Peak Lenin - Expedition News Page - 19th July 2025

Leader: Chris Mothersdale, Phurba & Pemba Sherpa

7th August 2025 - Summit Success on Razdelnaya.

Chris messaged yesterday to say heavy snow and strong winds had forced the team to abandon plans of attempting Peak Lenin, but despite the challenging conditions they still pushed up from Camp 2 to attempt Razdelnaya. Adam, Nick & Nakul reached the summit with Phurba. Sharon reached 5650m and Finn got to 5500m on this rotation, although managed to get to 5800m and 5900m respectively on the previous rotation.

4th August 2025 - Team at Camp 2

Today, the summit team moved up to Camp 2. The weather forecasts have been quite changeable, which has been making planning the summit bid a challenge for the team. The photos below were taken by Nakul & Finn. Tomorrow they plan to move up to Camp 3 with a view making their summit bid on Wednesday.

1st August 2025 - Two Rest Days Before We Head to ABC

Friday and Saturday were two days of rest. On Sunday, we head to Camp 2 so that we can time our summit day effectively.

30th July 2025 - Acclimatising at Camp 2

Yesterday, the team moved up to Camp 2 on Peak Lenin and today they had an acclimatisation day heading up to the hump at 5800m.

28th July 2025 - Summit of Yukhina Peak

After practising their skills on the glacier, yesterday, the team climbed Yukhina Peak and camped on the summit to aid acclimatisation. Today, the team are resting and making final preparation before the head up to Camp 2 on Peak Lenin.

24th July 2025 - Team at Advanced Base Camp

The team has now moved up to advanced base camp and have started practicing some skills in preparation for the coming days

22nd July 2025 - Team at Base Camp

Yesterday, after a quick dash around the local supermarket, the team made the 6 hour journey to Achik-Tash Base Camp. Today, they made their first acclimatisation walk to 4200m, along the ridge of Petrovskogo Peak.