From the video description: IMO, this was a breathtaking (literally and figuratively) video, and I was enthralled by it for the entire 30min. My butthole clenched and my heart skipped a few beats...
From the video description:
Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing in the high altitude “death zone” (above 8,000m where oxygen levels are dangerously low), Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of the tallest mountain on earth and started his descent via the South Col Route. He reached Camp II that night and rested - the summit ridge and Hillary Step had taken longer than planned, meaning darkness made it dangerous and difficult to navigate further that day. The next morning, he skied through the treacherous Khumbu Icefall - guided by a drone flown by his brother, Bartek - before safely arriving at Base Camp to become the first person to ascend and descend Mount Everest on skis with no supplementary oxygen
IMO, this was a breathtaking (literally and figuratively) video, and I was enthralled by it for the entire 30min. My butthole clenched and my heart skipped a few beats at several points while watching it too though, like when he had to recover his dropped pole from a rather deep looking hole, and a few minutes later when he almost fell into a massive crevasse. Insanity. But kudos to him, the Sherpa who got him up there to start, and the Red Bull team for getting him up and down again safely.
From the video description:
IMO, this was a breathtaking (literally and figuratively) video, and I was enthralled by it for the entire 30min. My butthole clenched and my heart skipped a few beats at several points while watching it too though, like when he had to recover his dropped pole from a rather deep looking hole, and a few minutes later when he almost fell into a massive crevasse. Insanity. But kudos to him, the Sherpa who got him up there to start, and the Red Bull team for getting him up and down again safely.