Ryszard Pawłowski

Ryszard Pawłowski (24 June 1950 in Bogatynia) - Polish alpine and high-altitude climber and photographer.

Ryszard Pawlowski is the founder and co-owner of the Patagonia Mountain Agency.

He has climbed the mountains of North and South America, the Himalayas, Alps, Caucasus, Pamirs and Tian Shan.

He has climbed with - Jerzy Kukuczka, Piotr Pustelnik, Janusz Majer, Krzysztof Wielicki.

He has summited ten of the fourteen 8000 metre peaks including K2.

Ryszard Pawłowski in Silesian Library in Katowice
Everest - photo by Ryszard Pawłowski - Polish International Mount Everest Expedition '99