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In reply to Mr. Lee:

You mean for climbs in the Stans? I'm not sure any such resource exists, other than brief mentions in the regular sources you know.

There are some books, like Vladimir Shataev's 'Degrees of Difficulty', which I have, but they're nowhere near comprehensive. I think he's still alive, as he was the keeper of the Snow Leopard list, I think.

Shataev co-wrote a list of all the Pamir-Tian Shan 6000ers in Mountain Review #9, if you have that. It's quite useful, if only to get a handle on what peaks exist - though obviously at least a few of the unclimbed 6000ers have since been climbed.

Good luck trying to get a copy of 'Forbidden Mountains' by Kopylov. It looks great, and was easy to get 15-20 years ago, but you don't see them around now.

Edit:

1. I think the list in the 1996 AJ is the same one as the MR9.

2. If you're interested, I asked Ak-Sai a couple of years ago about group chartering a helicopter to get into the Fedchenko Glacier or Peak Revolution area. They said it was possible but never got back to me with details.

In reply to Mr. Lee: Bizarrely I was going through my books today to try to clear some out and I came across Vladimir Shataev's 'Degrees of Difficulty' (and I thought I was the only person that ever owned that Damo)

You are welcome to have it for the cost of the postage. I also have the complete set of Mountain Reviews (1-9 ) I could scan the relevant article for you if that helps ?

In reply to L.A.:

I get that a lot

BTW - if anyone has a copy of MR #1 that they don't want and are willing to post to Australia, I'll cover all postage etc.

In reply to Damo: mail me your address and I`ll send you it  You can buy me a drink if you`re in Ladakh this summer 

In reply to L.A.:

In reply to Damo:

Cheers for the leads. I'll have to keep an eye out for Forbidden Mountains. One of those books I should have bought when I had the chance. Rather like Shira Shirahata's Karakoram book. 

In reply to Mr. Lee:

Yeh, maybe, dunno. There are loads of copies available at Pilgrims in Kathmandu still (as of last November). That book seemed amazing when it came out, but the photos maybe don't stand up as well as many modern digital mountain shots. There are similar Japanese-published big mountain books where the photography is really quite poor, now that the subjects have lost their uniqueness.

In reply to Damo:

Haven't seen a copy in over ten years. Could just be a rose tinted glasses thing and times have moved on as you say.