Pik Ismoil Somoni, 7495
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.03 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,698 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,552 ft
- Max elevation
- 24,594 ft
- TrailRank
-
74
4.5
- Min elevation
- 18,905 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 days 10 hours 33 minutes
- Coordinates
- 10649
- Uploaded
- November 6, 2013
- Recorded
- August 2010
near Kandav (Tajikistan)
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Itinerary description
Pik Ismoil Somoni is the new name of Pik Kommunizma - Communism Peak, highest summit of the former Soviet Union, ranking 50th in the list of highest mountains of the world.
From the climbing point of view, it is said to be far less demanding (if taken, of course, by its normal route) than the only 60 metres lower Pik Pobeda, located in the Tien Shan.
My recording of the ascent starts only at the top of the Borodkin ridge. Namely, I had taken the GPS only for safety reasons and not with the intention of publishing the track. While on the Borodkin there were no chances of loosing the route, since many expeditions had already worked on it, creating a very clear trail also endowed with many flags and fixed ropes.
The top of the pillar is formed by the snow-caps called "Grudi", Russian word for "breasts". From there one descends to the huge Pamir Firnovo Plato, before climbing the whole north ridge of Pik Dushanbe.
From there, one tackles the final push to the top, with a long oblique ascent above the dark summit rocks, leading to a saddle at 7410 m. From there, the summit is close, although the sharp ridge demands some care.
The recorded track ends with the subsequent descent to the last camp, because I had no further batteries with me.
For a deeper understanding, a glance at the linked album is recommended.
This album has been also linked in the very informative site Die Berge des Himalaya in a page dedicated to Pamir and Tien Shan
The following panoramas, complete with descriptions, could also be useful:
- A camp with a view: shows the Somoni peak from Camp 6300 on the Korjenevskaya;
- Camp one, late afternoon :taken from Camp 5300 on the Borodkin ridge;
- A sunset close to the sky: a view from 7100 metres taken during the descent.
From the climbing point of view, it is said to be far less demanding (if taken, of course, by its normal route) than the only 60 metres lower Pik Pobeda, located in the Tien Shan.
My recording of the ascent starts only at the top of the Borodkin ridge. Namely, I had taken the GPS only for safety reasons and not with the intention of publishing the track. While on the Borodkin there were no chances of loosing the route, since many expeditions had already worked on it, creating a very clear trail also endowed with many flags and fixed ropes.
The top of the pillar is formed by the snow-caps called "Grudi", Russian word for "breasts". From there one descends to the huge Pamir Firnovo Plato, before climbing the whole north ridge of Pik Dushanbe.
From there, one tackles the final push to the top, with a long oblique ascent above the dark summit rocks, leading to a saddle at 7410 m. From there, the summit is close, although the sharp ridge demands some care.
The recorded track ends with the subsequent descent to the last camp, because I had no further batteries with me.
For a deeper understanding, a glance at the linked album is recommended.
This album has been also linked in the very informative site Die Berge des Himalaya in a page dedicated to Pamir and Tien Shan
The following panoramas, complete with descriptions, could also be useful:
- A camp with a view: shows the Somoni peak from Camp 6300 on the Korjenevskaya;
- Camp one, late afternoon :taken from Camp 5300 on the Borodkin ridge;
- A sunset close to the sky: a view from 7100 metres taken during the descent.
Waypoints
Mountain pass
Panorama
0 ft
Sunset photo, 7105
Place where I took interesting sunset pictures, during the descent, as the weather was slowly clearing. The panorama "A sunset close to the sky" in on PPH.
Waypoint
23,053 ft
Last yellow flag
The last flag that had been positioned by a big Iranian expedition. It was placed on the lowest rocks of the summit pyramide, at the beginning of the steep ascent to the summit ridge.
Summit
Campsite
22,933 ft
Camp 6990
The camp on Pik Dushanbe. From there a virtually horizontal ridge leads to the final ascent.
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Muchas gracias por compartir este track que seguro nos sera de gran utilidad en nuestro viaje de este año
Thank you. Of course, in the sections with seracs you will need some variation!
Nice photos.
This is a wonderful resource for Kommunizma. Thank you for sharing.