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First man to climb and ski down Everest with no supp oxygen - video

Posted on 11/11/25 at 3:49 pm
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 3:49 pm
If you have a 4K display, pretty incredible shots from his helmet cam. Hard to imagine..

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Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing in the high altitude “death zone” (above 8,000m where oxygen levels are dangerously low), Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of the tallest mountain on earth and started his descent via the South Col Route. He reached Camp II that night and rested - the summit ridge and Hillary Step had taken longer than planned, meaning darkness made it dangerous and difficult to navigate further that day. The next morning, he skied through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall - guided by a drone flown by his brother, Bartek - before safely arriving at Base Camp to become the first person to ascend and descend Mount Everest on skis with no supplementary oxygen.




Red bull funds some crazy stuff
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 3:51 pm to
Mount Everest is fake.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:08 pm to
I’m not sure the juice was worth the squeeze. He had a much higher chance of dying than succeeding.
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:12 pm to
yeah when he flipped part way down... got to think he thought this is it
Posted by Traffic Circle
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:31 pm to
Pretty soon, there will be a ski resort up there.
Posted by Saintsisit
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:36 pm to
TD


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Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:40 pm to
If you stacked all the nopes I had from watching that, they would be higher than Everest.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 4:44 pm
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:43 pm to
I just had a panic attack sitting in my office.
Posted by BPTiger
Atlanta
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:55 pm to
Khumbu Icefall sounds like a lovely resort.
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:04 pm to
Due to the terrain, Skiing down seems kinda weird. Its more crawling on skis.
Posted by Lexis Dad
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:22 pm to
frick. That.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:25 pm to
I noticed Obtuse1 has been scarce lately.
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:32 pm to
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Mount Everest is fake.


I guess you feel this way bc the Earth is flat???? Just wondering.
Posted by SlickRick55
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:44 pm to
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Mount Everest is fake.


Yeah, this will be the next thing.
Posted by Longhorn Actual
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:49 pm to
Make a couple of turns. Stop and rest. Make a couple of turns. Stop and rest.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:53 pm to
I’m guessing there are no breweries up there … yet…
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:02 pm to
That was absolutely nutso. You better have man skills and lots of courage and determination to even attempt that. Thanks for sharing. Well worth the time.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:05 pm to
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I noticed Obtuse1 has been scarce lately.


You could take everything I have accomplished with skis and crampons on my feet and tie it up in a neat little ball, and it is still about 1/100th of that single adventure.

There is a reason after over 2 decades of the explosion of daredevil shite for better or worse mostly fueled by likes and views that he is still the first to do it. Climbing 8000m peaks without Os is generally considered to increase the risk of death 10 fold, the skiing down portion has been attempted so infrequently you can't put a number on that. His balls would stress the payload capacity of an F350.
Posted by NorCali
Member since Feb 2015
1549 posts
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:10 pm to
[quote]yeah when he flipped part way down... got to think he thought this is it/quote]

Or when he very calmly retrieved his ski pole before it fell completely through that bottomless sink hole
Posted by Newc
Member since Feb 2017
389 posts
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:49 pm to
I can’t believe we had this descent and Jim Morrison’s descent of the Hornbein. I didn’t know if we’d ever see a descent of the Hornbein anytime soon.

Not many people have the risk tolerance (or lack thereof) of a Marco Siffredi. Jim Morrison completing the descent is particularly interesting given the tragic loss of Hilaree Nelson.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 6:51 pm
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