At the start of this month Luka Lindic (Slovenia) and Ines Papert (Germany) made the first ascent of the spectacular southeast ice couloir on Kyzyl Asker (5,842m), the highest summit in the western sector of the Western Kokshaal-too. Read more »
Supported by a grant from the Mount Everest Foundation, Paul Knott (formerly UK, now resident in New Zealand) and Vaughan Snowdon (NZ) have made the first ascent of unnamed Pik 5,602m, one of the highest remaining unclimbed summits in the West Kokshaal-too region of Kyrgyzstan. Read more »
Michel Krol and Andrzej Sokołowski have made the first ascent of the north face of Pik Vernyi (c5,250m), close to Kyzyl Asker in Kyrgyzstan's Western Kokshaal-too. Read more »
Previously mentioned in these reports, a Slovenian expedition has made the highly-coveted first ascent of the outstanding prize in the Western Kokshaal-too; 5,697m Pik Byeliy. Read more »
In August and September, Pat Littlejohn organized two more ISM exploratory expeditions to Kyrghyzstan. Both were highly successful in making multiple first ascents. Read more »
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