You’ve read about Andrzej Bargiel making history as the first person to descend K2 on skis but now you can watch the Polish ski mountaineer as he summits the 28,251-foot mountain without oxygen just to click into his bindings and make the seven-hour descent. Filmed entirely with a drone and a helmet camera, this is the raw footage of Bergiel jump-turning, side-slipping and skiing his way down to glory.
[WATCH] Andrzej Bargiel is the first to descend K2 on skis
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[WATCH] Andrzej Bargiel is the first to descend K2 on skis