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Alexander Danichkin
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Alexander Danichkin

р. 1955

Alexander Mikhailovich Danichkin — Master of Sports of the USSR in Mountaineering, instructor. In mountaineering since his school years. A graduate of the "Polytechnic" section, then "SKIF". As a radio technician, he developed several compact radio stations for communication between expeditions and the "mainland".

Participant in difficult ascents: the traverse of the 1st Tower of Korona (4,860 m) – Bailyan-Bashi (4,680 m, grade 5A), Kyrgyzstan Peak (4,840 m, grade 5B+1, 1st place in the championship of the Central Council of the Trade-Union Sports Society "Burevestnik"), the traverse of Scriabin (4,753 m) – Dvurogaya (4,814 m, grade 5B), Dzhigit Peak (5,170 m, grade 6), graded ascents in the Caucasus, and many other peaks. Also in 1978 – on Lenin Peak (7,134 m) and in 1988 on Khan Tengri Peak (6,995 m, classical route). In 1985 he worked as an instructor of the Central Tien Shan Rescue and Control Post. In 1997, founder of the travel company "Kyrgyz Travel".

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