Andrzej Bargiel
Andrzej Leszek Bargiel 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 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. He is the first person to ski all eight-thousanders in the Karakoram range. He lives in Zakopane, Poland.
Achievements
- 2009, 8th, 2009 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering relay race
- 2010:
- * 9th, Pierra Menta
- * 10th, Patrouille des Glaciers together with Jacek Żylka-Żebracki and Mariusz Wargocki
- * 1st - record on Elbrus Race
- 2013, October 2 – he is the first Pole to have made a ski descent of Shishapangma
- 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.
- 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.
- * Peak Korzhenevskaya - July 25.
- * Ismoil Somoni Peak - August 2.
- * Khan Tengri - August 10.
- * 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
- 2018, July 22 - First man in history to ski from the summit of K2 to base camp without removing skis.
- 2019, September 30 – due to safety issues he stopped the Everest Ski Challenge expedition.
- 2021:
- * April 30, first ascent of Yawash Sar II, followed by a ski descent.
- * May 10, partial ski descent from the summit of Laila Peak (Hushe Valley).
- 2023:
- * July 19, ski descent from the summit of Gasherbrum II.
- * July 26, ski descent from the summit of Gasherbrum I - becomes the first person to ever ski all eight-thousanders in the Karakoram range.
- 2024, Andes and Patagonia Ski Expedition.
- 2025, September 23 - First person in history to climb and ski from the summit of Everest without bottled oxygen.