Polish woman skis down Broad Peak in Himalayas

Polish mountaineer Anna Tybor has become the first woman in history to ski down Broad Peak, the world’s 12th-highest mountain, on the border of Pakistan and China.

Broad Peak.

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The Polish ski climber announced her achievement via social media on Thursday, Polish state news agency PAP reported. 

Anna Tybor skied down Broad Peak pic.twitter.com/2pJxsibDzZ

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Tybor, alongside mountaineer Tom Lafaille, summited the 8,051m peak on Wednesday afternoon.

She then descended the eight-thousander on skis, reaching base camp at 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to the PAP news agency.

Anna Tybor – skialpinistka z Zakopanego jako pierwsza kobieta na świecie zjechała na nartach z ośmiotysięcznika Broad Peak w Karakorum.#iPLhttps://t.co/LgzwKnhirp

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Tybor has thus become the first-ever woman to ski down Broad Peak, which is located in the Karakoram mountain range on the China-Pakistan frontier, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

Broad Peak is the second eight-thousand-metre mountain she has topped, the PAP news agency reported.

In 2021, Tybor, who does not use supplementary oxygen, scaled the 8,163m summit of Manaslu and became the first Polish woman to descend it on skis, according to news outlets.

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Anna Tybor 🇵🇱 jako pierwsza kobieta na świecie zjechała na nartach z Broad Peak (8051 m n.p.m.)https://t.co/6FjafQkuoc

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Source: PAP, wspinanie.pl, dziennik.pl