Mychailo Fomin

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Mychailo Fomin ( Ukrainian Михайло Фомін * 1981 in Mykolaiv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian mountaineer .

Fomin climbed from a young age with his father in the Crimean Mountains . Later, expeditions by the local alpinist club took him to the mountains of the Caucasus , the Pamir and the Tian Shan .

In 2011 he first drew attention to himself with the opening of a new route to the southern summit of the Ushba . Together with his compatriots Igor Chaplinsky and Vitali Todorenko, he climbed the south pillar on the opened Harakternik route (C1, 6c, A3, 800 m) and crossed the mountain in alpine style in five days. In autumn 2014, together with Mykyta Balabanow and Viacheslav Polezhaiko, he managed the first ascent of the north-west pillar of Langshisa Ri over the opened Snow Queen route (ED, M5, WI4, 1500 m ascent ). They descended via the south wall, the ascent took eight days. From October 18 to 23, 2015, Fomin and Balabanow climbed the north-northwest pillar of the Talung for the first time via the Daddy Magnum Force route (M6, AI6, A3, over the entire route ED2, 2350 m, 1700 m ascent) - one the "most outstanding achievements in mountain sports" 2015. Fomin and Balabanow were awarded the Piolet d'Or in 2016.

Fomin is married with one son and works in the information technology industry.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mikhail Fomin. Piolet d'Or , accessed October 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Vitaly Todorenko: "Характерник" на столбе Южной Ушбы. Mountain.Ru, accessed October 15, 2016 (Russian).
  3. ^ Lindsay Griffin: First ascent of well-known line on Nepalese trekking peak. The British Mountaineering Council, December 16, 2014, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  4. ^ Walter Laserer : Daddy Magnum Force. Bergstieg.com, December 7, 2015, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Piolets d'Or 2016: four ascents honored. In: Planetmountain.com. Mountain Network srl, April 7, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 .
  6. ↑ 11214_ Talung 7348 mètres Népal Mikhail Fomin Nikita Balabanov Piolets d'Or 2016 La Grave La Meije. In: YouTube . TV Mountain, May 1, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Fomin, Mychailo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Фомін, Михайло (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian climber
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Mykolaiv , Ukrainian SSR