Welcome backhome!St. Petersburg's climbers madean incredibleclimb of LatokIII
On video: meeting at Moscow airport
Russianclimbersclimbed theunclimbed before face of Latok III in Pakistan (article below is from June 26)
on photo: Alexander Odintsov - great Russian climber (creator of "Russian routes to greatestfacesof the world" project)
A teamof Russian mountaineers, led byAlexander Odintsovclimbeda vertical wallLatokIIIof the project "Russian way -the wallsof the world."Soonthe climberswilldescendto base campand thengohome
As reported byITAR-TASSproject organizers, the Russianswere the firstin the world,whoconquered thewallLatokIII -one of the majorroutesinthe Karakoram.It turned outthatthe third attempt.The first timein 2000,the climberswerein the showerandallfour werenumerous injuries, and during thesecond yearaftera rockfallkilledas a result ofone of the participants- IgorBarihinofSt. Petersburg.Besides theRussianstried to conquerthe wallabout 15times, butallattempts failed.
The Russian teamconsists ofthreeSt. Petersburg's climbers IvanDojdev,AlexisLonchinskogo, Alexander Odintsovand EvgenyDmitrenko(Krasnoyarsk- Krasnodar).The ascent began inlate May.
On photo- AlexLonchinsky, marshal of IV international Elbrus Race (2008)
Objectiveof the project "Russian routes to greatestfacesof the world"-the efforts of Russian climbersgo throughthe most difficultmountainwallinthe world,the extent of which more than a kilometer, and theslope- more than 70degrees. There are 20-25 such faces at the World,andeveryrouteon this wallis equalto the highestskillinclimbinghierarchy. Alexander Odintsovfixed a goal to do10 new routesthat would worth to name "Russian."LatokIII -the ninthof ten aready done....
Wall ofLatokIII is in Karakoram -the second highestmountain systemin the world.There is thesecond highestpeakour planet - K2,inthe immediate vicinity ofwhich is locatedand the Latok mountain.Its vertical drop is1 kilometer700 metersnearly completeverticaland endsat an altitude of7000meters.The lengthof theroute -almost2 kilometersdue to the fact thatit does not go along a straight line,butwith sometwists.Another featureisthatthis mountain isbuilt ofgranite.