Vitaly Abalakov
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Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor.
Vitaly (right) with his brother Yevgeniy, 1920s
Lenin Peak
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Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina Peak is a mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir Mountains, in the Gorno-Badakhshan and Osh regions on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border. At 7,134 metres, it is the second
Vitaly Abalakov
…was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor. Brother of Yevgeniy Abalakov, another famous alpinist, he made the first Soviet ascent of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascents of this mountain. In 1936 he also made the ascent of Khan Tengri, where he lost several fingers on one arm and one-third…
Lenin Peak from Sary-Mogol
As it is now, in consideration of an existing infrastructure and BC/ABC location, there are three most attractive routes from the North (as it is approximately indicated on the Scheme): Lipkin's rocks route and NE Ridge; North Face classical route; Razdelnaya route and NW Ridge
Jaan Künnap, a decorated Estonian mountaineer, at the top of Lenin Peak in 1989. This marked the first time an Estonian flag was flown at an altitude over 7,000 m.
Memorial to the victims of the avalanche of 1990