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[TR] Kyrgyzstan - Ak Sai Glacier - Peak Free Korea - North Face - Barber Route 10/14/2007


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Trip: Kyrgyzstan - Ak Sai Glacier - Peak Free Korea - North Face - Barber Route

 

Date: 10/14/2007

 

Trip Report:

Here's some photos from a short climbing adventure in Kyrgyzstan:

 

 

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The trail to the Ak Sai glacier looks like most trails.

 

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Above Ratsek hut the path follows the moraine beside the spilling ice fall of the Ak Sai, and Peak Free Korea starts to come into view.

 

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Like all civilized alpine venues, cell-phone reception is excellent.

 

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"Food is Power" ... "Speck is the first food of all Russian Climbers".

 

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Even at midday the North Face gets no sun. We spend a day busting a trail through the heavy powder and fixing a rope across the bergschrund.

 

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700m of climbing below us, we approach the crux exit ice ribbon to reach the summit ridge.

 

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The summit at last, a quick photo of Dima.

 

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A quick photo of me.

 

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The sun sets across the Tien Shan. Time for a dark and long descent.

 

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Tired out now. Time to pack up the teapot and head back to Bishkek.

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