Skiing Mount Everest Open Thread

This is insane. He starts off skiing from the top of Mount Everest pretty slowly, but then he hits some very steep areas where slow skiing is pretty much impossible. For long dangerous runs, he's just grinding down on steep ice.

I kept wondering: What happens if he loses a ski?

Also, I wonder: What if he goes over the edge?

And he is on the edge of a precarious ridgeline a few times.

For example, at 6:45 in the video, and 10:00. And around 16:00.

For those with vertigo: Content warning.

This took place a month ago. Apparently it's a first. At least, climbing Everest and then skiing down without oxygen tanks is a first.

Really amazing. Insane! Consider going full screen for this one or watching it on your TV.

Having watched it all, the fish-eye lens he uses makes the drops appear steeper and deadlier than they are. But... that's really only adding a little bit to it.

And he wasn't even the only guy to ski down Everest last month. An American, Jim Morrison, skied the very dangerous North Face. Though he skied a "gnarlier line," he had the benefit of supplemental oxygen.

posted by Ace at 12:12 PM

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