List of ski descents of eight-thousanders
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This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation).[1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering, and also related to the sport of extreme skiing. The first descents can be traced to the 1970s.
Notable firsts
[edit]- 1970: Yuichiro Miura (Japan) made the first ski tracks above 8000m in preparation for his schuss from the south col of Everest for the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest.[2]
- Yves Morin† (France) was the first to ski down an 8000m peak which he did on Annapurna in 1979 and over the course of the expedition skied all segments of the descent. However, he died while descending from the summit.[3]
- 1988: Veronique Perillat (France) became the first woman to ski from the top of an eight-thousander and the first woman to ski from over 8000 meters, skiing off the top of Cho Oyu on a monoski.[4][5]
- 2000: Davo Karničar† (Slovenia) completed the first top-to-bottom (base camp) descent of Everest (South Col route) without removing his skis. However, he benefited from 02 use. There has not been a similar ascent/descent of Everest without oxygen. 1996: Hans Kammerlander (Italy) skied the top 300 meters of Everest but climbed down to 7700m before skiing to Advance Base Camp. Kammerlander skied the North Col route.[6]
- 2006: Kit DesLauriers (United States) is the first woman to ski from the top of Everest.[3]
- 2018: Andrzej Bargiel (Poland) completed the first top-to-bottom (base camp) descent of K2 (a combination of the normal route, Basque route, Messner's variant to the Polish route) without removing his skis.
List by eight-thousander
[edit]NEPAL/TIBET - 8850 meters [7]
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Hans Kammerlander | Italy | 1996 | 8848 | N. face | First 300m from summit, then 1,000m by foot, then skied entire remaining route to Advanced Base Camp (ABC).[6] | No | 39 |
Davo Karničar† | Slovenia | 2000 | 8848 | S. col | 1st Summit (8,848 meters) to Base Camp (5,380 meters) ski descent by the South Col route, with oxygen, without removing skis (a total vertical drop of 3,488 meters/11,443 Feet) in 4h:40min. Completion of this route required skiing the Hillary Step, the Lhotse Face, and the Khumbu Ice Fall.[3] | Yes | 37 |
Marco Siffredi† | France | 2001 | 8848 | Norton Couloir | 1st descent of mountain by snowboard (summit to ABC with no rappel)[8] | Yes | 22 |
Stefan Gatt | Austria | 2001 | 8848 | Norton Couloir | Snowboard descent was interrupted, complete only from 8848m-8630m and 7600m-6500m due to lack of snow, and had to stop before ABC, thus crediting first complete descent to Siffredi the day after.[9] | No | 30 |
Kit DesLauriers | United States | 2006 | 8848 | S. col | 1st woman to ski off summit (making her also the first woman to ski from the Seven Summits). Switched to crampons in Hillary Step due to low oxygen. Spent night at South Col (Camp IV, ~7,900 meters), skied Lhotse Face to Camp II (6,400 meters), then during same day to Base Camp using a combination of skis and crampons.[3] | Yes | 36 |
Jimmy Chin | United States | 2006 | 8848 | S. Pillar | Skied from Summit; abseiled (rappelled) Hillary Step with skis on; skied from bottom of Hillary Step to South Summit; skied the South Pillar route which is the fall line from Camp 4; spent night at Camp IV (7,900 meters; skied Lhotse Face to Advanced Base Camp (ABC) [3] | Yes | 33 |
Rob Deslauriers | United States | 2006 | 8848 | S. col | abseiled Hillary Step with skis on; hiked to South Col; spent night at 7,800 meters; skied Lhotse Face to Advanced Base Camp (ABC)[3] | Yes | 41 |
Olof Sundstrom | Sweden | 2006 | 8848 | N. ridge | to Advanced Base Camp (ABC, 6,400 meters), removed skis for several sections[3] | Yes | 25 |
Martin Letzer | Sweden | 2006 | 8848 | N. ridge | to ABC (6400), removed skis for several sections[3] | Yes | 25 |
Tormod Granheim | Norway | 2006 | 8848 | Norton | to 8,800; 87,50 to 8,500; 8,480 to 7,100, camped overnight; to 6,500m[3] | Yes | 31 |
Tomas Olsson† | Sweden | 2006 | 8848 | Norton | died from fall at 8500[3] | Yes | 30 |
Pierre Tardivel | France | 1992 | 8760 | S. col | to c2. world altitude record at time[10] | Yes | 28 |
Dominique Perret | Switzerland | 1996? | 8300 | N. face | Hornblein couloir, n. face[11] | No | 34 |
Jean Afanassieff † | France | 1978 | 8200 | S. col | to 6200 "not in one smooth run"[3][12][13] | Yes | 25 |
Nicolas Jaeger† | France | 1978 | 8200 | S. col | to 6200 "not in one smooth run"[3][12][13] | Yes | 31 |
Reinhard Patschneider | Italy | 1987 | 8200 | lhotse face from S. col | fell dislocated shoulder[3] | Yes | 30 |
Brice Lequertier | France | 2003 | 8200 | S. col | to 6100[3] | 26 | |
Yuichiro Miura | Japan | 1970 | 8082 | S. col | 5-6 turns to S. Col, then wore parachute in schuss to ~6200, ended with fall[2] | Yes | 37 |
Petr Machold† | Hungary | 2003 | 7600 | N Col-NE Ridge | Snowboard descent hampered by lack of snow, preventing descent of the entire route, which aimed to be the first snowboard descent from the Tibetan side[14][3] | No | 30 |
PAKISTAN - 8611 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | 2018 | 8611 | The combination of the normal route (Abruzzi), then Basque route to camp 3, then traverse via Messner's variant to the Polish route and ski down to BC | summiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descent without removing skis | No | 30 |
Hans Kammerlander | Italy | 2001 | 8611 | Abruzzi | summiteer; skied top 400m, climbed rest of route due to conditions and pitch[3] | No | 44 |
David Watson | United States | 2009 | 8351 | Abruzzi | did not summit; skied to c3 (7351), downclimbed pyramid and chimney, skied 6400 to 5100[15] | Yes | 34 |
Fredrik Ericsson† | Sweden | 2010 | 7800 | Cesen/Basque Route | did not summit; skied to BC (5100 m); died in the attempt to reach the summit[16] | No | 35 |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2011 | 8050 | Cesen/Basque Route to C3, traverse to Kukuczka Route, down to BC | did not summit; skied Kukuczka Route to BC (5100 m); longest ski descent up to date[17] | No | 39 |
NEPAL - 8586 meters
Bartek Ziemski NO O2 Skied from summit
No ski descents from above 8000 meters
NEPAL - 8516 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Jamie Laidlaw | United States | 2007 | 8300 | Face | to 6400 at night[3] | Yes | 27 |
Hilaree Nelson† | United States | 2018 | 8516 | Dream Line | summiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descent | Yes | |
Jim Morrison | United States | 2018 | 8516 | Dream Line | summiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descent | Yes |
NEPAL - 8466
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (Meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrian Ballinger | United States | 2022 | 8451 | NW Ridge | First summit to crampon point ski descent. Started Ski descent from 15m below summit due to crowds on the summit. Abseiled without skis for 60m in the French Couloir due to pure rock section around 8,077m. Skied NW Ridge before abseiling with skis on from 7100m to 6900m due to steep rock/ice section. Descended the remaining 1000m to crampon point using fixed lines sparingly as hand line. Finished the descent to ABC on foot.[18][19] | Yes | 46 |
Bartek Ziemski | Poland | 2024 | 8466 | Partial ski descent, had to step out of skis on French Couloir, and skied down to 6000m, where the snow ended[20][21] | No | 29 |
NEPAL - 8188 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Veronique Perillat | France | 1988 | 8188 | NW side | monoski, first woman from 8000m[4][5] | No | 26 |
Adrian Ballinger | United States | 2013 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to C1, no snow below C1; 10m roped skiing at icecliff[22] | Yes | 37 |
Sergey Baranov | Russia | 2013 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to C1, no snow below C1; 10m roped skiing at icecliff[22] | Yes | 44 |
Halvard Stave | Norway | 2001 | 8188 | NW side | to rock band at 7800; c3 to c2; fell 300m but ok[3] | Yes | 25 |
Thierry Renard | France | 1987 | 8188 | NW side | to 6200 - descent disputed[3] | No | 41 |
Russell Reginald Brice | New Zealand | 1996 | 8188 | W. ridge -W. face | to 7500[3] | Yes | 44 |
Stefan Gatt | Austria | 1999 | 8100m | NW side | Snowboard descent from start of slope of summit plateau to rock ridge, walked 30m with the board board 8000m to C3 (7450m); next day Gatt snowboarded from C3 to 6800m. | No | 28 |
Marco Siffredi† | France | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | Snowboard descent to 6400m[8] | Yes | 21 |
Bertrand Delapierre | France | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | Snowboard descent to 6400m[8] | No | 24 |
Hajime Terayama | Japan | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | to 7400[3] | Yes | 33 |
Laura Bakos | United States | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | to 6600 w/ overnight at camp 3[3] | No | 32 |
Vladimir Smrz | Switzerland | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | to c2, removed skis at yellow band[3] | No | 35 |
Vladislav Terzyul† | Ukraine | 2000 | 8188 | NW side | to c2; side stepped certain rock bands[3] | No | 47 |
Laura Bakos | United States | 2000 | 8188 | NW Side | Skied from summit to 6600m[8] | No | 32 |
Viki Groselj | Slovenia | 2001 | 8188 | NW side | top to c1, overnight at c2; no snow below c1[3] | No | 49 |
Kristoffer Erickson | United States | 2001 | 8188 | NW side | to c3(7500)[12] | Yes | 28 |
Kazuka Hiraide | Japan | 2001 | 8188 | NW side | to c3(7500)[3] | No | 22 |
Kristoffer Erikson | United States | 2002 | 8118 | NW side | [23] | ||
Thomas Laemmle | Germany | 2003 | 8188 | NW side | to rock band 7800; 7600 to serac (6800); 6750 to snow end (6000)[3] | No | 37 |
Wilhemus Pasquier | Switzerland | 2003 | 8188 | NW side | to C1 (6400)[3] | No | 54 |
Greg Nieuwenhuys | Netherlands | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | to 8000, overnight at c3 (7500), ski c3/c2 and 6750/6400[3] | No | 24 |
Takashi Nizayama | Japan | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | skinned up from 8000; skied from summit to 8000[3] | Yes | 43 |
Tomas Olsson† | Sweden | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to c1 (6400)[3] | No | 28 |
Tormod Granheim | Norway | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to c1 (6400)[3] | No | 30 |
Martin Walter Schmidt | New Zealand | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to c1 (6400)[3] | No | 44 |
Todd Cavell Windle | New Zealand | 2004 | 8188 | NW side | to 7800[3] | Yes | 30 |
Jean Noel Urban† | France | 2005 | 8188 | NW side | continuous to c2(6750)[3] | No | 45 |
Kasha Rigby† | United States | 2005 | 8188 | NW side | to abc (5700) with overnight at c2; 1st telemark descent[3] | Yes | 35 |
Hilaree Nelson† | United States | 2005 | 8188 | NW side | to abc with overnight at c2[3] | Yes | 32 |
Kenton Edward Cool | Great Britain | 2006 | 8188 | NW Side | to abc (abseiled icefall c2-c1)[3] | Yes | 33 |
Dusan Debelak | Slovenia | 2006 | 8188 | NW side | to c2 (6750)[3] | No | 40 |
Octavio DeFazio | Argentina | 2006 | 8188 | NW side | to c1 (6400) (except 10m ice cliff)[3] | Yes | 36 |
Martina Palm | Switzerland | 2006 | 8188 | NW side | to c1 (6400) (except 10m ice cliff)[3] | Yes | 32 |
Steve Marolt | United States | 2007 | 8188 | NW side | to c1 (6600)[3][24] | No | 42 |
Medhi Didault | France | 2007 | 8188 | NW side | to c1 (6600)[3] | No | 22 |
Tyler Johnson | United States | 2007 | 8188 | NW side | to abc (5700) with overnight at c2[3] | No | 31 |
Rory Stark | United States | 2007 | 8188 | NWside | to abc (5700) with overnight at c2[3] | No | 36 |
James Gile | United States | 2007 | 8150 | NW side | to c1(6600)[3] | No | 43 |
Michael Aasheim | United States | 2005 | 8100 | NW Side | skied to abc (5700) (thru icefall)[3] | No | 43 |
Daniel McCann | United States | 2005 | 8100 | NW side | skied to abc (5700) (thru icefall)[3] | No | 43 |
Mike Marolt | United States | 2007 | 8100 | NW side | to c1 (6600)[24] | No | 42 |
Fabio Beozzi | Italy | 2011 | 8100 | NW side | to 6000 (thru Messner Route, 1st ski descent)[3] | No | 37 |
Jose Diogo Giraldes Tavares | Portugal | 2011 | 8050 | NW side | to ABC (5700) with overnight at c2 (7100)[3] | No | 44 |
Brooks Entwistle | United States | 2016 | 8188 | NW side | To C1; No snow below C1; rappelled ice cliff and yellow band | Yes | 49 |
Zebulon Blais | United States | 2016 | 8188 | NW side | Continuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through yellow band and ice cliff | Yes | 33 |
Emily Harrington | United States | 2016 | 8188 | NW side | Continuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through ice cliff[25] | Yes | 30 |
Adrian Ballinger | Great Britain | 2016 | 8188 | NW side | Continuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through ice cliff[25] | Yes | 40 |
Aleksander Ostrowski† | Poland | 2015 | 8188 | NW side | To C2, removed skis, packed a tent and then to C1 on skis[26] | No | 26 |
Caroline Gleich | United States | 2018 | 8188 | NW side | To C1: rappelled yellow band and ice cliff | Yes | 32 |
NEPAL - 8167 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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David Fojtik | Czech Republic | 2009 | 8147 | NE Ridge | 20m below summit couloir to 30m above C3 (7200);C2 (6700) to BC (4700)[3] | No | 36 |
Bartek Ziemski | Poland | 2023 | 8167 | NE Ridge | Ziemski skied down the West Couloir all the way to base camp, but took off his skis briefly at C3 to wait for his team members and at C2 to pack up his tent.[8][27] | No | 28 |
NEPAL - 8163 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Vladimir Vladimirov Pavlov | Bulgaria | 2019 | 8150 | NE Face | Snowboard descent from 8,150m to 6,200 m[8] | Yes | 38 |
Anthony B Marra | United States | 2019 | 8163 | NE Face | skis off 6100 to 5800, no sherpa support above BC[28] | No | 28 |
Wei Xie | China | 2018 | 8100 | NE Face | Snowboard from 100m below summit to C3, then back to BC at the same day. | Yes | 40 |
Kimiko Kawasaki | Japan | 2010 | 8000 | NE Face | After conventional summit, snowboard descent to 7500m[8] | Yes | 34 |
Kenji Kondo | Japan | 2010 | 8000 | NE Face | After conventional summit, snowboard descent to 7500m[8] | Yes | 48 |
Jess Shade | United States | 2021 | 8163 | NE Face | skis off part of C4 to C3 due to wind slabs and C2 to C1, second female descent; Minimal support by using tents in high camps | Yes | 33 |
Benedikt Bohm | Germany | 2012 | 8163 | NE Face | to bc (5000); skis off 7400-7300[29] | No | 35 |
Vitaly Lazo | Russia | 2017 | 8163 | NE Face | to c1 (5300); skis off 7400-7300 and 6400-6200[29][30] | No | 44 |
Anton Pugovkin | Russia | 2017 | 8000 | NE Face | to c1 (5300); skis off 7400-7300 and 6400-6200[29][31] | No | 39 |
Adrian Ballinger | United States | 2011 | 8163 | NE Face | skied summit cornice from top, skis off 6100 to 5800 on descent from summit due to avalanche, 6100-5800 (hourglass) skied on previous day[32] | Yes | 34 |
Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | 2014 | 8163 | NE Face | skied from summit to 6500m[8] | No | 26 |
Sergey Baranove | Russia | 2011 | 8148 | NE Face | skis off 6100 to 5800 "hourglass"[33] | Yes | |
Guy Willet | Great Britain | 2009 | 8148 | NE Face | downclimbed 1st 15m, skied to 5050 w/ 5m downclimb @6250[34] | Yes | 38 |
Robert Kay | United States/Australia | 2011 | 8148 | NE Face | downclimbed 1st 15m, skied to 7400 and 5800 to 5000 (crampon point)[35] | Yes | 49 |
Emma Jack | Great Britain | 2009 | 8148 | NE Face | Skied to 5000m where snow ran out w/ short downclimb @ 6250m[36] | Yes | 36 |
Kenton Cool | Great Britain | 2010 | 8148 | NE Face | to C2 (6400)/ 2 days[37] | Yes | 37 |
Andrew Eggleston | Great Britain | 2010 | 8148 | NE Face | to C2 (6400)/ 2 days[37] | Yes | 30 |
Josef Millinger | Austria | 1981 | 8133 | NE Face | skied from about 30m below summit to c5; then to c1 next day[38] | No | 39 |
Peter Woergoetter | Austria | 1981 | 8133 | NE Face | skied from about 30m below summit to c5; then to c1 next day[38] | No | 39 |
Nobukazu Kuriki† 栗城史多 | Japan | 2008 | 8133 | NE Face | to c3 (6900) then to bc next day (4800)[3] | No | 26 |
Sebastian Haag† | Germany | 2012 | 8003 | NE Face | to basecamp (5000) with skis off 7400-7300[29] | No | 34 |
Constantin Pade | 2012 | 8003 | NE Face | to basecamp (5000) with skis off 7400-7300[29] | No | ||
Andres Jorquera Taipa | Chile | 2009 | 8000 | NE Face | to 5000 (crampon pt) over 3 days[3] | No | 33 |
Anna Tybor | Poland | 2021 | 8156 | NE Face | ski descent from fore summit, stopped to pick up gear at camps 4 and 3 on way down[39][40] | No | 29 |
Benjamin Darcé -USA from 8100 (just below summit ridge) no oxygen or Sherpa support.
PAKISTAN - 8126 meters
SkierName | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hans Kammerlander | Italy | 1990 | 8025 | Diamir face (Kinshofer) | downclimb top 100m, ski to bc[41] | No | 34 |
Diego Wellig | Switzerland | 1990 | 8025 | Diamir face (Kinshofer) | downclimb 1st 100m, ski to bc[41] | No | 29 |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2008 | 7850 | Central Diamir Face (Independent Line parallel to Messner Solo Route 1978) | complete ski descent, ski to side moraine, 4600 m[42] | No | 39 |
Boris Langenstein | France | 2019 | 8070 | ski descent with skis on the entire way is the most complete ski descent recorded[43] | 33 |
NEPAL - 8093 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Yves Morin† | France | 1979 | 8091 | N Face | skied all sections but died at 6600 on descent from summit[3] | No | 34 |
Davo Karničar† | Slovenia | 1995 | 8091 | normal route | 1st descent from top to bc in one day - hawley notes suggest started 1200m below top?[3] | No | 32 |
Andrej Karnicar | Slovenia | 1995 | 8091 | normal route | 1st descent from top to bc in one day[3] | No | 25 |
Bartek Ziemski | Poland | 2023 | 8091 | N Face | Skied from summit to camp 4 to wait for team member. Then skied to camp 3 without rappelling. At camp 2, they learned another climber had fallen in a crevasse, and went to assist. Later skied from camp 2 to 4800 m, when the snow ran out.[8][44][45][46] | No | 28 |
- PAKISTAN - 8080 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sylvain Saudan | Switzerland | 1982 | 8080 | N. Face | possibly longest 50 degree slope ever skied,[47] descent required making 3,000 metres of jump turns[48] | No | 42 |
Iztok Tomazin | Slovenia | 1995 | 8080 | N. Face | Overnight at c3, Abseiled 8m section in Japanese couloir, to 5300[49] | No | 45 |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2018 | 8080 | N. Face | Skied from the summit, descended a passage 7800-7600 by foot (icy), overnight at c3, descended Japanese Couloir by foot (avalanche hazard), to 5400 (edge of icefall)[50] | No | 50 |
Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | 2023 | 8080 | N. Face | [51][52] | 35 |
PAKISTAN - 8051 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hans Kammerlander | Italy | 1994 | 7850 | West Ridge | descent from col (7850 m) to bc[53] | No | 38 |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2011 | 7850 | West Ridge | descent from col (7850 m) to bc[17] | No | 39 |
Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | 2015 | 8051 | West Ridge | only descent from top to bc in 3 hrs [54] | No | 27 |
Bartosz Ziemski | Poland | 2022 | 8051 | West Ridge | took his skis off twice - the first time for the return ascent of Rocky Summit and the second time at the railing ropes in the krux on the rocky traverse [55] | No | 27 |
Tom Lafaille | France | 2023 | 8051 | West Ridge | [56][57] | No | 21 |
Anna Tybor | Poland | 2023 | 8051 | West Ridge | [56][58] | No | 31 |
PAKISTAN - 8034 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Jacques Demarolle | France | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | skied summit to c4 (7500)[59] | ||
Frederic Maurel | France | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | skied summit to c4 (7500)[59] | ||
P. Glaizes | France | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | skied summit to c4 (7500)[59] | ||
P. Guedu | France | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | skied summit to c4 (7500)[59] | ||
Wilhemus Pasquier | Switzerland | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | summit to bc (5200) over 3 days all on ski including 10m serac repel[59] | 35 | |
Patrice Bournat | France | 1984 | 8034 | SW Ridge | summit to bc (5200) over 3 days all on ski including 10m serac repel[59] | ||
Thierry Renard | France | 1985 | 8034 | South Face | bivouacked at 7500, skied to c1 (5400) next day.[60] | 42 | |
Fredrik Ericsson† | Sweden | 2005 | 8034 | East and south Face | from summit by the east and then direct south face to ABC (5600m) | No | 30 |
Jorgen Aamot | Norway | 2005 | 8034 | East and south Face | from summit by the east and then direct south face to ABC (5600m) | No | 31 |
Jean Noel Urban† | France | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | No | 46 | |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | 17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent[61] | No | 37 |
Benedikt Bohm | Germany | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | summit to c3[61] | No | 29 |
Sebastian Haag† | Germany | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | summit to c3[61] | No | 28 |
Benedikt Bohm | Germany | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | 17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent[61] | No | 29 |
Sebastian Haag† | Germany | 2006 | 8034 | SW Ridge | 17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent[61] | No | 28 |
Bartosz Ziemski | Poland | 2022 | 8034 | SW Ridge | due to the approach near Camp 2, he takes off his skis. Then, on the first steep part of Banana Ridge, he makes a lateral descent, secured by a rappelling rope, after which he continues down to Camp 1. The last section from Camp 1 to Base Camp is done half on skis (the flat part of the glacier), while the Icefall is done on foot.[55] | No | 27 |
Andrzej Bargiel | Poland | 2023 | 8034 | SW | [51] | No | 35 |
CHINA - 8027 meters
Skier Name | Nationality | Date | Start Altitude (meters) | Descent Route | Notes | O2 | Age |
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Peter Woergoetter | Austria | 1985 | 8027 | NE Face | uncertain if descended from main or central summit[62] | 44 | |
Oswald Gassler | Austria | 1985 | 8027 | NE Face | uncertain if descended from main or central summit[62] | 38 | |
Mark Whetu | New Zealand | 1987 | 8027 | Northern route | AAJ'88/279 suggests whetu from summit[63] | 28 | |
Jerzy Kukuczka† | Poland | 1987 | ~8000 | Northern Route | from bivac at around 8000m, partial descent[63] | No | 39 |
Jean Noel Urban† | France | 2005 | 8027 | SW Face - scott rte | main summit partial descent[64] | No | 45 |
Giorgio Daidola | Italy | 1988 | 8027 | Northern Route | [65] | No | |
Pino Negri | Italy | 1988 | 8027 | Northern Route | [65] | ||
Christian Kuntner† | Italy | 1998 | 8027 | [66][67] | No | 36 | |
Mike Marolt | United States | 2000 | 8008 | Northern Route | central summit; 1st N. Am. to ski from 8000m[68] | No | 36 |
Steve Marolt | United States | 2000 | 8008 | Northern route | central summit; 1st N. Am. to ski from 8000m[68] | No | 36 |
Fredrik Ericsson† | Sweden | 2004 | 8008 | central summit[69] | No | 29 | |
Jean Noël Urban† | France | 2004 | 8008 | SW Face - Loretan rte | central summit partial descent[64] | No | 44 |
Mark Newcomb | United States | 2005 | 8008 | Untsch | central summit[70] | No | 38 |
Kent McBride | United States | 2005 | 8008 | Untsch | central summit[70] | No | |
Luis Stitzinger† | Germany | 2013 | 8027 | Inaki Route NE Face | main summit to end moraine(5900m); skied entire descent[71] | No | 44 |
See also
[edit]- Skiing Everest, 2009 documentary film
- Extreme skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- List of ski descents in North America
References
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