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To Franc

Franc Oderlap was one of those people, who have been by my side for a long time and through many different periods. Our journeys always had a reasonable purpose and objective.
Did the help for Oderlap arrive too late?

The fatal accident of the Slovenian alpine climber, Franc Oderlap, under Manaslu, initiated many questions about the effectiveness of the rescue mission for an experienced mountain climber.
Davo Karničar’s companion passes away

The Slovenian Alpine world was struck by the news that the eight-thousander, Manaslu, forever took the life of Franc Oderlap from Mežica, a member of Davo Karničar’s team.
Preparations in hot and dry weather

The summer period is passing by, reminding us that there is less than a year before our K2 expedition. The constructors of new ski mountaineering skis were not resting during the summer.
Preparations in Planica

Karničar and his expedition team underwent hypoxic training in Planica, which included artificial acclimatization and tests on food intake and the physical power of mountain climbers under hypoxic conditions.
Following the snow and wind to Norway

Davo Karničar and his family took part in the Turtagro High Camp in the mountains in the western part of Norway.
Elbrus and Mt. Cheget

From April 16th to 25th, Davo Karničar visited the Caucasus with his group of friends and two members of the Slovenian SKI K2 2010 project. Elbrus offered bad weather.
SKI VENTURE 2009 Jezersko

On Easter Monday, we skied down three glacier valleys. Eleven of us competed, including four women.
Bindings and shoes finally selected

Skiing down the Veliki kup in Kočna after many years and the final selection of bindings and shoes for ski-mountaineering.

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All about Davo Karničar

Here can be found all the articles and photo galleries about the extreme skier and his preparations for skiing down K2 mountain.
K2 – the Slovenian project 2010

Slovenian extreme skier, Davo Karničar, has decided on a new exploit – to ski down a very demanding eight-thousander, K2 mountain.
K2 – A new challenge

After conquering all the highest peaks on all seven continents, Karničar set himself a new challenge – uninterrupted skiing down the second highest mountain in the world, K2.
Biography

Ski teacher, alpine climbing instructor, mountain rescuer, and extreme skier, he is the Slovene who put up an historical landmark.
What is extreme skiing?

Extreme skiing is a combination of two sports – mountaineering and skiing. It is ski-mountaineering adapted to high mountain areas.
The extremist who goes over the edge

An excellent alpine climber, extreme skier, and the first man to ski down Mount Everest are just some of Karničar’s qualities with which only a few men can be compared.
Slovene who conquered all continents

With the project entitled Seven Summits, Karničar entered history as the first man in the world to ski down all seven highest peaks of all continents in a single run.