Region: Central Asia and The Far East

Ben Sutton with David Jorden, Chris Lloyd, George Margerison & Tom Sutherland (August-September 2008)

This team planned to explore and make alpine-style ascents from the Cholok-kanchigai valley in the SE corner of the Borkoldoy range, but when they arrived in Kyrgyzstan, they discovered that the access road had been washed away. They therefore based their expedition in a valley in the Dyandjiger range instead: from here they climbed nine (non-technical) peaks up to 4818m, all believed to be first ascents.