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Pik Plaza (4,912m), northwest face, Z-K; Pik Granitsa (5,370m), north face, Nordic Walking.
By Rafal “Waldorf” Zajac, PZA (Poland)
Inspired by impressive photographs of Pik Granitsa, provided by Paul Knott, who visited this area in 2005 (AAJ 2006), Michal Kasprowicz, Wojtek Ryczer, and I attempted peaks around the head of the Fersmana Glacier in the central section of the Western Kokshaal-too. We were aware that with limited time and finances our chances of success were modest, but we took the risk in order to have an adventure…. (read more)
