Yukhin Peak

The Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin expedition team ascended Yukhin Peak today under wispy skies with more great views of the mountains surrounding. After about an hour on the summit, the team shouldered their packs and descended back down to Camp 1 for lunch and to get ready for some technical training tomorrow! The initial acclimatization rotation has been smooth sailing so far, and technical training will be an important piece of the puzzle as we gear up for the climbing to come. 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 the 6th of July.

Today, we went for an acclimatization hike to the top of Yukhin Peak (5130m/16,831ft) at 5,100 meters. The weather continued to be really nice this morning: a few cloud wisps on the mountaintops around us, but basically blue skies. We lingered on the top of Yukhin Peak for about an hour. And then we descended back to Camp 1 (4400m/14,435ft) in time for lunch.

This afternoon, we’ve been prepping our climbing gear for our day of technical skills training tomorrow.

Everything is going well here at Peak Lenin. It’s snowing lightly this evening. We’ll be in touch tomorrow.

Lenin Peak climbers Jeff and Chris on the summit of Yukhin Peak (photo by Terray Sylvester)

Our climber, Bruce, approaching the top of Yukhin Peak (photo by Terray Sylvester)

Our climber, Chris, summiting Yukhin Peak (photo by Terray Sylvester)

Views of Peak Lenin (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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