A winter ascension to Lenin peak: chronology

30 January, 2004
January 29-30 the group spent night at 4400 m The temperature was -30C. The team work according to the plan.

28 January, 2004
The team spent night at 3900m without Mynzhasarov K. and Gia Tortladze - they felt ill. Nickolay Chervonenko was with the group.

27 January, 2004
The group ascended Puteshestvennikov (Travellers) pass where they stopped on spending the night. Because of avalanche danger of the slopes they refused to descend via the planned traverse. On January 28 they are descending in a direction of falling of water on a glacier.
N.Chervonenko and G. Tortladze stayed below in connection with suspicion on cold and will catch up with group on January 28 on the paved track.

25 January, 2004
The team brought equipment from the meteorological station to the "onion field", the temperature was -25C, wind on the valley, deep snow. Today the rest day. The state of group is good.

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