Peak Lenin & Razdelnaya 4th July 2024 Expedition News

Leaders: Mark Riley & Kami Temba Sherpa

23rd July 2024 - Mountain Cleared

Mark and Tom have cleared everything down to base camp and today they climbed another peak to the West of base camp while they wait for the transport back to Osh. Below are some pics from Kami and Tom from the trip.

15th July 2024 - Team at Base Camp

Today the team arrived back at base camp, with the Razdelnaya members preparing to make their farewells and head back to Osh. Mark & Tom have decided to rest here for a few days before venturing back up to ABC and prepare for their summit bid. The weather forecast is very mixed at the moment, so we will have to wait and see if things will clear up enough to allow teams to make summit attempts.

13th July 2024 - Reached Razdelnaya Shoulder

Mark has messaged to day to say that Tom, James and himself reached Peak Lenin's Camp 3 on the shoulder of Razdelnaya. Very soft, deep snow thwarted their attmept to make it to the main summit of Razdelnaya, which is less than 50m higher than where they got to. Paul decided to turn back lower down and Kami descended with Claire back to ABC.

12th July 2024 - Move to Camp 2

Today, Mark, Kami and the team have made their journey up to Camp 2 at 5400m. If the weather allows them, and providing they are feeling good, they will climb Razdelnaya tomorrow. They have plenty of food, if they need to wait before they make their attempt.

10th July 2024 - Uhkin Peak Climbed

Uhkin peak acclimatization. This morning the team made the ascent of Uhkin Peak 5137m under light snow showers and strong sun in a respectable time of 3hrs up and 1.5 down. Views were fleeting today in-between the showers and low cloud and good timing saw us descend of the final ridge as a heavy shower closed in. This afternoon Kami Temba Sherpa joined us and we will all meet later to discuss plans, I suspect the whole team are looking forward to a rest and prep day, let's hope the weather doesn't force our hand to leave a day early!

8th July 2024 - Skill Refresher

Very hot at ABC today and a difficult wade through knee deep porridge snow to reach the glacier where the team can practice some of the skills the may need higher up. Ascending and descending fixed lines using a jumar and Figure 8 demonstrating various styles!!! After a few attempts the team are getting the hang of it. We returned to ABC for lunch and some rest.

7th July 2024 - Acclimatising at Base Camp

This morning the whole team made the acclimatisation hike up the ridge behind base camp to a height of 4100m, in a respectable time of 2.5 hrs with stops. We elected to return the same path to maximize our time at altitude, before getting back to camp at 13:15hrs. A rather substantial lunch was served to our slightly tired team who are now resting this afternoon, before we head up to ABC tomorrow.

5th July 2024 - Team Arrival in Osh

Good news from Mark, all the team and baggage arrived into Osh today. The only pressing issue is sorting out some badly fitting crampons for Brett. Tomorrow the team will buy the food supplies and head to Achik Tash, the base camp for Peak Lenin.