Approved by the BMC and with the support of an MEF grant, Alex Brighton and Richard Tremellen made two fine first ascents in Kyrgyzstan's Djangart region of the Tien Shan. Read more »
Slovenians Ales Holc, Peter Juvan and Igor Kremser have climbed what was the last remaining virgin 6,000m summit of the main Xuelian Group - Xuelian North East (6,231m). Read more »
Supported by BMC and MEF expedition awards, Bruce Normand led a team of three Americans for several weeks of successful, exploratory climbing in the remote Chinese Central Tien Shan. Read more »
Martin Jones, Edward Lemon, Gareth Mottram and Jacob Wrathall, all members of the King’s College London Alumni Mountaineering Club, formed this year's BMC Approved and MEF supported expedition to the unexplored Sarychat Glacier in Kyrghyzstan's Western Kokshaal-too. Read more »
Despite not being able to reach the main objective, the International School of Mountaineering's annual foray into the lesser-known regions of Kyrghyzstan's Tien Shan was successful in completing a new route in the granitic sector of the West Kokshaal-too, as well as discovering a marvellous new rock climbing venue. Read more »
British mountaineers are generally renowned for exploratory visits to remote areas of the Greater Ranges. The most recent example took place in the rarely-seen, let alone visited, peaks of the Chinese Central Tien Shan that lie east of Pik Pobeda (7,439m), the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union. Read more »
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