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This photo is from 10 September 2023. That was the first time in my life I stood in the high mountains.
I weighed 155 kilograms and used meth. It took seven years to get out of it. I'm writing a book about it.
Read the full story →This photo is from 10 September 2023. That was the first time in my life I stood in the high mountains.
Over the weekend I was at the Slnko na skalách festival with friends. The whole thing runs on the theme of extreme hiking — talks by people who got somewhere on their own two feet, and a programme built around that. Since hiking changed my life, I could not be missing there.
I took this photo on 8 June 2014. That is my room back then — the couch, the wardrobe, the alarm clock on the little table. And above the couch the painting I had had made a few months earlier.
I'm a programmer from Orava. I weighed 155 kilograms, used meth, and for two years I was too ashamed to show my face.
No diet or training plan got me out of it. It took seven years, and it started when I stopped avoiding my own sadness. In July 2025 I stood on the summit of Elbrus, 5,642 metres above sea level. Today I weigh 105 kg and I'm writing a book about it.
From the Tatras to Elbrus. Mountains are my source of silence and humility.
Running and Cold exposure keep my mind sharp and my body resilient.
Programming since childhood. It's my passion, craft, and lifestyle.