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List of ski descents of eight-thousanders

List of ski descents of eight-thousanders

Notable records on mountains over 8000m


This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation).[1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering, and also related to the sport of extreme skiing. The first descents can be traced to the 1970s.

Steve Marolt skiing down the northeast ridge of Everest in 2007

Notable firsts

  • 1970: Yuichiro Miura (Japan) made the first ski tracks above 8000m in preparation for his schuss from the south col of Everest for the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest.[2]
  • Yves Morin† (France) was the first to ski down an 8000m peak which he did on Annapurna in 1979 and over the course of the expedition skied all segments of the descent. However, he died while descending from the summit.[3]
  • 1988: Veronique Perillat (France) became the first woman to ski from the top of an eight-thousander and the first woman to ski from over 8000 meters, skiing off the top of Cho Oyu on a monoski.[4][5]
  • 2000: Davo Karničar† (Slovenia) completed the first top-to-bottom (base camp) descent of Everest (South Col route) without removing his skis. However, he benefited from 02 use. There has not been a similar ascent/descent of Everest without oxygen. 1996: Hans Kammerlander (Italy) skied the top 300 meters of Everest but climbed down to 7700m before skiing to Advance Base Camp. Kammerlander skied the North Col route.[6]
  • 2006: Kit DesLauriers (United States) is the first woman to ski from the top of Everest.[3]
  • 2018: Andrzej Bargiel (Poland) completed the first top-to-bottom (base camp) descent of K2 (a combination of the normal route, Basque route, Messner's variant to the Polish route) without removing his skis.

List by eight-thousander

Mount Everest

NEPAL/TIBET - 8850 meters [7]

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K2

PAKISTAN - 8611 meters

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Kangchenjunga

NEPAL - 8586 meters

No ski descents from above 8000 meters

Lhotse

NEPAL - 8516 meters

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Makalu

NEPAL - 8466

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Cho Oyu

NEPAL - 8188 meters

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Dhaulagiri

NEPAL - 8167 meters

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Manaslu

NEPAL - 8163 meters

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Benjamin Darcé -USA from 8100 (just below summit ridge) no oxygen or Sherpa support.

Nanga Parbat

PAKISTAN - 8126 meters

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Annapurna

NEPAL - 8093 meters

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Gasherbrum I

- PAKISTAN - 8080 meters

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Broad Peak

PAKISTAN - 8051 meters

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Gasherbrum II

PAKISTAN - 8034 meters

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Shisha Pangma

CHINA - 8027 meters

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See also


References

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  2. Miura, Yuichiro; Perlman, Eric (1978). The man who skied down Everest (1st ed.). San Francisco: Harper & Row. ISBN 0062505750. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. Salisbury, Richard (2004). The Himalayan database the expedition archives of Elizabeth Hawley. Golden, Colo.: American Alpine Club Press. ISBN 0930410998. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. Hawley, Elizabeth (1989). "Asia, Tibet, Cho Oyu in the Post-Monsoon Season". American Alpine Journal. 31 (63): 283. ISBN 0930410394. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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  7. Tardivel, Pierre (1997). Memoires de Pleine Pente. Paris: Publialp. ISBN 2950630774.
  8. Erickson, Kristoffer (2003). "Asia, Tibet, Himalaya, Cho Oyu Ski Descent and Discussion of 8,000-meter Ski Descents". American Alpine Journal. 45 (77): 416–418. ISBN 9780930410933. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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  11. "Fredrik Ericsson". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  12. Dreier, Fred (2022-05-11). "Adrian Ballinger Just Completed the First Ski Descent of Makalu". Outside Online. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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  19. Macaigne, Pierre (1983). Le Skier de L'Impossible - Sylvain Saudan - Victoire A ski sur l'Himalaya:8068m. Paris: Publi SA - Éditions Pierre-Marcel Favre. ISBN 2828901297.
  20. Golob, Janez; Tomazin, Iztok (1996). "Asia, Pakistan, Gasherbrum I, Ascent and Ski Descent". American Alpine Journal. 38 (70): 289–290. ISBN 9780930410643. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  21. Croisot, Daniel (1985). "Gasherbrum II, Ski Descent" (PDF). American Alpine Journal: 311.
  22. Renard, Tierry (1986). "Asia, Pakistan, Gasherbrum II, Ski Descent of South Face". American Alpine Journal. 28 (60): 273–274. ISBN 0930410270. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  23. "Gasherbrum II" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-07.
  24. Schmuck, Marcus (1986). "Asia, China, Shishapangma". American Alpine Journal. 28 (60): 299. ISBN 0930410270. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  25. Berhault, Patrick (1989). "Asia, Tibet, Shisha Pangma and Unique Training Method". American Alpine Journal. 31 (63): 287. ISBN 0930410394. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  26. (personal communication from Mike Marolt)
  27. The Line: A journey to the Far Fringe of Skiing produced by Marmot

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