Snow Leopard Award
The USSR has given an important place to sports in general and mountaineering
in particular. They created a reward for the best of them
:
In October 1967 the Office of the Central Council of Sports Associations and
Organizations of the USSR decided to "put in place a badge of honor of
the Central Council, rewarding the climbers who climbed the four summits over
7000 meters of the Soviet Union"
It was birth of Snow Leopard Award
This list was modified in 1985 following difficulties between the USSR and
China, the peak Podeba was temporarily withdrawn, replaced by the nearby Khan
Tengri, then reinstated in 1990 thus extending the official list to 5 summits
| from 1961 to 1984 | 4 pics | Communism, Pobeda, Lenin, Korzhenevskaya |
| from 1985 to 1989 | 4 pics | Communism, Khan Tengri, Lenin, Korzhenevskaya |
| since 1990 | 5 pics | Communism, Pobeda, Khan Tengri, Lenin, Korzhenevskaya |
Liste des Snow Leopard summits
—Ismail Samanile peak (also Communisme
peak) : 7 495 m Tadjikistan highest summit
- Khan Tengri Peak 7,010 m on the border
between China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakstan
This peak is 6,995 m high but its snowy and icy summit rises to 7,010 m.
- the peak of victory (so-called in memory of the Battle of Stalingrad) or
Pobeda Peak
or Jengish Chokusu peak (independence in
kirgiz), 7 439 m
this peak is also on border between China and Kirghizie.
- Ibn Sina Peak peak or Lénine
peak 7 134 m, second Pamir's summit in Tadjikistan
see Lenin peak page in Roadbook
- Korzhenevskaya peak 7105 m, 3nd summit
in Pamir in Tadjikistan
This prestigious trophy is still relevant.
The disruption of the USSR in 1991 did not happily sound the death for this
awesome recognition.
In the new Community of Independent States, the organization of Russian climbers
maintains Snow Leopard Award list
Currently almost 700 mountaineers men and women have been rewarded.
Snow Leopard Award Summiters
This beautiful badge was created by II Antonovich from the time of the USSR.
Click on award to open the list of mountaineers who have obtained this title
Rermark: Among the interesting information
the 2nd column indicates the number of times the summits have been reached.
The record is 8 times!
The snow leopard is the emblematic animal of Central Asia.
it is unfortunately endangered, present in 12 countries, from Siberia to the Tibetan plateau.
It lives at high altitudes, most often between 3,000 and 4,500 m but has already been observed at more than 5,500 m in the Himalayas.
LinksCurrent attempts : extrem ski ANDRZEJ BARGIEL
As well as the "Project 5 Peaks" of the Netherlands
