Few mountains, if any, have as much prowess for climbers, mountaineers, and skiers as Mount Everest. After all, it is the highest mountain on Earth at 8,849m (29,032 ft.). Summiting Everest is not ...

A mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen, expedition organizers confirmed Thursday. Polish national Andrzej ...

On September 22, 2025, the Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel accomplished an astounding feat when he climbed and skied from the top of Mt. Everest via the South Col Route without supplemental oxygen, ...

Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without additional oxygen. The extreme skier from Poland, 37, carried his skis on his back while climbing up the ...

Nepali Times: You just climbed Mt Everest without oxygen and then skied down the mountain. How does one even train for something like that? Andrzej Bargiel: What made skiing down Everest possible was ...

Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount Everest, then he hopped to the right, his breath heavy in the oxygen-thin air.

On October 15 American mountaineer Jim Morrison, 50, became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest (29,032 feet) via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein ...

Yuichiro Miura set the world speed skiing record at Italy's Kilometer Lanchard in 1964, only to see it broken the next day. Akira Kotani On the afternoon of May 6, 1970, Yuichiro Miura stood on Mount ...

For most climbers, summiting Everest is an unfathomable accomplishment, marking the peak of mountain climbing success. For American climber Jim Morrison, the trek to the top of Mount Everest's north ...