Wojciech Tylka-Suleja was an extremely colourful and meritorious figure in the history of Polish mountaineering and mountain rescue. Born on the 26th of February 1870 in Kościelisko, he was associated with mountains from a young age, and they became his passion and place of work.

He began to take an interest in mountain guiding even before 1900, when he obtained the qualifications of a guide of the second class, then a guide of the first class. He was a member of the Tatra Society founded in 1873 by, among others, Tytus Chałubiński. Around 1900 Tylka-Suleja emigrated to America for several years. Perhaps between 1903 and 1905 - no items appear in the compilation (see bibliography) of his most important mountaineering achievements during this period. In 1906, he continued his passion by taking part in the second ascent of the Frog Horse, which confirmed his high skills and experience as a guide.

Wojciech Tylka-Suleja was also a co-founder of the Tatra Volunteer Rescue Service (TOPR) in 1909, an organisation that still plays a key role in ensuring the safety of tourists and mountaineers in the Tatras. He took part in many rescue operations, including the search for Stanisław Szulakiewicz and Klimek Bachleda on the north face of Mały Javorowy Peak.

Unfortunately, his life was cut short by illness - he died of cholera on 1 July 1916 in Lezhe, Albania, during his military service in the First World War, aged just 46.

Wojciech Tylka-Suleja was also a figure commemorated in the Tatra space. Tylkowa Przełączka and Tylkowa Turniczka near Żabia Turnia Mięguszowiecka are named after him, a lasting tribute to his contribution to mountaineering and mountain rescue.

The memory of Wojciech Tylka-Sulea is cherished not only in Poland, but also in Albania, where a commemorative plaque dedicated to this outstanding guide was unveiled in Lezha on 29 September 2019. The plaque with inscriptions in Polish, English and Albanian, which was designed by Prof. Czesław Dźwigaj, was unveiled jointly by Joanna Gronkowska, great-granddaughter of Wojciech Tylka-Sulei, Prof. Stanisław Hodorowicz and Karol Bachura, Polish ambassador to Albania.