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Marco Siffredi (22 May 1979 – 8 September 2002) was a French snowboarder and mountaineer. Siffredi was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard, completing this feat in 2001 via the Norton Couloir.
Snowboard descent from start of slope of summit plateau to rock ridge, walked 30m with the board board 8000m to C3 (7450m); next day Gatt snowboarded from C3 to 6800m. No 28 Marco Siffredi† France: 2000 8188 NW side Snowboard descent to 6400m [8] Yes 21 Bertrand Delapierre France: 2000 8188 NW side Snowboard descent to 6400m [8] No 24 Hajime ...
In 2001, French snowboarder Marco Siffredi from Chamonix made the first snowboard descent of Everest by using the Norton Couloir. [6] In 2002 he attempted a new descent via the Hornbein Couloir, but disappeared in the attempt; his body has never been found. [7] [8]
From another camp at 8,150 m Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer reached the summit on 2 October without bottled oxygen, the first Australians to reach the top of Everest. [ 1 ] In 2001, French snowboarder Marco Siffredi succeeded in the first snowboard descent of Everest by using the Norton Couloir.
First descent on a snowboard Summited, descended by snowboard Marco Siffredi France May 2001 First person to reach the summit from three different routes (South Col., North Face and Khangshung Face) Summited by 3 routes Kushang Sherpa India 1993- 2003 [87] [88] First black man to summit Summited Sibusiso Vilane South Africa May 26, 2003
On May 24, 22-year-old Marco Siffredi of France became the first person to descend on a snowboard. [citation needed] On May 25, 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, became the first blind person to reach the summit. 64-year-old Sherman Bull, of New Canaan, Connecticut, became the oldest person to reach the summit. [citation needed]
He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers.
About Marco Siffredi snowboarding Everest in 2001 and 2002 [12] The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922: Special Centenary Edition: C. G. Bruce 2022 about 1922 British Mount Everest expedition: The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation: Clint Willis 2006 about Chris Bonington: The Climb: Anatoli Boukreev ...