"Skiing 7 Summits" trailer

[dislecksick]

WHERE CAN I BUY THIS FROM?!

[powskier]

No, he did NOT repel on down climb the Hillary Step. He launched it and kept on skiing. He's the real extreme skier. He's not a fraud douche bag like Seth Morrison who ride up in helicopters or never go up into the death zone.

[swamigal]

watchin this makes me nervous, doing this for real is like worst nightmare to even imagine , wow, hat down

[pit1435]

cool!

[Neffstradamus]

balls the size of grapefruits. Unreal Slovenian! your countrymen & women should be proud.

[kungkeno84]

WTF is wrong with this guy!!

[yoshino59]

is amazig!

[SilverBoarder312]

how the hell do they ski down the hillary step??

[Neffstradamus]

I think about 3 people have skiied from the summit now, they pretty much rappel down the step, but they keep their ski's on, so its considered continuous. Obviously you can't go down either face from the peak. So they go summit ridge standard route, abseil down the Hillary step, ski to the balcony and eventually down the Lhotse face.

[powskier]

@Neffstradamus You are wrong. Davo is the only one to completely ski it. He skied it from the summit and never took his skis off. He skied from the summit to base camp in only 5 hours.

[recca7]

serious? this guy went all the way to the peak of mt. everest and skied all the way back down? people can barely get to teh top let alone up and back down on skis

[martySPM]

the first man to ski down the everest was Jean Marc Boivin and not Davo Karničar as said in the movie

[bvirc]

Davo Karničar was the first skier who has done it completely. That means - he was the first skier to ski Mt. Everest from the summit right to the base without taking skis off or using abseils or any other non-skiing technique. There were others attempts to do this, but till this moment - no one succeeded to do it completely.

[Manatee0111]

I really want to buy this.

[dislecksick]

when and where can i buy this?

[tom2468982]

if you find somewhere to buy it, can you let me know?

[faerthen]

Bummer. Hard to balance that naughtiness with consequences.

[faerthen]

And they probably ski just fine, even if a famous person uses them, too ;)

[faerthen]

How true. But Davo is sponsored by Elan [at least] yet he seems to be getting a free pass. I think we also like our heroes more than is really healthy.

[faerthen]

And that's about what Kropp did, from sea-level to summit & back to sea level, albeit on feet & bicycle, not skis. While I certainly don't doubt that Davo did what he says he did, I wonder if he actually broke his own trail, climbed alone, fixed his own ropes, & stocked his own base & high camps, that's all. Doesn't take away from his accomplishment. But the fact that this isn't questioned of Davo, while Kit's style gets picked remorselessly apart is what annoyed me enough to comment.

[faerthen]

Okay, fair enough. Point taken about art reviews :) But I disagree that Kit publicized her descent any more than any of the other Everest skiers. And I'd be very, very surprised to learn that Karnicar carried all his stuff up that mountain without any assistance. As far as I know, only Goran Kropp can really claim that.

[faerthen]

gunnermac70, There's more than a bit of an anti-chick vibe in these comments. No one here is dissing Granheim, Kammerlander, Miura, or anybody else who skied Everest in less than perfect style, just Kit. As anyone who's actually visited the mountains outside a ski resort knows, what you can get away with depends not just on your ability, but on the conditions you find. Seems really tacky to trash on someone when you haven't done the same thing in at least as good style.

[faerthen]

Yeah, she's such a puss.

Get over yourself.

[Memsahib00]

And she also only skied back to Camp 4, then the Lhotse Face later on. Davo skied from the summit to Basecamp in one go! He also 'jumped' the Hillary Step (incredible eh! Ang Dorjee Sherpa, who was with him on the climb, verified this) whereas Kit's team all took their skis off and were lowered down it. Davo also managed to ski around the Khumbu icefall by skiing above it to the true right, which is very dangerous terrain.

[tetoncaresser]

Very impressive skiing of mountainous terrain. I would like to have seen some skiing on the Seven Summits, which there seemed to be little, if any, of in this video.

[Gerapa0]

SLOVENIJA !

[RK731]

sucked

[246mitch]

AWSOME!that was the best video ive seen well almost

[faaness]

just a little add to the topic: The Norwegian guy Tormod Granheim was the first man ever to ski down the northface of everest, on his way to the summit he used 24 hours from BC to the summit. On his way down he lost his friend who fell 1300 altitude meters to his death.

[entradieo]

BringSnowHome^com order your snowmaker today

[starfirev]

Karnicar was the first to ski from the summit of Everest, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't the first to ski from the "Seven Summits" (highest on each continent). I think Kit Deslauriers, a woman, completed them all about a month before Karnicar.

[stickks]

that is fucking incredible!!!! and it is true and it did happen...Just incredible...I would love to see the video..

[tom2468982]

if you find somewhere to buy it, can you let me know?

[fortynotty]

Now thats what you call daredevil skiing!

[ytstef]

SLOVENIJA

[lotsoffun]

and where can you buy this dvd?

[lotsoffun]

actually Yuichiro Miura was the first to ski mount everest

[tanja3d]

He skied only from the South Col, not the summit.

[lotsoffun]

summit of mount everest would be impossible. and where can you find this dvd?

[teammanny]

a husband and wife tried but they had to take their skis off for a little bit when the husband started to have troble breathing. they then skied down from the highest camp.

[lotsoffun]

thats insane. how would you see anything? its like impossible to climb, how the hell would you ski down?

[HeffaLaffen]

that's bullshit, chuck norris skied BACKWARDS mount everest in 1874....

[josticritics]

Davo Krničar - legend

[swatt12]

and i mean tackle football not gay little soccer shit

[Andokool12]

Football on skiis descending mount everest would be intense.

[swatt12]

lol goodthinking... ud die but right on man lol

[Andokool12]

Yeah death would certainly be a factor to take into account... Lol thanks!

[swatt12]

u guys are both jokes.... i honestly have a life and watched this cause i dont give a shit in hell about climbing other then it helps me train for football... this is a skiing video u handys... not a climbing video..... truth is ur both probably asian emo guys... go outside

[seahog32]

FYI, this is ski mountaineering. Now go play with your balls or what ever your life is!

[swatt12]

ill wreck u buddy

[seahog32]

sure you will, sure...

[cherrybomb1493]

please dont hate

[jacksin12345]

twat

[seahog32]

Climbing Everest with artificial oxygen is like...well, like climbing Cho-oyu. It still is a 8000 but it isn't 8848. Sorry, it is a shame the way high altitude mountaineering went since 1970's.

On the skiing part, Davo, you're sick! You do things i can't even think of without soiling myself. You are my God and I'm unworthy to touch your skis!

[basnobua]

It is unfortunate that supplemental oxygen has allowed the mountain to grow so crowded, but summiting in such hypoxic conditions is often suicidal and most certainly not a "shame", furthermore it allows attempts like these. Oxygen starved muscle would never submit to a ski descent, and even if it could, no one could possibly be lucid enough to survive it.

[seahog32]

if it s not possible to do it, then it should stay like that, if it is possible only for the extraordinary few, then it should be left for those...the same logic should apply to every sport...why not handing oxygen mask to the guys in tour the france ?...btw, try to compare numbers of deadly accidents on everest with and without artificial oxygen before labeling one of them as "suicidal"

[seahog32]

if it s not possible to do it, then it should stay like that, if it is possible only for the extraordinary few, then it should be left for those...the same logic should apply to every sport...why not handing oxygen mask to the guys in tour the france ?...btw, try to compare numbers of deadly accidents on everest with and without artificial oxygen before labeling one of them as "suicidal"

[basnobua]

Oxygen has been a part of Everest ascents since they began in the 1920s, however the argument is often that this technology provides an unfair advantage to the climber. Interestingly, vast improvements in mountaineering gear have not met with similar disdain. If it is a fair fight that is sought, pitting mountain vs. climber, then abandon your jumars, cramp-ons, fixed ropes, pitons, ice screws, ice axes, synthetic fabrics, climbing partners, porters, sherpas etc. etc. etc

[basnobua]

If oxygen too severely limits the mountain's ability to kill you, K2 may better suit your needs.

[seahog32]

I have no skill nor physiology to climb K2 or any other technical 8000. If of any interest, my next summit should be Aconcagua and in future I'd like to try something in Pamir or possibly a Himalayan 7000+. That is most likely all I will be ever able to do if at all. OK, I admit, secretly I am looking at some "easy" 8000 like Cho Oyu or Broad Peak but a man has to be honest with himself...

[seahog32]

You sure have your point but it isn't quite the same. Oxygen, unlike goretex for example, is used internally and that's why can be considered a performance-enhancing drug. As long as mountain climbing is a sport and not a job, IMHO it should be avoided except of medical emergencies.

And you are perfectly right about the fixed ropes and Sherpas. As the 70's brought climbing with no artificial oxygen, trend of the 80's was light alpine style, also abandoned since Himalayism has become a business.

[presern96]

Davo, neverjetno! Ko bom spet v Sloveniji ti kupim pir! Sergej

[vew106]

ummmm... gotta be honest that's gnarly as fuck but it doesn't look like a lotta fun.

[freeskier325]

holy fuck i gotta get this

[hg5e17ah]

Damn. If you lose your skis at 6000 m you´re pretty fucked...

[KinGTayMaN]

ive seen hundreds of ski videos

i went and saw warren miller's latest video a few weeks ago

ive been skiing my entire life (even if i am only 16)

ive seen some pretty dang amazing stuff, even done some of it.

but nothing can compare to that.

i used to consider neil armstrong as my hero

ive changed my mind. that dude is my new hero. i cant even IMAGINE trying a few of those slopes he went down!

[zazoolious]

You guys are F$%k'n nuts.  That's one of my life's goal to do that, but I saw the incline of rocks and ice at the start. Damb, these guys have mad skills. One love to all Snowriders and the guys taking it one step higher. I've seen my share of ski videos, but starting off on ice and rocks, respect well deserved.

[86lumpy86]

crazy! good to see at least one of them was skiing elan, cos elan rule.

[wavecro11]

nice...

[FuckinCrazy32]

That looks like some great skiing. Looks fun. I would love to try it.

[rambotion]

where can you buy the full dvd?

[alpecinoo]

Pakistan (k2) and Nepal (Mt.Everest) are best places on earth for Hiking nad skiing.

[jram0s]

ARE YOU SERIOUS? i haven't even heard of this crazy shit!