Overview
- Bargiel reached the summit on Sept. 22 and became the first person to ski from Everest’s top to Base Camp without supplemental oxygen, according to his team and expedition organizer Seven Summit Treks.
- He skied to Camp II, paused overnight, then continued to Base Camp, navigating the Khumbu Icefall entirely on skis without fixed ropes or ladders using a pre‑planned line with guidance from his brother’s drone.
- Heavy snowfall prolonged his time above 8,000 meters to roughly 16 hours in the so‑called death zone before he began the descent.
- Video posted to his social accounts documents the feat, and he was welcomed at Base Camp with a khada as Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly hailed the achievement.
- The run marks a first distinct from Davorin Karnicar’s 2000 summit‑to‑Base Camp ski descent, which used bottled oxygen, and extends Bargiel’s Hic Sunt Leones project after his 2018 no‑oxygen ski descent of K2.