May-June, 2002 news

28 June, 2002 International Festival "Belukha 2002", Altay

21 June, 2002 Press-conference devoted to the seventh step of the project "Big Walls - Russian routes" - the assension to Great Sail Peak in Polar Canada will be at the Press-Center ITAR-TASS in S.Petersburg 24 June in 1p.m., Sadovaja st., 38 tel (812)310-94-34 Press-secretary Anna Stolbova

10 June, 2002 Everest North Face - 2003: the reconnaissance was successful

7 June , 2002 URAL-EVEREST team arrived home

6 June , 2002 V. Rozov pictures from Great Sail Peak

6 June , 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news

31 May, 2002 Denis Urubko: Flyght to the Aim (Kangchenjunga Kazakhstan Expedition 2002 diary)

30 May, 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news The team has climbed Great Sail Peak! (in the night 26-27 May) Congratulations!

The time to look at the results of Himalaya season Spring 2002. All Russian and CIS expeditions are absolutely successful! Great!

* Georgian climber Gia Tortladze took part in Noguchi Lhotse Cleaning Expedition (Japan) and summited Lhotse with Lhotse-Petersburg Expedition (Russia)

30 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news: Yuri Soifer, Dmitry Moskaljov and Victor Bobok summited Shisha Pangma 26 May in 12-30! Congratulations!

29 May, 2002 Vladimir Bashkirov

28 May, 2002 Kazakhstan team returned to Kathmandu and will be there till 29 May

25 May, 2002 It's not about Russian mountaineering, but...Simone Moro after successful ascent to Cho Oyu summited Everest 24 May with Mario Curnis and Ang Mingma! Mario set the record on Everest - he is 66 y.o.! Congratulations! In 1999 Mario wanted to finish his high-altitude career...

25 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news - Sergey Bogomolov and Vladimir Oleynik summited Shisha Pangma 24 May. Congratulations!

24 May, 2002 The Lhotse - Petersburg Expedition is flying home

24 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

23 May, 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news

23 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

21 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

21 May, 2002 Daniel Mazur - the ascension to Mt.Everest with Russians (1991)

20 May, 2002 Ukrainian team summited Lhotse 16 May! Congratulations to Vladimir Pestrikov, Vadim Leontiev and Vladislav Terzyul!

19 May, 2002 The URAL EVEREST expedition 2002 news: The whole team summited Mt. Everest - Bolotov and Borisov 16 May (Bolotov without oxygen), than they descended to ABC, other 4 members ( Kirievsky, Ermachek, Povolotsky and Ragozin) summited 18 May, than they descended to 8300. All are OK. Congratulations!

18 May, 2002 "EX" Number 3/2002 - Russian Extreme Magazine

17 May, 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news

17 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news Yesterday, on May 16 the first Russian team reached the summit of Shisha Pangma. Congratulations to Marina Ershova, Sergey Bogomolov, Oleg Nasedkin and Vladimir Belous!

17 May, 2002 Elvira Nasonova project lost its meaning - 16 May 63-years old Japanese climber Ms Tamae Watanabe summited Mt. Everest

15 May, 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news

15 May, 2002 Lhotse - Petersburg Expedition 2002 news: 14 May 15-30 (Nepal time) the team summited Lhotse (9 persons)! Congratulations!

15 May, 2002 Kangchenjunga Kazakhstan Expedition: All Kazakhstan team summited Kangchenjunga: 13 may - four members, 14 May - three members! Congratulations to Denis Urubko, Damir Molgachev, Vasily Pivtsov, Sergey Lavrov, Alexey Raspopov, Maxut Zhumayev and Sergey Brodsky and team coach Ervand Iljinsky!

14 May, 2002 Kangchenjunga Kazakhstan Expedition: Denis Urubko with 3 members summited Kangchenjunga Main 13 May! Congratulations!

14 May, 2002 Lhotse - Petersburg Expedition 2002 news

13 May, 2002 The Baffin Island - Great Sail Peak expedition news

12 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

12 May, 2002 Lhotse - Petersburg Expedition 2002 news

10 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

8 May, 2002 The Baffin Island expedition news

8 May, 2002 The URAL EVEREST expedition 2002 news

8 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

6 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

5 May, 2002 Congratulations to Valery Babanov! - he was awarded the prize "Genziana d'Oro" at Trento festival on 3rd of May - for the valuable contribution in the mountaineering history.

4 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

3 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

3 May, 2002 Lhotse - Petersburg Expedition 2002 news

1 May, 2002 The Dutch - Russian Shisha Pangma 2002 Expedition news

24 June, 2002 Namaste!


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10 June, 2002 Everest North Face - 2003. Victor Kozlov, the organizer of the expedition:

The reconnaissance was successful. We were very lucky with the weather - recorded a lot of video- and photo materials, all of them will be processed and analysed now. The expedition must be next year. The presentation of the film "Russian 8000-peak" took place in the Russian Ambassy in Kathmandu 24 May. Besides Russian Ambassador in Nepal and Embassy staff, there were Indian Ambassador in Nepal, representatives from Nepali tourist companies in Kathmandu, Russian and foreign climbers. The film has great success, so now the Russian team and our current project is in focus of attention

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