Kadyr Saidilkan

Kadyr Saidilkan (Nurmamatov Kadyrakun Saidilkanovich) — in mountaineering since 2019. He ascended Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) on New Year's Eve 2020. Kadyr became the first Kyrgyzstani to summit the peaks within the framework of the "Seven Summits" project (ascent of the highest peaks of each of the seven continents): Everest (8,848 m, Asia), Aconcagua (6,962 m, South America), Denali (6,190 m, North America), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m, Africa), Elbrus (5,642 m, Europe), Vinson Massif (4,892 m, Antarctica), Kosciuszko (2,228 m, Australia). He additionally ascended Carstensz Pyramid (or Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m, New Guinea). Also to Kadyr's credit are ascents of Manaslu (8,163 m, initiator and leader of the expedition), Lobuche (6,145 m), Ama Dablam (6,812 m), Lhotse (8,516 m), Mont Blanc (4,810 m).