_01-2.jpg)
![[ polish priests under the Mount Kazbek, saying masses before our night peak attack, with them as well ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693679825-BWZDWULVLF887ZX0UU06/PhotoA_11.jpg)

![[ summiting Mount Kazbek, around 4600 m ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694345463-3JD7XEXNQL0DR36M96V4/PhotoD_18.jpg)


![[ base camp under Mount Elbrus, around 3900 m ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694463958-HPX4F18ZTJ9CYRHY143Q/PhotoD_22.jpg)

![[ Mount Elbrus base camp, around 23:00, just before the peak attack ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1603651442765-C883EY5T2IUYSO02WHQ0/Photo_01-2.jpg)
![[ descending Mount Elbrus with luring Mount Ushba in a distance ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1618171385780-CY4FHZZZIZHHROQ24VLL/Photo_02.jpg)

![[ Tatry mountains, from the polish side, near Mount Ornak ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1603651561868-7B5FHDTLB117DW9WIMXO/Photo_01.jpg)



![[ Peter, a friend and a photographer, somewhere in Tatras ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1603651470897-U3P61MIW2HTCPM9Y32BP/Photo_04.jpg)

![[ Borys, a pipe lover, writer and a good buddy since like ever , after a good trek to Pilsko mountain in Poland ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1638443657360-J7RCDB6YFF0TM8TCNEAD/Image_1665.jpg)

![[ Porters preparing our stuff to carry for the next day in Himalayas - more on that trip in “Another Planet” section ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702506973794-TMEUXACWEDCRPJK6T9BY/Image_6597.jpg)
![[ “my” heli landing nearby Gokyo lakes after me having fewer for a few days around Everest ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702506992865-3ULEH1BV3OPAGXWRZX65/Image_6606.jpg)

![[ another camp, this time in polish Low Beskids range, early morning 2023 ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702504569568-YWYF7JFAMOI3K4ZU3SGJ/Image_6504.jpg)




![[ magic on Gerlachov Peak, autumn 2023 ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702504573393-0QAZK0HBER1CJ8MMFP35/Image_6531.jpg)
![[ Iza, a friend of mine going down from Praded peak - "great grandfather” in Czech Republic ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702505265091-R13K5LULVP2FJRLL6T8U/Image_6529.jpg)

![[ a lovely shrine in Koszarawa, Poland, going down from Babia Gora / Devil's Peak; You will find a winter photo of it in In Medium 2022 gallery ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1729352643441-7E2PU30R3Q865LOZPITO/Image_8973.jpg)


![[ my oldest son, Bartek, going down from Fuji Mountain, 2024 ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1729544290162-P1EERXNXSZ98WA6ARNSJ/Image_9190.jpg)

We, as societies are doing something wrong. We are being told about glamour, progression, goals and prizes. Shaped in the way all media want to consume us. They consume our time, our minds, our relations. And we don’t have the time to stop, calm, and think. I’m so lucky I found my hideaway.
[ on the fields near Snieznik mountain, Poland ]
![[ Stare Mesto pod Sneznikem, Czech Republic, small guest house, after a bit of metaxa given by locals ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693854848-FKB3IQ1GHXXXMGJSZTKY/PhotoC_07.jpg)
[ Stare Mesto pod Sneznikem, Czech Republic, small guest house, after a bit of metaxa given by locals ]
![[ Chatka Gorzystow / Mountaineers Cabin, small but worth every second to be there mountain shelter in Jizera Mountains, Poland ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693629972-W2W3TCQJCIA0ZOD0SJZV/PhotoA_04.jpg)
[ Chatka Gorzystow / Mountaineers Cabin, small but worth every second to be there mountain shelter in Jizera Mountains, Poland ]
![[ my first glimpse on Mount Kazbek, Georgia, magical but on the other hand stating the rules of the game ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571694193040-TAM4ZMW8A1XJAL7K9Q2K/PhotoD_14.jpg)
[ my first glimpse on Mount Kazbek, Georgia, magical but on the other hand stating the rules of the game ]
![[ polish priests under the Mount Kazbek, saying masses before our night peak attack, with them as well ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1571693679825-BWZDWULVLF887ZX0UU06/PhotoA_11.jpg)
[ polish priests under the Mount Kazbek, saying masses before our night peak attack, with them as well ]
![[ Borys, a pipe lover, writer and a good buddy since like ever , after a good trek to Pilsko mountain in Poland ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1638443657360-J7RCDB6YFF0TM8TCNEAD/Image_1665.jpg)
[ Borys, a pipe lover, writer and a good buddy since like ever , after a good trek to Pilsko mountain in Poland ]
![[ Porters preparing our stuff to carry for the next day in Himalayas - more on that trip in “Another Planet” section ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1702506973794-TMEUXACWEDCRPJK6T9BY/Image_6597.jpg)
[ Porters preparing our stuff to carry for the next day in Himalayas - more on that trip in “Another Planet” section ]
![[ a lovely shrine in Koszarawa, Poland, going down from Babia Gora / Devil's Peak; You will find a winter photo of it in In Medium 2022 gallery ]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5893566bd482e99cbefe02f4/1729352643441-7E2PU30R3Q865LOZPITO/Image_8973.jpg)
[ a lovely shrine in Koszarawa, Poland, going down from Babia Gora / Devil's Peak; You will find a winter photo of it in In Medium 2022 gallery ]