Andrzej Bargiel

Andrzej Leszek Bargiel
Andrzej Bargiel at the Pol'and'Rock Festival 2018
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 37)
Łętownia, Poland
Occupation(s)Ski mountaineer, climber, backcountry skier, mountain runner
WebsiteOfficial website

Andrzej Leszek Bargiel (Polish pronunciation: [ˈandʐɛj ˈlɛʂɛɡ ˈbarɡʲɛl]; born 18 April 1988, in Rabka, Poland) is a Polish ski mountaineer, backcountry skier, mountain runner and climber. Raised in Łętownia, he is a three-time Polish ski mountaineering champion and held third place in the overall World Cup. He is the current record holder in taking the least amount of time to achieve the Snow Leopard award. He is also the current record holder in the Elbrus Race. Since 2013, he has been running his original HIC SUNT LEONES (“here are lions” in Latin) project, the goal of which are speedy, oxygenless ascents and ski descents from the highest mountain peaks on Earth. These included Shishapangma in 2013, Manaslu in 2014, Broad Peak in 2015, K2 in 2018, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2023, and Everest in 2025.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the first person to ski all eight-thousanders in the Karakoram range.[6] He lives in Zakopane, Poland.

Achievements

  • 2009, 8th, 2009 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering relay race (together with Szymon Zachwieja, Jacek Żebracki and Mariusz Wargocki)
  • 2010:
  • 2013, October 2 – he is the first Pole to have made a ski descent of Shishapangma (central summit)
  • 2014, September 25 – he set a record time climbing from base camp to the summit of Manaslu in 14 hours 5 minutes. He also set a record time for base-peak-base at 21 hours 14 minutes (on skis).
  • 2015, July 25 – he was the first person to climb and ski down Broad Peak
  • 2016: Winning the Snow Leopard award in record time - 29 days 17 hours 5 minutes from the start of the ABC July 15
    • Lenin Peak - July 16 (ascent from Advanced BC at the height of 4400 meters to the summit in 13 hours 30 minutes and exit from the summit on skis to ABC in 2 hours).
    • Peak Korzhenevskaya - July 25 (ascent from Moskvina BC at the height of 4350 meters to the summit in 8 hours 40 minutes; exit from the summit on skis for the snow line and the descent to the base camp).
    • Ismoil Somoni Peak - August 2 (ascent from Moskvina BC at the height of 4350 meters to the summit in 14 hours 25 minutes; exit from the summit on skis for the snow line and the descent to the base camp).
    • Khan Tengri - August 10 (ascent from the South Inylchek BC at an altitude of 4070 meters to the summit in 8 hours 17 minutes; descent on skis from an altitude of about 6300 m).
    • Jengish Chokusu - August 14, 12:35 local time, descent on skis.
  • 2017, May 21 - Skiing Mallory's Couloir of the north face Aiguille du Midi
World's first ski descent of K2 with Andrzej Bargiel
  • 2018, July 22 - First man in history to ski from the summit of K2 to base camp without removing skis.[8][9][10][11]
  • 2019, September 30 – due to safety issues he stopped the Everest Ski Challenge expedition.[12]
  • 2021:
  • 2023:
  • 2024, Andes and Patagonia Ski Expedition.[16][17]
  • 2025, September 23 - First person in history to climb and ski from the summit of Everest without bottled oxygen.[18][19]

Selected prizes

In February 2019, Andrzej Bargiel was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.[20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ "Meet Andrzej Bargiel, National Geographic 2019 Adventurer of the Year". Natijonal Geographic. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Experience the world's first ski descent of K2 with Andrzej Bargiel", YouTube, 22 July 2020, retrieved 26 December 2022
  3. ^ "K2: The Impossible Descent", Red Bull, retrieved 29 December 2022
  4. ^ a b c Desai, Rajiv (27 July 2023). "History maker: Andrzej Bargiel skis down all of Karkoram's 8,000m peaks". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ^ "World first: Andrzej Bargiel just skied down Everest without bottled oxygen". redbull.com. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b Williams, Anneka (7 August 2023). "8,000 Meters Up: Andrzej Bargiel Skis Gasherbrum I & II". Backcountry Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). direct.pdg.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Andrzej Bargiel becomes first in history to ski down from K2". mountainplanet.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Read an exclusive interview with Andrzej Bargiel about his world-first K2 ski descent". Red Bull. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Meet the skier who made the 'impossible' first solo descent of K2". Adventure. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  11. ^ "First Ski descent on K2". dreamwanderlust.com. 22 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Polish ski daredevil Andrzej Bargiel abandons autumn Everest challenge". The Himalayan Times. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  13. ^ Wala, Jerzy (2022). "AAC Publications - Yawash Sar II, First Ascent and Ski Descent". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  14. ^ Walczak, Krystian (5 May 2021). "What it's like smashing a world-first ascent, as told by Andrzej Bargiel". Red Bull. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  15. ^ Griffin, Lindsay (2022). "AAC Publications - Laila Peak, Northwest Face Ascent and Partial Ski Descent". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  16. ^ Benavides, Angela (3 September 2024). "Andrzej Bargiel Off to Ski the Andes and Patagonia » Explorersweb". Explorersweb. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Andes & Patagonia". Andrzej Bargiel (in Polish). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Andrzej Bargiel achieves first ski descent of Everest without oxygen". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  19. ^ Red Bull (7 November 2025). I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen). Retrieved 19 November 2025 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ "Three Polish climbers recognised by National Geographic as Adventurers of the Year". mountainplanet.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Three Poles recognised by National Geographic as Adventurers of the Year". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  22. ^ "Meet National Geographic's 2019 Adventurers of the Year". Adventure. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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