1996

• Oct. 9, Shisha Pangma, 8008 meters, N. Summit, Ascended Alone
• Sept. 25, Cho-Oyu, 8201 meters North Side, Ascended Alone
• May 10, Mount Everest, 8848 meters. South Col Route
• May 17, Mount Lhotse, 8505 meters. Speed Solo Ascent 21hrs. 16min.

1995

• May 17, Mount Everest, 8848 meters. North Ridge Route
• Oct. 8, Dhaulagiri, 8176 meters, 17 hours 15 min. Record Speed Assent
• Dec 8, Manaslu, 8156 meters. Winter Ascent
• June 30, Peak Abai, 4010 meters. Personal Guide for President of Kazakstan

1994

• April 29, Makalu, 8460 meters. Guided Ascent of First Summit Tower
• May 15, Makalu, 8476 meters. Speed Ascent 46 hours. Main Summit

1993

• July 1-3, K2, Chogori, 8611 meters, German International Expedition
• May 14, Mt. McKinley, 6193 meters. Guided Ascent with 70 year old American

1991

• Oct. 7, Mt. Everest, 8848 meters. South Col Route First Russian — American expedition
• May 10, Dhaulagiri, 8176 meters. West Wall New Route, First Kazakstan Himalayan Expedition

1990

• Feb., Peak Pobeda, 7400 meters, first Winter Ascent
• April, Mt. McKinley, 6193 meters. Guided Ascent, first Ascent with clients on Cassin Ridge Route
• May, Mt. McKinley, 6193 meters, first Solo Speed Ascent West Rib 10.5 hrs
• Aug., Khan Tengri, 7005 meters, first Solo Speed Ascent
• Aug., Peak Pobeda, 7400 meters, first Solo Speed Ascent

1989

• April 15, Kanchenjunga, 8556 meters. New Route
• April 30 — May 2, Kanchenjunga, 8556 meters, New Route, First Traverse of the Four 8000 meter summits of Kanchenjunga Massif (from Ylung-Khang to South Summit). All used oxygen by order of expedition leader.

1988

• First Traverse Pobeda Massif west summit to Peak Topografov

1987

• First Round Trip Speed Ascent, Peak Lenin, 14 hrs Base Camp Summit Base Camp

1981 — 1993

• Over thirty 7000 meter ascents
• Two hundred other ascents in Tien Shan, Pamir, and Caucasus Ranges with the National Climbing Teams of USSR and Kazakhstan.

1980

• Peak Communism, 7495 meters
• Peak Lenin, 7137 meters; First 7000'ers

1974

• First Experience in high-altitude mountains in Tien-Shan (5000 meters)

1970

• Began Mountaineering in the Ural Mountains

Professional Employment

• 1997 Expedition Consultant, Climbing Leader, Indonesian National Everest Expedition (Click for more)
• 1996 Principal High Altitude Guide, Mount Everest Expedition, Mountain Madness, Seattle Washington (Click for more)
• 1995 Principal High Altitude Guide, Mount Everest Expedition Tibet Side, Himalayan Guides, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1994 Climbing Leader, Condor Adventures, Denver, Colorado
• 1990 Climbing Guide, Mt. McKinley, Fantasy Edge Mountain Guides, Telluride, Colorado
• 1990 -1996 Principal High altitude Guide, Tien-Shan and Pamir Mts.
• 1982 - l993 Coach and Instructor, Alpinism, Military Sport Club, Alma-aty, Kazakstan Coach Cross Country
• Skiing, Adolescent School For Sport, Alma-aty, Kazakstan

Competitions, Records, Awards

• 1997 David Sowles Award for Valor for rescues on Everest in May of 1996
• 1996 Lhotse Speed Ascent, 8505 meters Record Time 21 hours, 16 minutes, base camp to summit.
• 1995 Dhalaguiri Speed Ascent, 8176 meters Record Time 17 hours 15 min, base camp to summit
• 1990 Peak Pobeda, First Winter Ascent, 7400 meters First Solo Speed Ascent, Khan Tengri, 7005 meters First Solo Speed Ascents, Peak Pobeda, 7439 meters First Place, Mt. Elbrus speed Ascent, 5642 meters, Record Time, I hour, 40 minutes
• 1989 First Place Mt. Elbrus Speed Ascent, 5642 meters, Master of Sport with Honors and Order of Personal Courage, Awarded by President Gorbachev, USSR
• 1987 First Round Trip Speed Ascent of Peak Lenin, 7137 meters, 14 hours

Published Works

• American Alpine Journal, 1996 — "The Roads We Choose"
• American Alpine Journal, 1996 — "The Oxygen Illusion"
• The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev & Weston Dewalt, (co-authors), St Martins Press New York, NY 1997

Published Photographs

• Life Magazine
• Men's Journal
• Outside Magazine
• American Alpine Journal

Education

• 1979 Graduate, Bachelor of Science, Physics, Chelabinsk University for Pedagogy, Chelabinsk, Russia
• 1979 Graduate, Coaching Program for Cross-Country Skiing, Chelabinsk University for Pedagogy, Chelabinski, Russia
• 1975 Graduate, High School, Korkino, Russia