Fredrik Ericsson (born March 14, 1975 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish mountaineer and extreme skier. He grew up in Umeå in the northern part of Sweden but nowadays he spends most of his time in Chamonix, in the French Alps.
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During the summer of 2003 Ericsson climbed and skied the 7495 meters high Ismoil Somoni Peak (Peak Communism) in Tajikistan. In 2004 he became the first Swede to ski descend and 8000-meters peak when he skied from the central summit of Shisha Pangma (8012m) in Tibet. In 2005 Ericsson and his Norwegian friend Jörgen Aamot made an attempt to ski the coveted Laila Peak (6069m) in Pakistan but bad conditions forced them to turn around at 5950m from where they as the first people ever skied down the mountain. Same year they also skied from the summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m), Ericsson's second 8000-meters peak. Ericsson returned to the Himalayas in 2007 to attempt his third 8000er, Dhaulagiri (8167m) in Nepal. Massive amount of snow and dangerous conditions forced him to turn around at 8000 meters from where he skied 3000 vertical meters down to base camp. Fredik has also skied in exotic places like Turkey, Iceland, Sicily and Svalbard.
Ericsson features in documentary films like Skiing Everest and ski movies like Free Radicals 618 and Kong Vinter 3.
Other significant ski descents include Mont Blanc, Gervasutti Couloir on Mont Blanc du Tacul and the Y-couloir on Aiguille d'Argentiere.
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