Slovene Skier Creates History on World's Highest Mountain

Kathmandu, 7 October - Slovene extreme skier Davo Karnicar created history on Saturday as the first person to successfully finish a full top-to-bottom ski descent from the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest. Karnicar took around five hours to ski from the peak of the 8848 metre mountain to the base camp.

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