Chimtarga, west face. From August 4-7 the four-man team of Gladysheve, Igolkin, Kondrash- ov, and Soldatov (leader) climbed a new route up the center of the west face of Chimtarga (5,489m), the highest peak in the Fanskie mountains, a beautiful alpine range northwest of Dushanbe at the western end of the Pamir Alai.

Anna Piunova, www.mountain.ru, Russia