Marco Siffredi

Marco Siffredi (22 May 1979 – 8 September 2002) was a French snowboarder and mountaineer who hailed from a climbing family; his father was a mountain guide and his brother had died in an avalanche in Chamonix. He was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard in 2001 via the Norton Couloir.^[1][2] In 2002, he disappeared after making his second successful Everest summit, while attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir.^[2]

See also

• List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

References

1. ↑ "Marco Siffredi First Ever to Board Everest". Everest News. 2001. Retrieved 2007-03-22. 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sarah Smith (2002-09-27). "Everest Snowboarder Vanishes On Second Try". National Geographic Adventure. Retrieved 2007-03-22. 

Further reading

Chandellier, Antoine (2005). La Trace de l'Ange: La vie de Marco Siffredi. Editions Guérin. p. 400 pages. ISBN 2-911755-83-9. 

External links

• Snowboarding Mt. Everest, article from snowboarding.about.com
• The Disappearance of Marco Siffredi, article from TransWorld SNOWboarding Magazine: The Disappearance Of Marco Siffredi.
• 2013: Portrait Painting of Marco Siffredi
• , article from MountainZone.com: Steep Ascents and First Descents (Siffredi's second descent of Nant Blanc, Aiguille Verte)