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News: October 2007

Summit! Today Valery Babanov and Sergey Kofanov were on the top of Jannu!

21/10/2007 21:16

21.10.2007 At 9:10 a.m. Valery and Sergey called from 7710 meters, from the summit of Jannu! Yesterday, 20th of October, at 10 a.m. they started from 7 400 m, went just right up the head wall and climbed it mainly by the south side of ridge. To climb faster they left part of equipment and took ...

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Karo Ovasapyan has set his sights on Greenland

19/10/2007 17:42

Burbank mountaineer conquers the Seven SummitsBY MARIO AGUIRRE, 10/19/2007 He`s skied the North and South poles, conquered the Seven Summits and planted the flags of the United States and Armenia atop Mount Everest. Now, 47-year-old adventurer Karo Ovasapyan has set his sights on Greenland, where he ...

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Jannu: a long and hard day

18/10/2007 22:49

Information from Valery Babanov - Sergey Kofanov. Today they had a very long day. Having started at 8 a.m. they have finished at 8 p.m. at 7000-7100 m. It was clear but windy – about 60 kmh. Climbers think that it rest 2-3 ropes to reach a horizontal part of ridge.    

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News from Jannu expedition...

17/10/2007 16:00

News from Jannu expedition. 17.10Today the climbers overnight at 6600 m, all goes according the plan. They are fit and hope that the weather allows to reach the main peak 14.10.2007Today Valery and Sergey have left the base camp. They set the tent at 5 500 on Jannu plateau. That`s the first their ...

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New heli-season will start in November

11/10/2007 13:04

Alpindustria Company, leading heli-ski operator in the Centarl Caucasus has signed a new contract with "Elbrus Avia" for operating in the next season. According plans heliski season will start in November in Dombai. There will be a seminar for heliski guides, to help them to be ready for season. ...

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Yes - Summit Cho Oyu for our group...

10/10/2007 13:05

Six climbers from Seven Summits Club – Alpindustria expedition has summited Cho Oyu this morning. Alex Abramov, Yuriy Beloyvan, Konstantin Zhelezov, Dmitry Moskalev, Alexander Chesnokov (all from Moscow), Evgeny Semenov (from Sakhalin, Far East) were on the top at about 9:00 Tibet time. Alex ...

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This night there will be a summit bid

09/10/2007 13:50

News of Cho Oyu expedition, 7 Summit Cub - Alpindustria. The team of Alex Abramov has started for a summit bid 7th of October. Next day camp 2 was climbed. And today (9th of October) the team has reached camp 3, at 7500 m. The weather is rather good, clear, but windy. All team, 7 persons, are in ...

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Shkhara and Dykh-Tau

09/10/2007 03:31

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Boris Korshunov - on the summit of Cho Oyu, at 72...

03/10/2007 18:08

2th October at 16:00 Boris Korshunov has climbed Cho Oyu at the age of 72 (born 31.08.1935). He started from tha camp 2 (7100 m) at 9 a.m. intending to overnight in the camp 3 (7500m). At 12 a.m. he reached the place of camp 3 but could not find his tent. Then the russian veteran-climber decided to ...

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Resque on Cho Oyu

03/10/2007 15:27

2th of October, after a night in the camp 2 Alex Abramov and his team finished their acclimatization program and started to go down. In the fisrt steep part they saw a man falling down the steep snow slope. He was stopped in the flat part and it appears that he has broken leg. It was a leader of ...

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Mit Boris Korshunov in camp 2.....

02/10/2007 08:12

October, 1st. Now we are in camp 2 of Cho Oyu 7100 meters. Today we have made heavy climb from 6400 on 7100 m. Probably, it is the most difficult part of whole ascent. The part has seemed very long.. It takes about 9 hours. For the first of us it takes seven, and for the last it was about 9 hours. ...

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