 Poster: A snowHead
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Two Vikings are getting prepared. In about one year, their ambition is to stand on the summit of Mount Everest, take a deep breath in the rarified air, point their skis toward Tibet and ski down the mountain's imposing north face for what just might be the ultimate first ski descent from the summit of the highest peak in the world.
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/111264023121127.shtm
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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One guy claims to have already done it but there is a possibility he rappelled the Hillary Step. See this article from Outside Online about a female extreme skier who has just decided to abandon her attempt.
Here's the interview with the guy who claims to have done it and how he negotiated the Hillary Step. No mention of rappelling.
http://outside.away.com/outside/news/20031029_2.html. But this was of course on the South Face so if the Scandahooligans succeed that will be a first for the Tibetan side on skis. That second article says it's been done on a snowboard.
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| Even if I had reached the summit I wouldn’t have been able to make a continuous descent. I don’t reckon one can make a continuous descent down the N. Face: the colouirs are difficult and very rarely in condition (Editors note – this interview took place before Marco Siffredi’s snowboard descent). |
Didn't a Japanese guy try to ski Everest years ago but fell and released a parachute ??
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Not wishing to sound silly but how do you "Rappell"? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Everyone else calls it abseiling
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You're not wrong!!!!
I wonder how much their insurance will cost, do you think they have gone for the silver or splashed out for gold cover? 
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| That second article says it's been done on a snowboard. |
Marco Siffredi snowboarded Everest via the Couloir Norton. Dominique Perret has skied the north face of Everest from 8,500 meters. Davo Karnikar of course skied the south side in 2000, this is where you encounter the Hillary Step. If you ski the Norton or Hornbein it is not a problem :-).The Hillary Step may well be easier on skis or a board as anything above a 40 degree slope at 8,400 meters will require some quite technical climbing. The Hornbein route is probably the purest but this is where Marco dissapeared as route finding into the couloirs is hard - if anyone has ever skied over a convex slope looking for the sole entry into a couloir they would understand the problem, at 8500 meters, suffering from Hypoxia, it must be another world.
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