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A mountaineer has made historical past by changing into the primary particular person to ski down Mount Everest with out using supplemental oxygen, expedition organizers confirmed Thursday.
Polish nationwide Andrzej Bargiel’s achievement can also be being hailed as a landmark second on the earth of extreme endurance sports.
Bargiel, 37, summited the world’s highest peak at 29,032 ft Sept. 22 earlier than placing on his skis and beginning his huge descent.
“I’m on high of the very best mountain on the earth, and I’m going to descend it on skis,” Bargiel mentioned in a video posted to his Instagram web page earlier than pushing off from the snowy summit.
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Andrzej Bargiel spent practically 16 hours within the demise zone on Mount Everest. (Reuters/David Grey )
Based on AFP, Seven Summit Treks, the Nepal-based clothing store managing Bargiel’s expedition, confirmed his descent was the primary of its type.
It reported the athlete break up the feat into two sections, first snowboarding to Camp II earlier than spending the night time after which persevering with via what is claimed to be the harmful Khumbu Icefall the subsequent morning.
Folks have tried ski descents from Everest up to now, however none of them have accomplished the run with out bottled oxygen.
In 2000, Slovenian Davorin Karnicar grew to become the primary to ski from the summit to Base Camp, however he relied on supplemental oxygen.
His brother, Bartek, helped by piloting a drone that helped information him safely via the glacier, AFP reported.
“This was extraordinarily difficult, and nobody had completed it earlier than,” Chhang Dawa Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks instructed AFP.
Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel makes historical past snowboarding down Mount Everest with out oxygen. (Zawrzel/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs)
Bargiel additionally spent practically 16 hours within the so-called “demise zone” above 8,000 meters, the place oxygen ranges are dangerously low and survival is troublesome with out bottled air.
When he reached base camp, Bargiel was greeted with a khada, a ceremonial Buddhist scarf, in recognition of his success.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk celebrated the accomplishment on X, writing, “Sky is the restrict? Not for Poles! Andrzej Bargiel has simply skied down Mount Everest.”
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Bargiel is reportedly no stranger to high-altitude firsts. In 2018, he grew to become the primary particular person to ski down Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, a feat BBC Information famous was devoted to the centenary of Poland regaining independence.
He had additionally tried Everest in 2019 and once more in 2022 however was thwarted by unstable ice and excessive winds.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to Andrzej Bargiel for remark.
