ELBRUS SPEED RACE RESULTS ARE IN: DENIS URUBKO WINNER AT 3 HOURS 55 MIN!
Mounteverest, NY
08:07 pm EST Sep 18, 2006
It’s no chance that Denis Urubko has climbed 10, 8000ers without O2
including new routes on BP and Manaslu. Four days back Urubko proved
his skill. Image courtesy of RussianClimb.com
Luck can create success but not excellence. Repeated success is not
a sign of repeated luck – but of mastery.
It’s no chance that Denis Urubko has climbed 10, 8000ers without O2
including new routes on BP and Manaslu. Four days back Urubko proved
his skill again – this time on Elbrus: Denis not only won the extreme
class (Azau 2400 m – Elbrus West Top 5642 m) 2006 race, but at 3 hours
55 and minutes he also beat the 2005 record (4 hours and 10 minutes).
Fastest Snow Leopard wins Classic race, Space engineer climbs 2000
meters under 5 hours
In the classic race (Garabashi, 3708 m – Elbrus West top 5642 m),
Andrey Puchinin won at 2:46:09. No wonder perhaps:
Hoping to become the first speed Snow Leopard in one season, Andrey
Puchinin started his quest on Peak Lenin July 16, topping out the
next day at 2 pm.
August 7, he did Korzhenevskaya peak BC to summit in 8 hrs and 50
minutes. One week later, on August 14, Puchinin did Peak Communism
BC to summit in about 18 hrs. Next came a peak Korjenevskoy (7105 m)
round trip in only 14 hours and then Andrey Puchinin set out from BC
and summited Khan Tengri shortly after lunch. After Pobeda Puchinin
ran straight for Elbrus – and up in less than 3 hours…
Among other favorites: Just back from his no O2/no sherpas Everest
attempt, Gagarin’s former space engineer and 7-time Snow Leopard
Boris Korshunov 71 finished the classic race at just under 5 hours
(4:58:10)! Perhaps he even made it back for the Soyuz rocket launch
carrying Anousheh Ansari – which took off from Kazakhstan today!
Lena from RussianClimb reports that the race was very interesting
and promises a story soon. Meanwhile, check out all the results at
RussianClimb.com
Denis Urubko (Almaty) is one of the strongest high mountaineers in
Kazakhstan. He has climbed 10, 8000ers without O2 including a new
route on BP in alpine style in 2005 (nominated for Golden Ice Axe)
and a new route on Manaslu in 2006. Denis has won several speed
climbing competitions including the Khan Tengri (7010 m) speed race
in 2000 (7 hours 40 minutes to summit and 12 hours 21 minutes for
the entire climb).
Mount Elbrus (5642 m), located in northern Caucasus (Russia) is the
highest peak in the European continent. These days, Elbrus biggest
fame comes from being one of the ‘Seven Summits’.
Elbrus belongs to the Caucasus (or "Kavkaz" meaning ‘more than
mountains’), mountain range. This mighty range links the Caspian
Sea to the Black Sea, and creates the natural boundary between the
mountains of Russia and the southern states of Azerbaydzhani, Georgia
and Armenia. Mt. Elbrus, the pinnacle of this 700-mile stretch,
has long been a distinguished climbing center for the European and
Russian climbing communities. Elbrus can easily be seen from most
of the high passes in the area and is a traditional climb for those
looking to ascend above 18,500ft.