Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without additional oxygen. The extreme skier from Poland, 37, carried his skis on his back while climbing up the ...

Andrzej Bargiel and the members of his Karakoram Ski Expedition team don't waste any time. As soon as they reached the slopes of the 6,178m Yawash Sar II high in Pakistan's towering mountain range, ...

Andrzej Bargiel made history back in September when he became the first person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and then ski down to Everest Base Camp. His descent followed a 16-hour climb ...

Keep your fingers crossed, writes Andrzej Bargiel in a short post on Instagram. No further words are needed, since his expedition's name, Everest Ski Challenge, says it all. The Polish skier is ...

Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel is known as one of the best steep skiers in the world. His laundry list of accomplishments include being the first man to ski from the summit of K2 (the world's ...

It’s difficult enough to climb treacherous K2, the world’s second highest peak, but can you imagine accomplishing that - and then skiing down - all without supplemental oxygen? Well, Polish climber ...

On 22 July 2018 30-year-old Polish alpinist Andrzej Bargiel made the coveted historic first ski descent of K2, skiing directly off the 8611m high summit of the second highest mountain in the world.

Polish ski tourer Andrzej Bargiel has made headlines around the world when completing the first-ever descents on skis of Mount Everest, K2 and all 8,000m peaks in the Karakorams. Andrzej Bargiel and ...