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Anatoli Boukreev Mountaineering Axe
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Ushba Mountain Works
and The Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund have created
these collector edition titanium ice axes. The famous
Ushba Altai Mountaineering Axe is engraved with a
picture of Anatoli, Anatoli's signature and a limited
edition number such as 002/100. There will never be
more than 100 of these manufactured and each comes
with a certificate of authenticity from Ushba and the
Memorial Fund. The profits from the sale of these
exquisite tools support the work of the memorial fund.
Donation Amount of
$325.00 US or more...
Please help us make
this tremendous exchange opportunity a reality.
You may
give by sending your contributions to:
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Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund
PO
Box 737
Boulder, CO 80306 |
or make
a donation using your credit card or your checking
account on-line using Pay-pal here:
MORE ABOUT OUR WORK
Anatoli Boukreev
shared his love of the high mountains with a passion
that transcended national divisions. He combined his
early training in the former Soviet Union with his
extensive Himalayan experience to achieve new levels
of physical and psychological endurance. Between 1988
and 1997, Anatoli made 18 ascents to8000 meters,
including eleven of the fourteen 8000 meter peaks
without oxygen- four within a ninety day
period-establishing difficult technical routes as well
as speed records. Friendship with his fellow
mountaineers from around the world was as important to
Anatoli as testing his abilities in the mountains.
Even after his death in an avalanche on Annapurna on
December 25, 1997, his example as a mountaineer and a
person has remained an inspiration to people around
the world.
Anatoli was
grateful for his training in the mountaineering
tradition of the former Soviet Union. His dream was to
see its emphasis on teamwork, structured competitive
training, and disciplined acclimatization survive and
be integrated with the individualistic style and
environmental ethic of the west. In his memory, the
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund strives to celebrate
his spirit by providing financial and logistical
support for cross-cultural climbing exchanges
involving young mountaineers from Anatoli's region,
the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains, and from other
ranges of the world.
The
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund has supported two
young Kazakh mountaineers on an expedition to the
United States and supported an American climber's
expedition to the International Mountaineering Camp in
the Tien Shan where he and two partners from
Kazakhstan climbed the spectacular and technical Khan
Tengri (7010 meters). We supported a joint Kazakh-US
expedition to Shishapangma (8008 meters) which reached
the summit and made the first snowboard descent of an
8000 meter peak, and donated climbing equipment to the
climbing clubs of Almaty, Kazakhstan.
With
this strong beginning and with your ongoing support
and interest, we will continue to provide financial
and organizational assistance for future exchanges,
expeditions, and high altitude training camps, to
celebrate and strengthen the bond of friendship shared
by mountaineers around the world.
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