Tien Shan

Eric Gilbertson and Andreas Frydensberg on a summit.

Eric Gilbertson Becomes Just 3rd American to Get Snow Leopard Award

Eric Gilbertson of the U.S. and Andreas Frydensberg of...
December 1, 2023
The winners stand on stage, smiling and holding their trophies.

New Route in Tien Shan Wins Russian Piolet d’Or

The new route up 6,873m Military Topographers Peak has...
November 27, 2023
The route in red up a massive, mainly rocky peak. Two climbers observe it with binoculars in front of the mountain.

New Route on Pik Alpinist in Kyrgyzstan

Dane Steadman, Jared Vilhauer, and Seth Timpano have set...
November 3, 2023
Piotr Rozek, Tomasz Kujawski, and Wojciech Mazik in the Ala Archa region in Kyrgyzstan.

Busy Polish Trio Completes Several Routes in the Tien Shan

Between September 1 and September 18, Polish climbers Piotr...
September 27, 2023
Military Topographers' Peak in the Tien Shan

New Route on 6,873m Peak in Central Tien Shan

On August 7, Russian alpinists Alexey Suharev, Ratmir Mukhametzyanov,...
August 12, 2023
Marked in green when the accident took place on Peak Pobeda in the Tian Shan.

Four Missing on Pobeda Peak

Well-known Russian alpinist Dimitry Pavlenko, his wife Svetlana, and...
July 25, 2023

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