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Pik Razdelnaja | 6148 m |
Pik Lenin | 7134 m |
Basil's Cathedral at the Red Square in Moscow
The fifth day our mountaineering begins with a helicopter flight to camp 1 (4500 m) with all the equipment. The tents are set up, and we descend to the base camp again. The next day, the ascend back to camp 1 is accompanied by beautifully lousy weather. We find the tents under quite some snow. Digging out the tents, preparing tea, and drying clothes takes the whole following day.
The eighth day begins at half past two: material transport to camp 2 (5400 m). Everything works almost perfectly, six hours. Around evening we go down again. Two rest days in camp 1; several participants are flewn out with the helicopter mainly due to lung problems.The eleventh day, most of us go finally to camp 2; the first four are already
busy setting up camp 3 at 6050 m. Again a rest day, and next morning we leave for camp 3.
First the weather is stormy with snowfall, improving until our arrival.
The usual small problems with the height make another rest day necessary.
Early morning on the way from camp 1 to camp 2
A butterfly has lost its way to camp 3
Peak Dzerzhinskogo in the morning of our ascent to Peak Lenin.
On the way to the summit (at about 6600 m)
The summit, or what is left of it.
The way back down to camp 3. In the center, Peak Razdelnaya, and in the saddle below (just obscured by a closer ridge) camp 3.
Registan Square in Samarkand was (and meanwhile again becomes)
an important religious center of the country. The three Medresses
(Koran schools) enclosing the square are busily being renovated.
Dome of a mosque in Samarkand. The original recipe for
the unique turquoise color of these buildings unfortunately was lost
some centuries ago.
A metro (=subway) station in Moscow.
Evening view of Basil's cathedral in Moscow.
Modest as I am, I have to state that this is one of the nicest photographs I ever took..;-)
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