ISLAMABAD - Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargeil has made history as he become the first person to ski down K2, the second tallest mountain in the world.
He began skiing on Sunday morning and returned to base camp in the evening. Bargeil connected four routes on the descent.
Last year he abandoned the same plan because of the treacherous conditions. Four mountaineers have attempted this in the past, while one of them died. In 2015, Bargeil skied down the 26,296 feet tall Broad Peak.
On Saturday, two Pakistani climbers, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and Intesh, were among a group of mountaineers who scaled the peak of Mount K2 – the world’s second highest mountain range. Thirty-one is the second highest number of climbers to have reached K2 peak.
Mount K2 is considered as one of the world’s deadliest mountains to climb which had claimed at least 84 lives so far. According to a climbing record, less than 500 climbers have been able to make it to the K2 summit point.
*This article originally appeared on**SnowBrains* link