Dude Downhill Skis K2 - The First To Ever Do It! WATCH

Polish adventurer Andrzej Bargiel first tried to make the historic descent last year, only to pull up because of falling rocks and the possibility of causing an avalanche. This time, he made it all the way from the summit to base camp. 

Italian alpinist Michele Fait died trying to ski K2 in 2009, a year before his friend Fredrik Ericsson fell to his death near the summit. In 2001, Hans Kammerlander stopped after just a quarter mile when he witnessed a Korean climber fall to his death. Dave Watson actually made it through the infamous bottleneck section all the way to base camp in 2009, though he didn’t start from the summit.

Bargiel reached the summit around 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning, and he made it to base camp eight hours later after being forced to wait out cloudy weather a few times.


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