December, 2002 news 29 December, 2002 The Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund 2003-2004 Cross-Culture Climbing Exchange Grant 29 December, 2002 Results of the speed ascent to peak Amangeldy (3999m) (Kazakhstan), devoted to the memory of Anatoly Boukreev 29
December, 2002 Antarctica: Beno Kashakashvili
(Georgia), Simone Moro and Alberto Magliano (Italy) climbed Vinson
Massif 4895 mt the 25th December at 4.00. Congratulations! 27 December, 2002 New guests congratulate you on our Christmas Tree: Yuri Koshelenko, Vladivostok Alpin Club, Kyrgyz Alpin Club, ASIA TOURISM company, BASK and Red Fox companies. 27 December, 2002 New number of the "EX" - Russian Extreme magazine (6/2002) 26 December, 2002 Kazakhstan climbers are preparing to the Winter Peak Pobeda climb. They have completed the training cycle in Tujuk Su mountaineering camp near Almaty (including the speed ascent to peak Amangeldy, devoted to the memory of Anatoly Boukreev's death on 25th of Dec 1997). Next will be the ascent to Talgar Peak - the highest point of Zailiiskyi Alatau. Then - Peak Pobeda.
20 December, 2002 NETIA K2 POLISH WINTER EXPEDITION: Denis Urubko wrote from Kashgar 16 December, 2002 NETIA K2 POLISH WINTER EXPEDITION have started from Warsaw today. 16 December, 2002 Antarctica: Beno Kashakashvili (Georgia), Simone Moro and Alberto Magliano (Italy) would like to climb Mount Vinson 4897 meters - the highest point of Antartica. 12 December, 2002
5 December, 2002 Netia K2 Polish Winter Expedition will start on the 17th of December from Bishkek. The list of members 2 December, 2002 Fair Play Trophy awarded to Simone Moro. Our congratulations!
1 December, 2002 All Russia Mountaineering Championship 2002 - results in technical climbs and first climbs 29 December, 2002 The Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund is proud to announce the following grant awards.
2003
- Valetova Elena Evgenyevna: A young women from Almaty, Kazakhstan
has been chosen to receive a grant to climb in the US in 2003. Schooled
in Economics and Management she works as a Chief Accountant, plays
classical piano and rides horses competitively. Member of the Central
Sports Club of the Army, Valetova has numerous Melis
Coady, Aubrey Knapp, Keri Meagher and Molly Loomis have been chosen
to receive a grant to attend a Russian Climbing Camp near Almaty
and then climb Khan Tengri. This group of American Women are all
NOLS instructors and Alaska guides. Under a grant from the American
Alpine Club they recently completed a ski expedition to Kamchatka,
in Far East Russia. Briefly this is the American Group: Aubrey Knapp - B.A. from Berkeley, EMS Medic at the Girdwood, Alaska Fire Department, NOLS Instructor, Ski instructor University of Alaska. Keri Meagher - B.S. University of Colorado, Kinesiology. NOLS Instructor, Instructor at Alaska Pacific University, numerous ascents in Selkirk, Alaska and Chugach Ranges. Molly
Loomis - B.A. Political Science, also studied in both France Please help us make this tremendous exchange opportunity a reality.Donate at the address below or on line at boukreev.org Thanks 29 December, 2002 Results of the speed ascent to peak Amangeldy (3999m) (Kazakhstan), devoted to the memory of Anatoly Boukreev
Members took part - 29, among them veterans - 3, women - 4
29 December, 2002 Antarctica: the message from Simone Moro: Ciao
Russianclimb!! 15 December, 2002 Antarctica. The message from Simone Moro:
I'm still in Punta Arenas since 9 days waiting for the good weather
in Antartica. I'm here with Beno Kashakashvili from Georgia and
Alberto Magliano from Italy. The aircraft "Illiuschi Mirage"
has 2 Russian Pilots but the American company who rented the aircraft
want absolutely good weather and wind condition to transport us
on the ice..... We would like to climb Mount Vinson 4897 meters
the highest mountain of Antartica. 2 December, 2002 The International Commitee for Fair Play - an organisation recognised by the International Olympic Comittee - has awarded Simone Moro with the "Pierre de Cubertin International Fair Play Trophy" for his 2001 rescue efforts of the 19 year-old British mountaineer Tom Moores on the South Face of Lhotse, Himalaya. The awards ceremony will take place on 9 January 2003 in Paris, directed by the President of the International Commitee for Fair Play, Dr. Jeno Kamuti. The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will be present, as will the Sports Ministers of 160 nations. The Pierre de Cubertin International Fair Play Trophy Established in 1964, the trophy is awarded to persons or bodies for exemplary behaviour of fair play throughout their career in the field of sports 1 December, 2002 All Russia Mountaineering Championship 2002 (information: Russian Mountaineering Federation) - results in technical climbs and first climbs Technical climbs (15 January - 30 October 2002)
First climbs (1 March - 30 October)
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