Azerbaijani team conquer Pamirs

 The expedition team comprised of the athletes of the Air and Extreme Sports Federation of Azerbaijan (FAIREX) successfully completed the ascent of Lenin Peak (7.134 m) in the Pamirs. The expedition was led by the head of “Extreme” sports club of FAIREX Azerchin Muradov.

The ascent to the Pamirs, which has involved youth from different regions of Azerbaijan, lasted 19 days. The members of the expedition - Babak Iskender ("Ekosport” sports club) and Rinat Ragimkhanov (sports club "Salavat") hoisted the flag of Azerbaijan to the top of the Pamirs.

Situated in the Pamirs on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, close to the borders with China and Afghanistan, Lenin Peak is one of only five 7000 meter peaks in the former USSR. At 7134 meters it is the third highest of the Snow Leopard mountains, the others being Peak Communism (7495m) and Korzhenevsky (7105m), both in the Pamirs, and Peak Pobeda (7,439m) and Khan Tengri (7010m) in the Tien Shan. There is a high way going almost to the foot of the peak. Also Lenin Peak by the normal Razdelny route involves practically no technical climbing.


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