KATHMANDU: Polish extreme skier Andrzej Bargiel made history again by successfully skiing down from the summit of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan.

According to officials, Bargiel made a successful ski descent from the summit of Nanga Parbat to base camp without using supplemental oxygen, as the summit route opened this morning.

“He has now completed all five 8,000-meter peaks of Pakistan, becoming the first to make a successful ski descent from the summit point without using bottled oxygen support,” expedition officials who witnessed the scene at the base camp shared.

Last autumn, the Red Bull athlete set a world record by skiing down from the summit of Mt Everest without using supplemental oxygen. The 38-year-old has already skied down from the summit of Shishapangma (2013), Manaslu (2014), Broad Peak (2015), Gasherbrum II (2015), K2 (2018), and Gasherbrum I (2018). In 2023, he became the first to ski down all four of Karakoram's 8,000-meter peaks.

“Nanga Parbat is his eighth 8,000-meter peak from which he has made a successful summit descent,” sources added. The details of his ski descent will be known only after Red Bull officially shares the information in a couple of hours, base camp officials said, confirming the Bargiel’s ski descent feat.