"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."
Andrzej Bargiel climbed Mount Everest and skied back to Base Camp without supplementary oxygen, completing the ascent and descent on skis. He spent nearly 16 hours climbing above 8,000 m in the death zone where oxygen levels are dangerously low. After clipping into his skis on the summit, he began a descent via the South Col Route, reaching Camp II that night as darkness and a longer-than-expected summit ridge and Hillary Step delayed progress. The next morning he skied through the Khumbu Icefall, guided by a drone flown by his brother Bartek, and arrived safely at Base Camp.
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