Snow Leopard award
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The peaks
The Snow Leopard peaks include:[2]
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In order of difficulty, Peak Pobeda is by far the most difficult and dangerous, followed by Khan Tengri, Ismail Samani Peak, Peak Korzhenevskaya, and Lenin (Ibn Sina) Peak.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Recipients
There are more than 600 climbers, including 31 women, who have received this award between 1961 and 2012 (although not all of them completed the five peaks).[3]
Records
- Boris Korshunov (Russia) – nine times Snow Leopard (1981 – 2004)
- Boris Korshunov (Russia) – last award at the age of 69
- Andrzej Bargiel (Poland) – all five ascents in 29 days 17 hours 5 minutes (time counted from leaving the Advanced Base Camp under Lenin Peak, 15 July 2016)
- Elvira Nasonova (Russia) – three time "Snow Leopard," the only woman to do so.
Further reading
References
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