{"id":7628,"date":"2018-07-28T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2018-07-28T20:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T20:56:05","slug":"historic-first-ski-descent-of-k2-by-a-polish-daredevil-andrzej-bargiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/historic-first-ski-descent-of-k2-by-a-polish-daredevil-andrzej-bargiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic first ski descent of K2 by a Polish daredevil, Andrzej Bargiel!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 22nd, Polish ski – mountaineer, Andrzej Bargiel, made history<\/strong>, by completing the first ever ski descent of\u00a0Karakorum giant known as K2! Congratulations!<\/p>\n

Just 200m shorter than Mt Everest, and a lot more dangerous, it’s considered by far most technical and deadliest peak in the world.<\/strong> It was one of the few well-known peaks still un-skied from the summit. Until July 22, 2018 that is, when Polish adventurer\u00a0Andrzej Bargiel<\/strong> clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m<\/strong> and skied his way down to glory!<\/p>\n

He climbed up all by himself, without oxygen and then spent about 8 hours getting down, making turns on his skis.<\/p>\n

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Winter mountaineering, image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Andrzej is just 30-years old, but he has a lifetime of experience in high alpine areas, having previously skied off Broad Peak, Shishapagma and Manaslu, and he’s held the world speed record for the ascent on Russia’s Mt Elbrus for the past five years. After his early successes in the Himalayas, Bargiel set his sights on skiing off K2, and made his first attempt last year. He tried to ski down the mountain, but was forced to abandon the quest due to dangerous conditions. Second attempt few days ago was a huge success!<\/p>\n

Check out this amazing video of the descent:<\/p>\n