In mid July, Dave Barker of www.climbingcalls.co.uk, successfully climbed several peaks in Kuksay, China.
The Kuksay Glacier is located in the Western Kun-Lun on the eastern side of the Muztagh-Ata Massif and only a few small climbing teams have been there before this expedition. The region is very interesting for climbers because a lot of amazing virgin mountains surround the glacier and the most part of them are very difficult for climbing - they have very steep snow and ice slopes with icefalls, steep ridges and vertical rock walls. More than ten beautiful peaks of 5300-5800 m are located on the eastern side of the Kuksay Glacier.
Further reports on this teams expedition can be found at
www.alpinist.com
www.ukclimbing.com
www.alienmountain.com
To climb with Dave, either on Peak Granite or Scottish Ice please see our Climbing Courses section.