Tian Shan | Kyrgyzstan | 2010
Khan Tengri (7010 m) and the first ski descent of Pik Pobeda East (6762 m)
Pik Pobeda East (6762m), Tian Shan
For a long time I had dreamed about skiing a perfect line on a high peak in some remote corner of our planet. In August 2010 I stood alone on the summit of Pik Pobeda East (6762m), deep in the Tian Shan mountains, on the Kyrgyz-Chinese border.
My partner Anders Ödman was far below, waiting in our tent on the Chon Teren Pass (5500m). I clicked in my skis, alone in a sea of mountains, overwhelming in size. The following ski descent down the NE ridge (to 50°+) would become what was the realisation of a long dream. It was alone ski descent - steep, exposed and above a remote desert of ice and snow - and certainly one of my finest.[>>more...]