Everest | 2025 S Col-SE Ridge

A Poland expedition to Everest in 2025 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Tomasz Gaj. Summit reached on 22nd September 2025. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Change history — how this expedition, its members and references have changed between database releases.

Field Value
ID 6641
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID EVER25301
Peak ID EVER
Year 2025
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Tomasz Gaj
Sponsor Red Bull Everest Ski Challenge 2025
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-09-22
Summit Time 1500
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 12
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(5350m),C2(6400m),C4(7900m),Smt(22/09)
Route Notes Timeline: Sept 19 - departed BC at 4:30 am, climbing to C4 Sept 21 - departed C4 at 11:24 pm Sept 22 - summited at at 3 pm, then immediately started descent skied down to C2 arriving at 8:30 pm, then bivouacked at C2 overnight Sept 23 - skied to BC starting at 7 am, arriving at end of Icefall at 8:45 am
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464856
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tomasz Aleksy Gaj M 1978 Poland Leader, Exp Manager - - Details Other expeditions
Andrzej Leszek Bargiel M 1988 Poland Climber Zakopane, Poland Professional skier Details Other expeditions
Bartlomiej Marian (Bartek) Bargiel M 1994 Poland Drone Operator - - Details Other expeditions
Jan Marcin Gasienica-Roj M 1976 Poland Safety Manager - - Details Other expeditions
Patrycja Kaja Jonetzko F 1977 Poland Exp Doctor - - Details Other expeditions
Bartlomiej (Bartek) Pawlikowski M 1998 Poland Photographer - - Details Other expeditions
Piotr Cezary Sadowski M 1963 Poland Physiotherapist - - Details Other expeditions
Maciej Filip Sulima M 1998 Poland Cameraman - - Details Other expeditions
Dariusz Jerzy Zaluski M 1959 Poland Cameraman Warsaw, Poland Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1995 Nepal Cameraman Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

7 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/k2-skier-andrzej-bargiel-returns-for-a-third-try-on-everest/ - - -
EVER25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/everest-ski-bargiel-tags-south-col/ - - -
EVER25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/andrzej-bargiel-skied-down-everest-four-days-ago/ - - -
EVER25301 - - https://everestchronicle.com/andrzej-bargiel-makes-historic-ski-descent-from-everest-without-oxygen - - -
EVER25301 - - https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/andrzej-bargiel-achieves-first-ski-descent-of-everest-without-oxygen - - -
EVER25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/andrzej-bargiel-describes-how-he-skied-down-everest/ - - -
EVER25301 - - https://explorersweb.com/pioneer-everest-skier-criticizes-bargiels-carnival-ski-descent/ - - -