Career
An alpinist since 1980, he climbed in 1989 to Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and in 1993 to K2, which borders Pakistan and China. In 1995 he made his first ski descent from Anapurna in Nepal and in 1996 he made a ski descent from Shishapangma in Tibet, China. Kit DesLauriers. Davo was only 38 years old when he became the person to ski down from the summit of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, on October 7, 2000.
His Seven Summits descents were:
Mount Everest (8848 m) in Asia on October 7, 2000
Kilimanjaro (5895 m) in Africa in November 2001
Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in Europe in May 2002
Aconcagua (6960 m) in South America in January 2003
Mount Kosciuszko (2228 m) in Australia in August 2003
Mount McKinley (6194 m) in North America in June 2004
Vinson Massif (4897 m) in Antarctica on November 11, 2006
The other significant peaks he skied from include north-east face of Eiger and east face of Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mont Blanc the highest mountain in Europe on the border between Italy and France.
In February 2001, he guided the first ski school for Nepalese children on the Khumbu glacier in Nepal.
