It is known world-wide that antipodes live in the other part of the World and walk upside
down. Everything is reversed over there. Russian mountaineering and its Western equivalent
are antipodes. So it happened.The Russians and the American were in the same
expedition. It was on K2 in 1996. The antipodium turned out to be good. We
decided to repeat the experience. You can read about what happened. There were some
interview responses, but only from the Russian side. Here is a portrait of an American
professional as seen by Russians.
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