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Maciek Ciesielski

Maciek

5.00

(1)

Mountain Guide- Zakopane, Poland

I am an IFMGA certified guide. I was born in 1980, in the flattest area of a flat country: Poland. There were not any mountains around home. But I was very lucky! My physics teacher, a great alpinist and person, inspired me to climb and discover the mountains. Since then, I have climbed amazing peaks, in spectacular places like Patagonia, Canada, Pakistan, Greenland and US.

In 2002, 15 years ago, I made a decision that changed my life. I decided to quit my job as a sewage engineer and fly to Alaska. In four weeks I made four ascents. Then, I moved to Yosemite, in the US. That's when my life started to revolve entirely around climbing. I spent winter climbing in Patagonia, the US or Canada, spring in Yosemite, and summer in Greenland or Pakistan. My life followed the sun and the snow.

Then, I decided to become a profesional, and got my IFMGA certification. Today I divide my time between Poland an Chamonix, France. I enjoy guiding and practicing almost every type of climbing. And I love spending time with my beautiful family, more than anything. I have a baby son, a beautiful daughter and the best partner ever: my wife.

Please contact me if you want to enjoy a great and safe tour in the mountains. We can talk and plan together the best trip for you!

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Oliver

5.00

October, 2018

Unfortunately the weather did not allow any peak ascent - winter arrived earlier than expected in Vysoke Tatra (snow above 1400m)... Maciek, however, found perfect rocks for me besides Popradske Pleso (Lake Poprad). Well, the name promises water, and indeed, we started our trip with some drizzeling and wet slabs which made the pitches more demanding than expected (for me :-). But during the final pitches the sun came out and made the climbing on the granite slabs a pure pleasure. Thanks, Maciek, for giving me an appetizer for a longer stay in the region!

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