Davo Karničar

Davo Karničar
Davorin "Davo" Karničar
Born October 26, 1962 (1962-10-26) (age 48)
Zgornje Jezersko, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Nationality Slovene
Occupation climber, extreme skier

Davorin "Davo" Karničar (born October 26, 1962 in Zgornje Jezersko, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian climber and an extreme skier.

As an active Alpine skier, he was a member of the National Alpine Ski Team between 1975 and 1982. An Alpine climber since 1980, he has so far recorded over 1.400 Alpine climbs and ski descents. He was the first person that made a complete descent from the Seven Summits.[1] Davo was also the first man that skied down from the summit of Mount Everest on October 7, 2000.

He skied from the following peaks:

The other significant peaks he skied from include north-east face of Eiger, east face of Matterhorn and Mt. Blanc. In February 2001, he opened the first ski school for Nepalese children on the Khumbu glacier.

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