Successful Climbing Expedition of the SAO Team
to Mt. Elbrus Dedicated to the 50th SAO RAS Anniversary
As part of the celebration events dedicated to the 50th SAO RAS anniversary,
on August 4, 2016 the expedition to Mt. Elbrus has started from Nizhnii
Arkhyz. The members of the group:
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Andrey Marukhno, Researcher, Group Leader
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Alexander Perepelitsyn, Engineer
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Alexander Moskvitin, Researcher
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Evgeny Perepelitsyn, Leading Enginee
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Julia Perepelitsyna, Junior Researcher
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Nikita Marukhno
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Julia Baturina
On August 8, 2016, at 14:00, the team of 5 people (Marukhno Andrey, Marukhno
Nikita, Perepelitsyn Alexander, Moskvitin Alexander, Baturina Julia),
despite the fog, reached the eastern peak of Elbrus (5621 m a.s.l.).
Due to bad weather conditions on August 8 (the group climbed in thick fog),
it was decided to take a day of rest and then repeat the ascension.
On August 10, at 7:50, Marukhno Andrey and Moskvitin Alexander successfully
remounted the eastern peak of Elbrus. The weather was sunny.
Before the climb
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August 8, 2016, SAO RAS team: Andrey Marukhno, Nikita
Marukhno, Alexander Perepelitsyn, and Alexander Moskvitin at the eastern
peak of Elbrus (5621 m a.s.l.) flying the observatory flags
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August 10, 2016, members of the SAO RAS group, Andrey
Marukhno and Alexander Moskvitin, at the eastern peak of Elbrus flying the
observatory flag
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