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Andrzej Bargiel has completed the first continuous ski descent of Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) without supplemental oxygen, skiing an unbroken line from the summit to the end of skiable snow on the Diamir Face in Pakistan. It's his second such first in two years — in 2025, he became the first person to climb and ski Mount Everest, summit to Base Camp, without bottled oxygen. The expedition – Hic Sunt Leones ("here are lions"): Nanga Parbat Ski Challenge 2026 – took 2 days and 9 hours from Base Camp to summit and back, with Bargiel spending two hours above 7,900 metres in the mountain's death zone. The route on Nanga Parbat ran past a serac barrier on the Messner Route that had ended every previous ski descent attempt on foot, extending the legacy of Reinhold Messner's own 1970 Rupal Face ascent into a modern high-altitude ski context. Route and timing: – Departed Base Camp (4,200 m) at 06:00, June 28, 2026 – Overnighted at Camp II (6,200 m) and Camp III (6,850 m) – Completed the ski descent below Camp I (4,400 m) at 15:00, June 30 – Round trip, Base Camp to summit and back: 2 days, 9 hours "I'm happy that we were able to find a line that made it possible to complete the entire descent safely,” Bargiel said after the expedition. With this descent, Bargiel becomes the first person to have climbed and skied Broad Peak, K2, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, Everest and Nanga Parbat — all without supplemental oxygen. Read the full story > https://win.gs/4gBfrwL For press More images and editorial content are available on Red Bull Content Pool > https://win.gs/4eTTZQK For interviews requests > [email protected]

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