{"id":48658,"date":"2025-09-26T11:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=48658"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:34:05","slug":"autumn-2025-everest-ski-descent-and-manaslu-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/26\/autumn-2025-everest-ski-descent-and-manaslu-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn 2025: Everest Ski Descent and Manaslu Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

With excellent weather and hordes of climbers with massive support, records are being broken across the Himalayas. First, there was a no O’s ski descent from Everest’s summit, then multiple speed and the youngest summits on Manaslu. Climbing continues across the 8000ers. So far, 457 climbers from 47 expedition teams\u2014including 347 men and 110 women\u2014have received permits. On Manaslu, at least 170 members were supported by 187 Sherpas, totalling 357 summits, with more to come.<\/p>\n

Everest – Ski and Run<\/h3>\n

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel<\/a>, 37, \u00a0completed the first-ever ski descent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen on September 22. 16 Sherpas from Seven Summits Treks supported him. He skied from the summit, overnighted at Camp 2, then skied to EBC.<\/p>\n

Previous summit ski descents were accomplished in 2000 by Slovenian Davo Karni\u010dar, using supplemental oxygen; Kit DesLauriers, also on Os, \u00a0successfully skied from the summit of Mount Everest in October 2006; and in 1996 by Italian Hans Kammerlander, who did not use Os but began his descent about 300 meters below the peak.<\/p>\n

Bargiel now has ski descents of six other eight-thousanders: Broad Peak (2015), Shishapangma (2013), Manaslu (2014), 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.<\/p>\n

For the fifth time, second try this Autumn and fourth time this year, American runner Tyler Andrews<\/a>, 35, came up short on setting a no O’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) for an Everest climb. Deep snow has been the primary issue this season. \u00a0You can see his results at this link<\/a> for his tracker. His team reported: “Tyler made it to Camp 4 before deciding that the snow was too deep to summit in a reasonable amount of time. He’s heading back to Camp 2. Thank you for your support.”<\/p>\n

Manaslu – Summits, Summits, Summits<\/h3>\n

Nepal issued permits to 371 members, overtaking the 2024 total of 308. The five Sherpa rope team reached the summit on September 20, 2025.<\/p>\n

With so many teams and good weather, there has been a massive wave of summits this week. At least 175 members were supported by 192 Sherpas, totalling 367 summits, with more to come.<\/p>\n