Peak of the 19th Party Congress
from Pass of the Travellers

A chaotic mess to sort out
at our base camp, Ashik-Tash

Peak of the 19th Party Congress
behind Pik Lenin Base Camp

The snout of the north glacier
on Pik Lenin

Looking up to The Pass of the
Travellers from just above Base Camp

Approaching The Pass of the Travellers,
Base Camp in the distance

Camp One with the lower slopes
of Pik Lenin behind left

Colour kaleidescope near
The Pass of the Travellers

The trail down from The Pass of the
Travellers leading to Camp One

North Face of Pik Lenin from
The Pass of the Travellers

Russian helicopter at Camp One

The delightful communal toilet
at Camp One

Lower slopes of the north face of Pik
Lenin from just above Camp One

Clearing snow from the breakfast table

Helicopter leaving Camp One

The new Camp Two with the north face
of Pik Lenin to the right

North face of Pik Lenin from Camp One

One of Mark`s four clients at Camp Two.
Route to the summit is the rear skyline

Makeshift and very slow
water supply at Camp Two

Looking back to the old Camp Two
from the new one

Mark holding the stone that
ripped through my tent

The last grind up to Camp Three,
the old and new Camp Twos below

The huge north face of
Pik Lenin from Camp Two

Looking back down the appoach ridge
from just short of Camp Three

Ian Swarbrick at Camp Three,
above 6,000 metres for the first time

Looking west to Pik Kommunism
from Camp Three

Harmless afternoon clouds west
of Camp Three, Radzelny Peak

Ian Swarbrick on flat summit of Pik Lenin

Mark`s second client on the summit,
with t-shirt for the occasion

Mark Miller and Dakota Tom on summit

Pik Lenin above the clouds,
seen from the Pamir Plains

Foothills of Pik Lenin,
seen from the Pamir Plains

Dakota Tom, tired but happy,
back at Camp Three