I first discovered the pull of the mountains in the winter of 2012, during a solo three-week trek through the Nepal Himalayas with my camera. That journey changed everything. While trekking through snow storms, finding closed tea houses closed and experiencing signs of altitude sickness for the very first time in my life, it showed me what commitment, solitude and perseverance really feel like. It sparked one of the biggest goals of my life: to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent as a photographer.

I began in June 2014 on Mount Elbrus in Russia, climbing in demanding pre-season conditions. Six weeks later, I solo climbed Mont Blanc without a guide, team, external support or prior acclimatisation. That same year, I summited Kilimanjaro in September and stood on the top of Mount Vinson in Antarctica in December, completing three of the Seven Summits within a single year.

The following years demanded even more focus and discipline. After months of training, I summited Denali in June 2015, followed by Aconcagua in January 2016, the highest mountain outside the Himalayas. In March 2017, I summited the iconic Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps to train for exposure and deepen my experience in exposed alpine terrain. The same year, I climbed Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia, Oceana’s tallest mountain and basically a rock scramble.

On the 18th of May 2018, after six months of focused preparation and many years of learning, I stood on the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.

With that summit, I completed the Seven Summits project and became the first ever Hungarian (male or female) to complete this project.