Eagle Ski Club: Tien Shan
On this first recorded British visit to the Zailiyskiy Alatau range in the NW Tien Shan (Kazakhstan, USSR), this six-man team, based on the Alma Ata ski resort of Chimbulak, climbed, after approaches on ski, six summits between 3,450m and 4,230m, and made first ski descents of the Tuyuk Su and Bogdanovicha glaciers.