Climbing Accomplishments
The major highlights of Boukreev's climbing career are as follows:
- 1987
- Lenin Peak (7,134 m)- First solo ascent
- 1989
- April 15 Kangchenjunga (8,556 m) - new route with Second Soviet Himalaya Expedition
- April 30 - May 2 Kangchenjunga - first traverse of the four 8,000 m summits of the massif
- 1990
- April Mount McKinley - Cassin Ridge route
- May Mount McKinley - West Rib route
- 1991
- May 10 Dhaulagiri - new route on the west wall with First Kazakhstan Himalaya Expedition
- October 7 Mount Everest - South Col route
- 1993
- May 14 Mount McKinley (6,193 m)
- July 30 K2 (8,611 m) Abruzzi route.
- 1994
- April 29 Makalu II (8,460 m)
- May 15 Makalu (8,476 m)
- 1995
- May 17 Mount Everest - North Ridge route
- June 30 Peak Abai (4,010 m) - guide for President of Kazakhstan
- October 8 Dhaulagiri (8,176 m) - fastest ascent record (17h 15m)
- December 8 Manaslu (8,156 m) with Second Kazakhstan Himalaya Expedition
- 1996
- May 10 Mount Everest - South Col route
- May 17 Lhotse - solo ascent, speed record
- September 25 Cho Oyu (8,201 m) with Third Kazakhstan Himalaya Expedition
- October 9 North summit of Shishapangma (8,008 m)
- 1997
- April 24 Mount Everest (8,848 m)
- May 23 Lhotse (8,501 m)
- July 7 Broad Peak (8,047 m) - solo ascent
- July 14 Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) - solo ascent
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