Over the last six months, there has been a flurry of ski activity on 8,000-meter peaks, including Everest, Nanga Parbat, etc. Furthermore, the world is trying to make sense of what happened recently on two major new ski runs on Everest.
The main similarities besides being on Everest were that both skiers were well supported financially and on the mountain. Jim worked with National Geographic and the North Face and Andrzej Bergeil worked with Red Bull and his own media production.
Bergeil took on the challenge of trying to ski the standard south col route without the aid of oxygen. He did however have a large, 12 support Sherpas breaking trail etc, drone. Everest had been previously summited and skied without oxygen, but Andrzej did a “complete” descent. More on the nuance below.
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