K2 The Impossible Descent

The impossible descent of K2 on skis

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No one had yet proved it's possible, but one ski mountaineer clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m anyway to make history. From Poland to Pakistan, Andrzej Bargiel’s descends K2 on skis.

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