A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

A photograph from the Šumava Odyssey series

Josef Chrástka in 2019

Train accident in Husinec near Prachatice, 1960s. Four freight wagons loaded with wood uncoupled, exited the Prachatice station and collided with a passenger train in the Husinec station

Ladislav Žák filming his story with the Memory of Nation team, 2024

Ladislav Žák filming his story with the Memory of Nation team, 2024

Ladislav Žák filming his story with the Memory of Nation team, 2024

Ladislav Žák's sport beginnings in Aš

Ladislav Žák's mother was an avid sportswoman, pictured here in the first row, the first woman at left

Ladislav Žák preparing his cross-country skis before his first cross-country race

As a bicycle racer with the number 18

Ladislav Žák's mother on skis, wearing the number 18

As a rehabilitation worker at Dukla Liberec

Ladislav Žák gets his first skis for Christmas

A young mountaineer

Ladislav Žák in his childhood

Ladislav Žák in 2024

Tomas Kučera in 2024