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<\/p>\nPolish climber Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down from the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He spent 16 hours in the "death zone" and, after a short stop at the summit, embarked on a historic descent.<\/p>\n
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Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down from the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. The 37-year-old athlete spent 16 hours in the "death zone" and, after a brief stop at the summit, embarked on a historic descent, Reuters reports, according to UNN.<\/p>\n
"Pole Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ski down Mount Everest without an oxygen tank," his team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"The Pole spent 16 hours in an exhausting ascent in the death zone (at an altitude of over 8000 m) without the use of supplemental oxygen. He spent only a few minutes on the summit of the world's highest mountain before putting on his skis and beginning his historic descent, racing towards the setting sun," the statement said.<\/p>\n
His team also reported that the ascent of Everest (8849 meters) took Andrzej longer than planned due to heavy snowfall.<\/p>\n
Polish mountaineers gained fame in the 1980s thanks to the "Ice Warriors" \u2014 Jerzy Kukuczka and Wanda Rutkiewicz, who made daring winter ascents and blazed new trails. 37-year-old Andrzej Bargiel continued this tradition: in 2018, he was the first to ski down the world's second-highest mountain, K2.<\/p>\n
A video posted on Facebook shows him gliding through a thick layer of snow against the backdrop of Himalayan peaks. Due to the onset of darkness and the inability to navigate safely, Bargiel stopped at Camp 2 at an altitude of about 6400 meters and continued his descent only at dawn.<\/p>\n