09.11.02. Guillaume Kasperski and Guilhem Gaboreau (both from France) successfully climbed Mt. Belukha- the highest summit of Altai (Russia, Mountain Altai, Katunsky Range, 4506 m) 08.28.02! Route: from Akkem glacier via Delone pass then Berelskoye Sedlo col (3A UIAA). Even 5-days snow storm didn't stop them! Expedition was organized by K2 Adventures, leader: Valery Novikov. Photos and videos are coming soon!
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08.08.02. Fotogallery from Mount Belukha (4506 m)- the highest summit of the Altai - climbing is placed in Climbing, Mountaineering and Pass Hopping zone.
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07.29.02. The "Sayan Oka river rafting" fotoreport is updaited with new photos, including the hiking along the Sentsa river to the hot mineral springs, mountain lake and volcanic plateau!
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07.01.02. K2 Adventures & Fantastic Travels offers new lower price for climbing Khan Tengri (7010 m, Central Tien Shan, Tengri Tag Range) - $780 North side, $880 South side only and for climbing Pobeda peak (7439 m, Central Tien Shan, Kokshaal Too Range) - $880 only! Both peaks are available from Almaty and Bishkek!
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06.23.02. The fotogallery on climbing the Great Sail wall (Canada, Baffin Land, 1615 m, 6B 4A UIAA, new route) is published in Big Wall climbing zone. Photos by Alexander Ruchkin and Valery Rozov (Russian basejumper who finally made the jump from the summit using wingsuit).
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06.22.02. Amazing fotogallery on Central and Eastern Caucasus, South side, Georgia is updated - new photos are published!
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06.12.02. Amazing fotogallery on Central and Eastern Caucasus, South side, Georgia is updated - new photos are published!
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06.08.02. Amazing fotogallery on Central and Eastern Caucasus, South side, Georgia is published in Caucasus zone! Special thanks to our Georgian friends Levan Palavandishvily, Chief of "Agrotourism Association of Georgia", and Beso Tsitelashvily! More fotos to go!
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05.16.02. The fotogallery "On the Foothill of the Mountains" is updated - new photos added!
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05.14.02. Two fotogalleries concerned national traditions and sightseeing objects of Kazakhstan and Kyrghyzstan are now available in Trekking & Backpacking zone: On the Foothill of the Mountains and Charyn Canyon.
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05.04.02. The fotoreport on popular trekking routes in nothern ridges of Terskey Ala Too range (Central Tien Shan, Kyrghyzstan) is now available in Trekking zone.
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04.03.02. The fotoreport on Oka river rafting is now available in English! (Note: booking an appropriate rafting tour is available as well!).
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03.28.02. The fotoreport (50 new fotos!) about popular trekking route "Almaty to Issyk Kul" with comments and some options is added to Nothern Tien Shan and Trekking zones. (Note: booking an appropriate trekking tour is available now!)
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03.04.02. Spanish Pyrenees' foto-hello ;-) from Alexander Ruchkin:

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02.12.02. Alexander Ruchkin: news from Spain:

"I'm climbing some beautiful walls of 6A+ by free climbing with down belay together with my Spanish friends. It's not too impressive because of some guys are trying 9s out there ;-) Regards, A. Ruchkin"
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Jan. 16, 02. I've slightly updated the English-Russian and Russian-English mountain dictionaries - they became about 1/2 less in file size, some inaccuracies are also fixed.
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Dec. 27, 01. Nothern Tien Shan fotogallery is updated - photos concerned the Talgar (Talgarskiy) peak area are added.
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Dec. 23, 01. Fotogallery of Kodar range - interesting rarely-visited trekking and mountaineering region in Eastern Siberia - is added to Trekking zone.
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July 22, 01. The Altai selected fotogallery (above 50 fotos) is updated. Now fotos are sorted by appropriate areas (Belukha massif from North and South, Aktru area, etc.)
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Apr. 30, 01. The Big Walls fotogallery of above 160 fotos by famous Russian climber Valery Babanov is added to Mountaineering/Pass Hopping zone. The gallery includes fotos from Nepal Himalayan Lhotze and Kangtega (North Wall, solo climbing) expeditions, Indian Himalaya (Meru peak area), Alps, El Capitan, etc.
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Apr. 15, 01. The illustrated report of climbing Muztag-Ata (7546 m, Chinese Pamir area) is added to Mountaineering/Pass Hopping zone. This expedition was made by "Burevestnik" ("The Stormy Petrel") mountaineering club, Russia, Tomsk city. Leader: Stanislav Krilov.
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Apr. 10, 01. The fotoreports of climbings Kommunism (7495 m) and Eugenii Korzhenevskoy (7105 m) peaks in Central Pamir area is added to Mountaineering/Pass Hopping zone. Expedition leader and author of the fotos: Georgy Regetsiy (Omsk, Russia). Comments by Igor Fedyaev.
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Feb. 14, 01 The fotoalbum with beautiful fotos from Khan Tengri -1999 (Central Tien Shan, 7010 mt. high) expedition is added to Mountaineering/Pass Hopping zone. Route: classic from S. Inilchek gl., Semenova gl., W. Col. Leader: Kolotilo Sergey. Members: Ermachenko Sergey, Kolomilin Viacheslav (doctor), Pegel Igor (high-altitude cameraman), Shatskih Alexandr (all - Tomsk, W. Siberia).
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Feb. 9, 01 Original English-Russian and Russian-English Mountain Dictionaries (by Igor Fedyaev) are added to Mountaineering/Pass Hopping zone. Warning! To read this dictionaries properly, you have at least one Russian WIN-1251 font to be installed on your system. If you have not, please refer to this page or another one, we hope it will be usefull.
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Jan. 12, 01 The fotogallery of Terskey Alatau range, Central Tien Shan (pass hopping trek of 5 CC) is added to Mountaineering/Pass hopping zone. Fotos by Georgy Regetsiy, comments by Igor Fedyaev.
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