Radek Jaros and Martin Koukal, World Champion in cross-country skiing, summit Cho Oyu

Martin Koukal may not be known to the climbing community, but he is well known to cross-country skiing fans as one of the best current freestyle skiers and the World Champion in 50k freestyle from Italy (2003).  This year, Martin had to skip most of the skiing season due to an injury and a  prolonged illness, but he is back in a great shape. Cho Oyu was his first 8000er.

For Radek Jaros, Cho Oyu was his fourth 8000+ summit (Mount Everest, 1998, Kangchenjunga, 2002, Broad Peak, 2003, Cho Oyu). He climbed all the mountains without supplemental oxygen or high-altitude porters.

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