TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE
On 19 July 2018, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel left base camp on K2 – the second highest and arguably most dangerous mountain in the world – for an expedition that would redefine modern mountaineering. All previous attempts by elite free skiers to summit and then ski down K2 had ended in disappointment, or death. With no supplemental oxygen, he began a gruelling four-day ascent on the 8,611m peak high above the Pakistan-China border. When he did so – an
