September 18, 2019
The Slovenian media reports that Davo Karničar died on Monday in a tree cutting accident near his home in Jezersko.
Davo Karničar was an alpine climber and extreme alpine skier. In 2000 he became the first man ever to ski from the top of Mount Everest.
In his 7 Summits project, he skied from the highest peaks on all seven continents, and in Europe he successfully skied down the northern wall of the Eiger and eastern wall of the Matterhorn.
In the last few years he has focused on becoming the first man to ski down from the top of K2. He was unsuccessful in his 2017 attempt due to bad weather conditions and a back injury.
Davo Karničar was born in 1962 and grew up surrounded by mountains in Zgornje Jezersko.
