North America, United States, Alaska, Thompson Ridge Area and Granite Ridge
Thompson Ridge Area and Granite Ridge. In addition to the mountains mentioned above in Kost’s report, the Poles climbed these peaks in the Thompson Ridge area: P 7394 via west ridge by Slawomir Maczynski and Andrzej Sobolewski and June 13; P 7401 via middle summit, which was reached by a ridge from the south, by Stanilaw Czerwinski and Zdzislaw Koslowski on June 15; P 6594 via south face by Krzysztof Konarski and Dariusz Naszynski on June 16: and P 7617 via east couloir, a snow route up to 50°, by Czerwinski, Maczynski, Andrzej Piekarczyk and Sobolewski on June 18. In the Granite Range, they ascended the following: P 6530 via south ridge by Piekarczyk and American Ole Kanestrom on June 13; P 6901 from the south and P 7212 via south ridge by Kozlowski and Sobolewski on June 26; P 6482 from the south by Naszynski and Piekarczyk on June 26; P 7560 via south face and P 7280 via south ridge by Pawel Kubalski and Maczynski on June 26; and P 8884 (highest peak in the Granite Range) via southwest ridge and P 8305 via west ridge by Kubalski and Maczynski on June 27. All were first ascents. These peaks may be found on US Geological Survey sheets Bering Glacier, C-4, C-5, D-4 and D-5.
Józef Nyka, Editor, Taternik, Poland