Sergey Seliverstov

Sergey Vyacheslavovich Seliverstov — Master of Sport of International Class of the Kyrgyz Republic in Mountaineering, senior coach of Kyrgyzstan's mountaineers until 2024, "Winter Snow Leopard", IFMGA mountain guide, coach of the "SKIF-Polytechnic" section. A graduate of the "Polytechnic" section (head – A. Gubaev). In 2011 he fulfilled the requirements for the title "Snow Leopard". He took part in speed races on Elbrus (2006, 2007, third and second places), on Lenin Peak (2012, fifth place), and the race around Mont Blanc (284 km in 94 hours, sixth place).

In 2012, together with Andrey Puchinin, he ascended Cho Oyu (8,201 m) without Sherpas and oxygen, and in 2013 – Shisha Pangma (8,027 m), also without oxygen. Initiator of the "Winter Snow Leopard" project, which lasted from 2016 to 2020. During the project, ascents were made of the seven-thousanders of the CIS in winter, including via non-classical routes – on Communism (Somoni) Peak (7,495 m) a new route "Path of the Leopard" was laid. He became "Winter Snow Leopard" No. 1.

He has about 300 ascents of various grades of difficulty to his credit, 15 first ascents, 4 routes of the 6th grade, over 80 routes of 5A and 5B grades, has climbed above 7,000 m more than 30 times, summited Lenin Peak 13 times, Khan Tengri 7 times, and each of the other CIS seven-thousanders twice, and twice on Ama Dablam (6,814 m).