Exactly two years ago, on July 22, 2018, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel made history by becoming the first person to ski off the summit of K2. We’ve seen photos and short video clips from the adventure, but we’ve had to wait until today to finally see the full film and story of the first descent. It took Bargiel over 60 hours of solo climbing to reach the summit (sans supplemental oxygen) before he clicked into his skis and linked turns the whole way down. The feat put him on the map as a leading force in the extreme world of high-altitude ski mountaineering and earned him accolades like the 2019 Nat Geo Adventurer of the Year.
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The full film K2: The Impossible Descent features not just stunning footage of the descent but interviews with some of the sports greats like Hilaree Nelson, Adrian Ballinger and Jimmy Chin, and is available to watch for free here on Red Bull TV.
Mel55
July 29th, 2020
amazing feat on the 2nd highest mountain in the world, wish i could do this too but it takes someone amazing like Andrzej to climb and even ski off the summit just wow, https://www.meltonpainters.com maybe later..
Second Division
August 12th, 2020
Looks sick!
StevenG
August 12th, 2020
Sick! Definitely going to have to find the full video now. I’ve done some pretty intense trips, but nothing like that. Love it. https://www.sanantonio-roof.com/
Greg White
August 13th, 2020
Wow! Amazing feat! it services cincinnati
Millissa22
July 27th, 2021
The feat put him on the map as a leading force in the extreme world of high-altitude ski mountaineering. Kansas City Hood Cleaning
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