Andrzej Bargiel Announces He Will Attempt to Ski Down Everest This Fall Andrzej Bargiel announced today he would shortly be reattempting to ski Mount Everest from the summit to base without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support. The Polish mountaineer’s first attempt was in 2019, an expedition that ended after five weeks due to a gigantic overhanging serac over the Khumbu Icefall. Related: Andrzej Bargiel Abandons Attempt to Ski Down Everest Due to Unsafe Apartment-Sized […] SnowBrains | August 24, 2022 0 Comments
Davo Karnicar, 1st Mountaineer To Ski From Everest Summit, Killed By Falling Tree The man who wow-ed the world when he skied Mount Everest’s highest point, Davo Karnicar succumbed Monday to injuries suffered while felling a tree at Jezersko, Slovenia. The accident was work-related. Karnicar was cutting down a tree with a chainsaw when it fell on him. Karnicar Highlights: 1995, summit-ski from northern side of eight-thousand meter Annapurna in Nepal 2000, a […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 18, 2019 0 Comments
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