Luka Lindic and Ines Papert Climb Often-Tried Kokshall-too Alpine
Slovenian Luka Lindic and German Ines Papert made the first ascent of the 1,200-metre couloir on the southeast aspect of Kyzyl Asker, a 5,842-metre peak in Western Kokshaal-too. The route was first spotted in the late 1990s and had been attempted by German, American, British and Canadian alpinists. The peak is on the Chinese Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan border.
Papert attempted the couloir in 2010 and 2011 and reached a high-point only 300 metres below the summit. Her first trip in 2010 was with Thomas Senf and Wolfgang Russegger after getting beta from Canmore-based Sean Isaac, who visited the area in 2001 with Scott Decapio. Isaac and Decapio made the first ascents of three big alpine routes, read about their trip here. Lindic and Papert spent one night on the route and after their send called it Lost in China WI5+ M6. Other routes on the big alpine wall include The Spear M8 A3 VI, Sal con Cebolla 5.12 C1 WI5+ M6+ VI, War and Peace 5.10 A2 M6 VI, Franco/Belgian Route 5.12, M7 VI and the Russian Route 5.10 V.
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