Boukreev Fund to support bold alpine climbs by international teams

Andrey Puchinin of Kazakhstan and Chad Kellogg of Seattle Washington have received a grant from the Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund to climb the South-Southeast Ridge of K2, alpine-style, as a team of two. To date, no American has yet to reach the summit via this route.

The SSE Ridge was pioneered in 1994 by the Spanish-Basque team comprised of Juan Tomas, Alberto Inurrategi, Félix Inurrategi, Juan Eusebio-Oiarzabal, and Enríque DePablo.

Denis Urubko of Almaty, Kazakhstan has been awarded a grant for his attempt of Baruntse and Annapurna with Italian alpinist Simone Moro. Denis and Simone have recently teamed up on several very technical and demanding alpine ascents and are fast becoming a team known for both speed and strength. Simone is a member of the Board of Directors of the Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund and frequently climbs with the Kazakh team. Denis is a well known speed climber.

Both of these teams of alpinists represent the spirit of climbing and international esprit de corps that was Anatoli and we are proud to support them. If you would like help us support this kind of international cooperation in climbing, click here

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