He has been climbing since 1975. He reached the tops of Tatra mountains, Alps, Dolomites, Palmir, Karakoram, and Himalaya. He reached 14 Himalayan peaks over 8,000 m high. Founder of the Three Crowns project that assumes reaching The Crown of the Earth, Seven Second Summits (second-highest mountains of continents) and Himalayan and Karakoram mountains.
During his expeditions, he helped a number of climbers and put his life at risk. In 1996, he was awarded a congratulatory letter from the Polish Olympic Committee for participating in a rescue action aiming at bringing an exhausted climber to a lower base camp during a K2 expedition.
Holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences, he specializes in industry risks.
His most important expeditions:
19 July 1990 – Gasherbrum II
12 July 1992 – Nanga Parbat
24 September 1993 – Cho Oyu
6 October 1993 – Shisha Pangma
26 September 1994 – Dhaulagiri
12 May 1995 – Mount Everest
14 July 1996 – K2
15 July 1997 – Gasherbrum I
15 May 2000 – Lhotse
15 May 2001 – Kangchenjunga
16 May 2002 – Makalu
17 May 2003 – Mt. Manaslu
8 July 2006 – Broad Peak
27 April 2010 – Annapurna I