One hour before the new year begins, it’s time to sum up the results of the women’s mountaineering year! In a short line, just on the dotted line, let us mark out the central heights that women have managed to achieve, working on ascents by female teams!
And even though no mountaineering awards were granted this year “due to the difficult situation of the season”, we are happy to enumerate the whole list of climbs.
Shaan-Kaya, “Hyperborea” (Crimea), 6A, 300 m, VI+, A3
Polina Oshmarina
Nadezhda Oleneva
May 2020, climbing time 11h 50min.
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Kart Peak (South Muisky ridge), “It’s Your Choice,” 5B, First Ascent
Alyona Panova
Polina Penkina
Evgeniya Leontyeva
July 3-4
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Ptitsa (Yergaki), Tsyganova route by NE Wall buttress, 5A
Marina Popova
Evgeniya Alekseeva
Maria Dupina
July 16
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Zvezdny (Ergaki), Lebedev route, “By Sickles” (S Wall), 5A
Marina Popova
Evgenia Alekseeva
Maria Dupina
July 19
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Zvezdny (Ergaki), Oleg Khvostenko route, 6A
Nadezhda Oleneva
Maria Dupina
Polina Oshmarina
5-7 August
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Dalar (Uzunkol), Kavunenko route, 5A
Evgeniya Leontyeva
Dilara Safiullina
August 17–18
Before that the rope party had climbed Northern Dolomite, 4A (August 8th), traversed Northern – Southern Dolomite, 4A (August 12th) and did the “Kniga” route on Central Dolomite, 4B (August 15th).
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Arshan (Eastern Sayan), by the North ridge left buttress, Klepikov route, 4A
Alyona Panova
Alyona Kozyreva
23 August
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Ayia (Crimea), “Gates” route, 5B
Nadezhda Oleneva
Polina Oshmarina
October 13
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Tsei-Loam peak, 3171m (Ingushetia), Konstantin Dorro route, on the left of the SE wall, 6A
Maria Dupina
Nadezhda Oleneva
October 29-31
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It turned out to be an eventful year. Despite the inevitable difficulties associated with travel restrictions, the teams managed to find suitable sites for themselves and successfully climb them. We hope that this fighting spirit to spend as much time as possible in the mountains the girls will take with them into 2021.
Photo: Courtesy of the athletes
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