Section "SKIF"
29 June 2026
Founded in 1976 by Fyodor Popov. Its climbs include Peak Lenin via Lipkin Rocks (1978) and the "golden" route on Peak Svobodnaya Korea, with first places in All-Union championships.
Founded: 1976
Founder: Fyodor Popov
Achievements
Peak Lenin via Lipkin Rocks (1978) – 1st place in the Central Council "Burevestnik" Championship (Peak Kyrgyzstan, 1978). "Golden" route on Peak Svobodnaya Korea – 1st place in the Central Asian Mountaineering Camps Championship (1980). 5th place in the USSR Championship in the Caucasus (1983). 1st place in the All-Union Mountaineering Camps and CSP Championship, Peak Dzhigit (1983), and other summits. Evgeny Darmin, Vladimir Vakurin, Aleksandr Danichkin, and Boris Kuzmenko became Masters of Sports in mountaineering within SKIF.
Main cast
Yuri Kudashkin, Levan Alibegashvili, Vladimir Vakurin, Evgeniy Darmin, Alexander Danichkin, Vitaly Kuropatkin, Yu. Garter, Boris Kuzmenko, V. Bogolyubov, E. Filkov, S. Shchepak, A. Alieva, V. Balykin, E. Penkin, Dmitry Grekov, Oleg Turaev, S. Lavrenchenkov, V. Sukhanov (junior), Alexander Gubaev and many others.
