No sherpa support. No bottled oxygen. A very big mountain, Kangchenjunga, the third-highest peak in the world, which everyone has given up trying to climb this season. No excuses for Oswald Pereira and Bartek Ziemski who summited May 27th. before Ziemski completed the first ski descent. Two weeks after completed a Makalu ski descent !
Oswald can be satisfied. « This is how history is made. On May 27th at 2:45 PM, we summited Kanchenjunga as the first and, so far, the only ones in the present season. Bartek also descended from this 3rd highest peak on Earth on skis, becoming the first person in history to do so. » wrote Oswald Pereira on his instagram account.
The Kangchenjunga is undoubtedly one of the most difficult 8000m summits, and of course, at 8586 meters, it’s one of the highest, the third highest in the world.
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