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"When you are in harmony with yourself and with the things you do, your body is fickle and you can do incredible things. Without doubt here comes the question of why really climb for. Many times men go to the mountain to obtain prestige, raise money and with this everything changes; then you become heavy."

- From the diary of Anila, a tibetan nun

Friday, November 06, 2009

Desperate New Route on Peak Pobeda

Russian climbers Vitaly Gorelik and Gleb Sokolov completed a difficult and dangerous new line up the north face of Peak Pobeda, the highest summit in the Tien Shan mountains, in late August. The two men climbed the circa 2,400-meter (7,875-foot) buttress alpine-style over seven and a half days, with another day and a half to descend. They topped out on a minor peak along the long, high ridge between the 7,439-meter main summit of Pobeda and 6,918-meter Pobeda West (Peak Pavel Pshavel), and then crossed over the summit of Pobeda West during their descent...

Taken from: Climbing Magazine.

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