Valery Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko were awarded Piolet D'Or-2003 for the first ascend Mt. Nuptse East (7804 m, Himalaya )
The expedition was organized to perform a climb of a virgin summit Nuptse East (7804 m) up the Southeast ridge. Sponsors: BASK Company (general sponsor of expedition), Beal, CANON, Boreal, Simond, Julbo.
The expedition was organized to perform a climb of a virgin summit Nuptse East (7804 m) up the Southeast ridge. Sponsors: BASK Company (general sponsor of expedition), Beal, CANON, Boreal, Simond, Julbo.
This is the second Piolet D'Or (Golden Ice Axe) Award for Valery. Valery is the only mountaineer in the history of the Award, who took it twice. Congradulations to Valera and Yura!