Jannu, 7710μ
North Face
The "Big Wall - Russian Way" project
consists in climbing new routes on the most famous walls in the
world. A mountain wall is a natural phenomenal occurrence represented
as a precipice more than 1000m long and with a steepness more than
70°.
On St.Petersburg' anniversary the strongest mountain-climbers
set to summit a still unclimbed top in the Himalayas and give
it the name "Peter Velikiy" (the project did not take place) and
to climb new russian route on the hardest North Face of Peak Jannu
in the autumn of 2003.
The Team
At present phase of the Project the members
of the team were confirmed.
The climbers are:
Alexander
Odintsov- the leader, St.Petersburg
Alexander
Ruchkin - St.Petersburg
Nikolay
Totmyanin - St.Petersburg
Mikhail
Devi - Ekatherinburg
Alexey
Bolotov - Ekatherinburg
Mikhail
Pershin - Ekatherinburg
Mikhail
Mihailov - Bishkek
Ivan Samoylenko
- St.Petersburg
Mikhail Bakin
- St.Petersburg
The Sponsors
are:
"Panasonic",
"Bask",
"Tyan-Shan
Trevel",
"Stregor",
"Bars",
"Maxidom",
"Orimi-Trade",
"Mountech",
"CRC
computers",
"Irbis",
the Committee
of physical training and Sport under St.Petersburg' Administration.
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