The book «Igor Svergun: We don't conquer the mountains, just ascend into them» is now in the 7 Summits Club

2013 inscribed very dark page in the history of mountaineering: in Pakistan, at the foot of the mountain Nanga Parbat terrorists shot 10 climbers from different countries. Among them three were from Ukraine, from the city of Kharkiv, one of which, Igor Svergun was a close friend of our Club. We honor his memory. In December in Kharkov they published a book about Igor and his friends. Now you can buy it in our Club (Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya street, the house 7, 2nd floor).

It should be noted that it is a charitable project and all funds received from the realization of the project will be transferred to a family of Igor Svergun.

Igor Svergun

(1966-2013)

Master of sports in mountaineering (1989), MS international level (1991), instructor-methodologist of the 3rd category. Igor started climbing in 1984 in section climbing club of the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute. The first ascent was made on the Peak Semenov-Bashi. First instructor – G. Artemenko. Climb in the Himalayas: Lhotse South face - up to the height of 8,200 m, 1990; traverse Manaslu (with V. Pastukh and A. Makarov) - 1991; Everest, South peak - 8790 m, 1992; Dhaulagiri, 8167, 1994; Annapurna (Bonington route), 1996; Shishapangma (in Alpine style), and Ама Dablam and Pumori, 1998; Cho Oyu, 8201 m, 2004; Everest, 8848 meters, NE Ridge, 2005 and 2006 (as a guide of the 7 summits Club). Igor had made in the mountains of 25 routes highest grade difficulty. In 1999, during Ukrainian ascent on Everest Igor participated in the unprecedented transportation of V. Gorbach from the height of 8600 meters. His climbing achievements were awarded with government awards of the USSR and Ukraine.

In August we visited the graves of Kharkiv climbers: