Daredevil Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to ski down the world's second-highest mountain, the Polish national said Sunday. Bargiel whizzed down from the summit of Pakistan's 8,611-metre (28,251-feet) K2 to the mountain's base camp after reaching the peak with around 30 others on Saturday. "Andrzej Bargiel reached the base of the mountain. The first complete descent on ski from K2 is done!" he posted on his Facebook page.
The feat was the 30-year-old's second bid to enter the record books, after an attempt last year was scotched by bad weather. Three years ago Bargiel became the first skier in the world to descend from the nearby 8,015-meter Broad Peak.