Mazur's recent successful expeditions include Mount Everest, K2, Gasherbrum, Ama Dablam and Baruntse . Not only has Mazur climbed 9 of our world's >8000 metre (>26,000 foot) high peaks, but he has also been involved in rescues of fellow climbers from high altitudes. For his services to mountaineering, to mountain peoples and environments, Mazur received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal on United Nations Mountain Day, presented by Dr. Seth Sicroff of Mountain Legacy and Nepal Mountaineering Association President Dr. Santa Bir Lama in Pokhara, Nepal.