was a Soviet mountaineering award, given to very experienced climbers. It is still recognised in the Commonwealth of Independent States. To receive this award, a climber must summit all five peaks of 7,000 m (23,000 ft) and above located in the former Soviet Union - Wikipedia
The Snow Leopard peaks include:
Ismoil Somoni Peak 24,590 feet (7,500 m)
Jengish Chokusu 24,406 feet (7,439 m)
Ibn Sina Peak 23,406 feet (7,134 m)
Peak Korzhenevskaya 23,310 feet (7,100 m)
Khan Tengri 22,999 feet (7,010 m)
In Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains there are three Snow Leopard peaks, Ismail Samani Peak (formerly Communism Peak) 7,495 metres (24,590 ft), Peak Korzhenevskaya 7,105 metres (23,310 ft), and Ibn Sina Peak (formerly Lenin Peak) 7,134 metres (23,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border.[citation needed]
In the Tian Shan there are two Snow Leopard peaks, Jengish Chokusu (formerly Peak Pobeda) 7,439 metres (24,406 ft) in Kyrgyzstan (divided by the border with China), and Khan Tengri 7,010 metres (23,000 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border. Khan Tengri's geologic elevation is 6,995 metres (22,949 ft) but its glacial cap rises to 7,010 metres (23,000 ft). For this reason, it is considered a 7,000 m (23,000 ft) peak.[citation needed]
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.
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)
This reportage is about Andrzej Bargiel ( and his team ) which ascents all five mountains in 29 days 17 hours 5 minutes (time counted from leaving the Advanced Base Camp under Lenin Peak, 15 July 2016),
From Poland to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan - on the way to Lenin Peak
Lenin Peak - 7,134 m
Tajikistan - on the way to Communism Peak and Peak Korzhenevskaya
Peak Korzhenevskaya - 7,105 m.
Communism Peak - 7,495 m.
On the way to Khan Tengri and Peak Pobeda
Khan Tengri - 7,010 m.
Jengish Chokusu (formerly Peak Pobeda) 7,439 m
