ASCENT TO LENIN PEAK

The expedition by the Hellenic Alpine Club of Kalamata to the Pamir mountain range provides the setting for exploring the history and culture of Central Asia, testing the limits of the mountaineers’ endurance and discovering the eerie beauty of the inaccessible summits of the Himalayas. Through Tashkent, Samarkand and Osh, the mountaineers follow the Silk Road, approach the mountain and begin their ascent. The multitude of difficulties – altitude sickness, the unbearable cold, the risks involved in such an undertaking – make their ascent to Mount Lenin at 7.134 meters the experience of a lifetime as the mountaineers transcend themselves by going beyond their limits and capabilities.