Alpomish (4668m, IV, 7 pitch 5.8), Highpoint of Uzbekistan, and Peak 4643 aka Khazret Sultan (4643m, III, 2 pitch 5.7), Second Highest Peak in Uzbekistan Aug 21-26, 2023 Eric and Andreas First Ascent of Alpomish Aug 21 – Taxi to Sarytog village, hike in Aug 22 – Hike to base… Continue reading
Pik Kommunizma/Ismoil Somoni (24,590ft/7495m) Highest Peak in Tajikistan Aug 14-17, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Ian, Reuben, Paul Aug 14 – climb from basecamp to plateau (5900m) Aug 15 – move to peak dushanbe camp (7000m) Aug 16 – summit (7495m), return to plateau Aug 17 – descend to basecamp There are… Continue reading
Pik Korzhenevskaya (7,105m) Aug 6, 2023 Eric, Andreas, Reuben, Ian Aug 4 – BC to 6100m, drop cache, sleep 5600m Aug 5 – move to 6100m camp Aug 6 – summit, return to BC My goal for the summer was to finish climbing the snow leopard peaks, the 7000m peaks… Continue reading