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you've got the wrong peak. 7439m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu 3000m is nothing. Mount Shasta i

by trhway 4mo ago

you've got the wrong peak. 7439m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jengish_Chokusu 3000m is nothing. Mount Shasta is 4200m and we, just regular guys, walked up to its summit without any experience, etc. in 2 days. People easy do it in 1 day.

TFNA 4mo ago
Jengish Chokusu is in Kyrgyzstan, not Russia. And during the Soviet era it was part of the Kyrgyz SFSR, not the Russian SFSR. You’d have to be talking about events happening before 1917 (when it was part of the general Russian Empire) for someone writing in 2026 to reasonably describe it as “in Russia”. > 3000m is nothing Not (to speak of the other Peak Pobeda) in Yakutia.
- dredmorbius 4mo ago
  From the Meduza story linked earlier in this subthread: Russian mountain climber Natalia Nagovitsina, who got stranded on Kyrgyzstan’s Pobeda Peak on August 12 after suffering an injury during her descent, has died... <https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe...> The climber was Russian. The peak, Kyrgyzstani. The name "Pobeda" means "Victory" in Russian. Mountains (and other geographic features) often share names, and specifying which and where can occasionally be confusing. Tolerance for someone mis-remembering elements of a story helps avoid tedious comment litigation.
  - TFNA 4mo ago
    Confusing a country that won independence from its colonizer with said colonizer (regardless of whether it was a typical geographical misconception around "Russia" or a mere slipup) is pretty insensitive.
    - dredmorbius 4mo ago
      Really, that theme is tired. The mistake was in all likelihood innocent.
rob74 4mo ago
Be that as it may, the highest peak in Russia (and in all of Europe) is Mt. Elbrus, which is 5,642 m. Guess it sucks to be a peak in the 7000-8000 m range in Asia, which would be the highest peak on any other continent, but in Asia, it's just one of many...

by trhway 4mo ago

TFNA 4mo ago

Jengish Chokusu is in Kyrgyzstan, not Russia. And during the Soviet era it was part of the Kyrgyz SFSR, not the Russian SFSR. You’d have to be talking about events happening before 1917 (when it was part of the general Russian Empire) for someone writing in 2026 to reasonably describe it as “in Russia”. > 3000m is nothing Not (to speak of the other Peak Pobeda) in Yakutia.

dredmorbius 4mo ago
From the Meduza story linked earlier in this subthread: Russian mountain climber Natalia Nagovitsina, who got stranded on Kyrgyzstan’s Pobeda Peak on August 12 after suffering an injury during her descent, has died... <https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climber-natalia-nagovitsina-has-died-kyrgyzstan-s-mountaineering-federation-says https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/03/stranded-russian-climbe...> The climber was Russian. The peak, Kyrgyzstani. The name "Pobeda" means "Victory" in Russian. Mountains (and other geographic features) often share names, and specifying which and where can occasionally be confusing. Tolerance for someone mis-remembering elements of a story helps avoid tedious comment litigation.
- TFNA 4mo ago
  Confusing a country that won independence from its colonizer with said colonizer (regardless of whether it was a typical geographical misconception around "Russia" or a mere slipup) is pretty insensitive.
  - dredmorbius 4mo ago
    Really, that theme is tired. The mistake was in all likelihood innocent.

rob74 4mo ago

Be that as it may, the highest peak in Russia (and in all of Europe) is Mt. Elbrus, which is 5,642 m. Guess it sucks to be a peak in the 7000-8000 m range in Asia, which would be the highest peak on any other continent, but in Asia, it's just one of many...