High-altitude adventurer Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to ski down from the summit of K2, descending from the world's second-highest mountain on Sunday. Sitting beside Mount Everest, Lhotse rises to 8,516 meters (27,940 feet) and is the 4th highest mountain in the world. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). "The wall was a stiff 60 degrees. DesLauriers was the first woman and first American to do it. He achieved this most recent athletic feat on May 23rd, 2013. [11] 2000: Davo Karničar (Slovenia) completed the first top-to-bottom (base camp) descent of Everest (South Col route) without removing his skis. There is no contest. Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. The first person to ski down Everest = Yuichiro Miura. We’ve been following Andrzej Bargiel for years and when he announced his intentions to be the first to ski Everest without unstrapping his skiing and without additional oxygen we knew if there was one dude up to the task it’d be Andrezej. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). His goal: ski nonstop to base camp, 12,000 feet down – a feat no one had yet achieved. 1988: Veronique Perillat (France) was the first woman to ski from the top of an 8000er and the first woman to ski from over 8000 meters, skiing off the top of Cho Oyu on a monoski. On October 7, 2000, Davo Karnicar’s fervour for extreme skiing took him to the summit of Mount Everest. The Polish ski mountaineer scored the first descent of K2 last year and has set his sights on Everest immediately. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 8,000 m (26,000 ft)). Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. She also became the first person to ski from the top of the highest peaks on each continent, known as the "Seven Summits." In addition to his attempt to ski down Everest, Hans Kammerlander, who has climbed 13 of the 14 8,000+ mountains in the world, also attempted to become the first man to ski down K2. And yes, he is currently the oldest person on Earth to summit the highest peak on Earth at 80 years of age. Not content with Everest, Karnicar has also skied down Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Eiger and Annapurna. Yuichiro Miura is clearly “the most interesting man in the world.” Yes, he is the fabled “Man who Skied Down Everest” back in 1970.