Priest Konyukhov will once again try to conquer Everest

The Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov, who became a priest , began preparations in this dignity for climbing the highest mountain of the planet - Everest. It is planned to go up to its top of the team "7 peaks", which is led by the climber Alexander Abramov.

The entire expedition has already arrived at the Everest Basic camp and acclimatization is taking place here, the traveler’s press service said.

This year is an anniversary for domestic mountaineering. In May, the first Soviet ascent to Everest and 20 years to the first Russian climb is 30 years old. Interestingly, Konyukhov was among the first Russians to rise to Everest in 1992. He made the ascent in tandem with an climber from Yekaterinburg Evgeny Vinogradsky. After one fifth century, Fedor Konyukhov, despite the fact that he is already 60 years old, will try to conquer the highest mountain peak again.

Behind the climber are many extreme expeditions committed by himself or as part of other teams. Alone, he skied to ski to the North and South poles, on the yacht he participated in the race around Antarctica. These are the most vivid achievements of Fedor Konyukhov, who, according to the results of his expeditions, wrote more than a dozen books, resemble vesti.ru .