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5 June 2012
Women in Mountain Climbing

Nowadays, women have a greater independence. Now, it is possible to see them deal with various men’s professions and kinds of sport. The first notes about female mountain climbers in Europe date back to the period between the late 18th and the...

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9 May 2012
Drytooling Championship in Almaty

Mountain climbers Denis Urubko, Maksut Zhumayev and Vasily Pivtsov have won the Crown of the Himalayas. After Kazakhstan’s expedition to Mount Everest in 1997, the Republic established the Kazakhstan Mountain Club Social Fund and all the following...

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26 January 2012
Nanga Parbat Winter Attempt Underway

Following on from their first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II in 2011, Simone Moro and Denis Urubko are now attempting the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (8125m). The team are releasing video updates from their expedition, the first three of...

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22 January 2012
31 Chanel Report: Almaty-resident going to climb the highest volcano in the world

Our fellow-citizen is not afraid of snow and frost. Andrew Gundarev, Almaty resident, is going to climb the highest volcano in the world. It is called Ojos del Salado and located in Chile. The climb can take anywhere from five to ten days....

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13 January 2012
Kazakhstan may establish a professional mountaineering school

Establishing the «Tau namys» school of mountaineering is a solution that would preserve the existing traditions and skills of Kazakhstan’s mountaineering and consolidate the leading position of Kazakhstan’s mountaineers in the world. This...

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25 April 2009
Rock climbing at Yangshuo, China

With Moon Hill, The White Mountain and 30 other crags, Yangshuo is one of the most important and interesting areas for rock climbing in China. Yangshuo is a little-known corner of China, at present far removed from mass tourism but destined to...

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9 May 2012
Dry-tooling video report

A short video report from the first Dry-Tooling Championship in Tuksy Mountain range, held in December 2011.

13 June 2011
Tuyuk-su Mountaineering School

The idea of creating a mountaineering school emerged in the fall of the 2010 year. It had always been in our minds but finally it formed and consolidated by that time only. While drinking a cup of tea with Sanya Sofryginym at a cozy winter evening...

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6 April 2011
Worn old moments of the past years

From Mukhtar Saidov’s archive came to light a few photos from 90’s years. Vladimir Gorbunov, Marina Lihtina, Salavat Rakhmetov … scenes and moments of national veterans climbing life have been captured. It might be interesting to...

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23 May 2009
Photo Championship Kazakhstan bouldering 2009

From 16 th to 19 th April 2009, in Almaty, in a specialized center climbing «SKALA», was the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan sport climbing 2009. Championship Results posted...

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12 May 2009
Max did it!

Kazakh Climbers are well known in climbing community as real professionals. They amazed peoples by their climbing achievements and there is always a thought that those are not their only talents. There is an opinion – “Talented man is...

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19 June 2009
новый состав Президиума ФАиС РК

16 июня 2009 года состоялось заседение Презудиума ФАиС РК. На заседении Президиума было решено избрать Валиева К.Ш. временно исполняющим...

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25 May 2009
Another 9th grade by Toni Lamprecht

“Pe’ahi” is the name given to a big wave surfing reef break in Maui, called “Jaws” due to the size and ferocity of the waves. The new Kochel route, in the South of Germany, is called “Jaws 11” due to...

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20 May 2009
Lhotse summits - Hiro on top

Japanese climber Hirotaka Takeuchi has just called his home team from Lhotse summit. Teaming up with Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Ralf Dujmovits and David Göttler, it is yet unclear whether his mates have topped-out as well. Such being the case,...

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13 May 2009
Melloblocco 2009: record number of climbers at the great international bouldering festival in Val di Mello, Val Masino.

When: from Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 May 2009 Where: Val di Mello (Val Masino – Sondrio) What: the “bouldering game” at the most famous international bouldering meeting in the world Who: everyone will participate: champion...

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6 May 2009
Adam Ondra and the first 8c on-sight in Italy

A fortnight ago Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic on-sighted Italy’s first 8c, Nagay at Covolo. The 16-year-old then doubled his takings with Una Vida Nomada the same day. Two weeks ago Adam Ondra decided to try his luck at the Italian...

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