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This expedition to Everest is a part of new project “Russian Adventure Team” aiming at doing “7 summits” as one team. It was launches this year, when January, 8, the team climbed Mt.Elbrus (5642m) in very harsh weather conditions. February, 28, Kilimanjaro (5895m) became the second summit climbed by “Adventure Team”.
And now comes Everest (8848m). The Everest team includes 12 members, most of them having 8-thousanders experience:
Abramov Alexander (leader, Moscow)
Pashkov Vyacheslav (Moscow)
Tsaryov Igor (Irkutsk)
Kaymachnikov Sergey (Moscow)
Larin Sergey (Tver)
Moskalyov Dmitry (Moscow)
Soyfer Yuriy (Moscow)
Litinsky Mikhail (Moscow)
Sergeev Alexander (Moscow)
Gudzhabidze Bidzina (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Pushkaryov Vladimir (Noyabrsk)
Elagin Vasily (Moscow)
The expedition leaves Moscow for Katmandu April, 1.
27.03.2003
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