Английская Википедия:Elvira Shatayeva
Шаблон:Short description Elvira Shatayeva (1 December 1938 – 8 August 1974) was a Russian professional mountain climber and professional athlete and the leader of a failed expedition to Pik Lenina, Pamir, Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border in August 1974.[1][2] At the time of her death in 1974, she was one of the most famous climbers in the USSR.
In 1972, she led an all-women's ascent of Peak Korzhenevskaya in Tajikistan. In 1973, she led an expedition of the Ushba in Georgia.[3]
In August 1974, she attempted to conquer hiking to peak Lenin with an all-female group for the first time in history.[4] The group included: Nina Vasilyeva and Valentina Fateyeva of Moscow; Ilsinar Mukhamedova and Tatyana Sardashova of Dushanbe; Galina Perekhodyuk of Chelyabinsk; Lyudmila Manzharova of Frunze and Irina Lyubimtseva of Sverdlovsk.[5] Her entire group died on the mountain, as reported by American Pamirs/USSR Expedition that was on the mountain at the same time.[6][7][8]
Shatayeva's husband, Vladimir Shatayev, wrote a memoir about the experience and his life called Degrees of Difficulty.[3]
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