Airport Vienna from left to right: Bernd, Ludwig, Josef, Ferdinand
Transfer area airport Istanbul. From left to right: Ludwig, Bernd Wolfgang, Josef II, Josef I (Expedition leader) and Franz
Airport Bishkek. Waiting for domestic flight. 03:00 am.
Ludwig and me (Wolfgang) didn't fly in the passenger cabine. We sat in the rear part of the plain. No windows, plane spare wheels and mineral water boxes in front of us. Therefor our laguage was in the same plane as us.
Airport Osh. Our transfer to Osh city.
The agency boss and our pakistani guide.
Our market visit in Osh.
Cheese.
On our way from Osh to Base Camp.
Our first flat tyre.
Lunch after 6 hours drive.
Kyrgysian way baking bread.
Back on the street.
On the top of the mountain pass at 3600m.
Rest at the high plateau (about 3000m)
Kitchen yurt
Eating yurt
Pik Lenin (7134 m)
The shower tent.
View from Base camp to Pik Lenin (7134 m) and Petrowski (4845 m - right side) into the valley.
Neidei, one of our waitresses in base camp.
Porters waiting for work.
Boss for transport and boss for the base camp.
Cook in base camp and her kids.
Washing in Atschik Tash River
Our daily acclimatization tours during our stay in base camp.
Locals are mounting a new yurt.
Impressive snow and ice face.
Another base camp. We met their another Austrian expedition from Steyr.
Local kids.
Country side.
During our acclimatization walks we also visited local familys.
Here you see how the nomadic people try cheese balls.
Pik Petrowski (4845 m) is the 'local' summit of the camp. It can be climbed in one day via the ridge in the background as an acclimatization tour.
In the background the high plateau Alai Valley.
His suit didn't got dirty !!!
Dinner.
Our second waitress.
Memorial template. About 50 people died in Camp2 because of an avalanche caused by an earthquake.
Our way from base camp to camp 1. The ascent to Pik Lenin leads into a side valley (first valley to the right in the background) and crosses the ridge behind to reach the Travellor Pass which is also called Sand Pass.
Onion meadow.
Ascending Traveller Pass.
Ascending Traveller Pass, view base camp direction.
Rest on the Traveller Pass.
After the Pass sandy serpentines lead down some hundred meters to the Lenin Glacier.
The porters with our laguage.
Lenin Glacier on the left side with and without stones.
The long way to camp 2.
A local rest stop :)
Camp 1 at 4500m.
Camp 2 (approx. 5400m)
Way down through the icefall.
Some really impressive crevasses.
Pik Lenin Glacier. Just above the center of the pic you see camp 1.
Rest day in Camp 1.
Once again up to Camp 2.
The way through the icefall.
Rest after the icefall in about 5000m.
View from camp 2 up the north-western ridge of Pik Lenin.
A big avalanche blocked the way from Camp1 to Camp2.
In the background Pik Rasdelnaya (6148 m) which is climbed via the snow slope right of the center following the north ridge to the left.
Summit of Pik Rasdelnaya (6148 m) near Camp3.
Camp 3.
View down to Camp 2.
Cooking in Camp2.
Second time up to Camp 3.
The tracks of the avalanche from the day before.
Ridge up to Camp3.
After an horrible night we wake up at 4:30 a.m. We prepared us for our way to the summit. I (Wolfgang) felt so dizzy that I needed more than 20 min to put on my grampons. I felt like a drunk. Therefore I decided to stay in tent. Josef II came back after one hour.
Ludwig also came back after 3 hours. The diarrhea has waked him too much. Like me. Restroom on Camp3.
The way up to the summit of Pik Lenin. 1200 HM. 6 km.
Mountaineers pant for air.
The long way up.
One of the steeper steps.
Franz
Josef I
Franz and Josef I on the summit of Pik Lenin. Ascent: 9:00 hours Descent: 5:00 hours
View from the summit to Lenin Glacier and Camp 1. 2500 m down.
Camp 3 on the way doen from summit.
Josef (left) reached the summit.
Another to Austrians (Christan and Robert) from Steyr. Christian on the left hand side reached the summit too.
Franz the secon summiteer.
Way down from Camp3 to Camp2. Our laguage wasreally heavy.
Above Camp2. We the heavy laguage also the way down is really exhausting.
Also Ludwig doesn't look so fresh.
The last time through the icefall.
Tired but happy back in Camp 1.
Vodka !!!
International. Austrians, Irani, Spanish, Russian, ...
An turkey friend of Josef
Camp2.
Tough river crossing. The river has rised because of melting snow during the good wheater.
A rest at the rest stop.
The long way back to base camp.
Oncoming traffic.
Hey. Hey. Back in base camp.
Summit celebration with Irani mountaineers.
Franz give the rest of our privisions and sweets to the cook and her kids.
Our laguage is packed and ready for the way back to Osh.
We get stucked when we crossed the river. Our driver back to Osh was not the best.
Our second flat on our way back.
At this time we have already driven for 12 hours. Please recognized the dust on our luggage.
Breakfast in Osh.
Franz and Josef. Do that know your wives ? :-)
Osh city - no electricity form 11:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Our flight back from Osh to Bishkek.
Hotel in Bishkek.
A german brewery.
What are normal tourists doing ? Right. Sightseeing.
Back in Vienna.
