1965— Joins the Harcerski Klub Taternicki (Scout Mountaineering Club) in Katowice. First contact with rocks at Podlesice.
1966— Joins the Katowice branch of the Klub Wysokogórski (High Mountain Club). Completes mountaineering course at Morskie Oko. First route: "Droga Klasyczna" on the NW face of Mnich.
1971— Tragic death of Piotr Skorupa during a winter attempt on Kazalnica Mięguszowiecka. Participates in the first winter ascent of "Kurtykówka".
1971/72— Further winter ascents: "Direttissima" of Mały Młynarz, Biederman route on Młynarczyk.
1972— Expedition to the Dolomites. New route on Torre Trieste named "Direttissima delli Polacci". Bronze medal "For Outstanding Sporting Achievements".
1973— New route on Petit Dru – "Petit Jean".
1975— Marries Cecylia Ogrodzińska.
1979— Lhotse (8511 m) – first eight-thousander. Gliwice High Mountain Club expedition.
1980— Mount Everest (8848 m) – south pillar, with Andrzej Czok.
1981— Makalu (8463 m) – solo, new route.
1982— Broad Peak (8047 m) – with Wojciech Kurtyka.
1983— Gasherbrum II (8035 m) and Gasherbrum I (8068 m) – 3 weeks apart, both with Kurtyka.
1985— Dhaulagiri (8167 m) – first winter ascent, with Andrzej Czok. Then Cho Oyu (8188 m) – first winter ascent.
1985— Nanga Parbat (8125 m) – first Polish ascent, with Heinrich and Łobodziński.
1986— Kangchenjunga (8598 m) – first winter ascent, with Krzysztof Wielicki. Then K2 (8611 m) with Tadeusz Piotrowski and Manaslu (8163 m) with Artur Hajzer.
1987— Annapurna (8091 m) – first Polish winter ascent, with Artur Hajzer. Shisha Pangma (8027 m) – fourteenth and final eight-thousander of the Himalayan Crown.
1989— Tragic death on the south face of Lhotse. Climbing with Ryszard Pawłowski. A few meters from the summit the rope gave way… Jerzy Kukuczka died on the mountain where exactly ten years earlier he had begun his Himalayan adventure.