Technical Skills Review

The Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin expedition team took to the glacier that sits near Advanced Base Camp for some technical skills review. The morning was spent practicing the skills needed for the climbing to come. That way, we’ll all feel sharp and ready to go when we climb to Camp 2 and on the way towards the summit! With good weather ahead, the team plans to continue their acclimatization rotation up the mountain. Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Peak Lenin:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin (7134m/23,406ft) expedition. Today is July 7th.

Today we headed out 15 minutes along the route that we will take when we move to Camp 2 (5300m/17,388ft) onto a glacier with a nice location for technical skills training. We spent the morning practicing fixed-line ascent and descent techniques, rappelling, footwork, ice axe technique, moving as a rope team, and other skills. Then we came back to advanced base camp (4400m/14,435ft) for lunch.

We’re relaxing this evening, and tomorrow, we plan to prepare for the first day of our rotation if conditions permit us to move up the mountain in two days.

All is well here in Kyrgyzstan. We’ll be in touch tomorrow!

Guide Andrei Kuznetsov working with Chris, one of our Lenin Peak climbers. (Photo by Terray Sylvester)

Our climber, Chris, rappelling. (Photo by Terray Sylvester)

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

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