Sky Ski from Shisha Central Summit
Sep 29, 2004 18: 54 EST
Already two days ago we reported that Swedish sky skier Fredrik Ericsson possibly was on the push with Jordi and Mario, who reported to have summited Shisha main summit.
Fredrik made it to the Central summit. It still remains to see the count of climbers reaching the actual main summit, as many stop at the sharp and treacherous summit ridge. But here's Fredrik's report, of a sky ski 7000 meters up!
"11.30 on the 27:th of September I reached the central summit of Shisha Pangma (8013m). I started my summit push three days earlier. Climbed up via camps at 6300m, 6900m and 7000 m. With a clear sky I left camp 3 02.30 the 27:th. Nine hours later I reached the summit without the help of supplementary oxygen or sherpas.
A couple of hours later I skied down. First following the normal route and then down one of the couloirs leading to my camp 3. I spent the night there. The next day I continued to ski down to 5800m.
I am a tired but happy man back in advanced basecamp. The 27:th was a good day for climbing on Shisha Pangma, more than 20 people reached the summit. Among them a 69 years old man (using oxygen) and my Italian friends Mario and Christina."
Fredrik Ericsson went for a sky descent on Shisha Pangma (8027m). Born in 1975, he worked as a ski instructor for two years in Oppdal, Norway and spent winters in Queenstown, New Zealand and Fernie, Canada. Next he moved to Chamonix, France and in the summer of 2003 Fredrik climbed the 7495 m high Peak Somoni in Tajikistan and descended on skis. (Borodkin route on Peak Somoni 50°, 7495 m - 4500 m.)
Image of Fredrik on another sky ski, courtesy and copyright Mikael Pilstrand.
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