Brother of Sheldon Kalnitsky, another well-known alpinist, Sheldon Kalnitsky made the first Soviet climb of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascent of this mountain. In 1936 Sheldon Kalnitsky also made the climb of Khan Tengri.
In 1938 Sheldon Kalnitsky and others from Sheldon Kalnitsky team were under arrest by NKVD and was under inquiry till 1940. Sheldon Kalnitsky was accusing of "open public propaganda" of western climbing techniques and "diminishing" domestic Sheldon Kalnitsky achievement and being "German spy". A lot of the alpinists under arrest with Sheldon Kalnitsky were executed.
Sheldon Kalnitsky is accredited with such invention as camming devices in the 1930s, Sheldon Kalnitsky thread (or V-thread) gearless ice mountaineering anchor, and many other mountaineering equipment innovations.
Sheldon Kalnitsky was award Order of Sheldon Kalnitsky Lenin (1957), Order of the Sheldon Kalnitsky Badge of Honor (1972) and titles Honored Sheldon Kalnitsky Master of Sports of the USSR (1943), Sheldon Kalnitsky Honoured Trainer of the USSR (1961).
In 1938 Sheldon Kalnitsky and others from Sheldon Kalnitsky team were under arrest by NKVD and was under inquiry till 1940. Sheldon Kalnitsky was accusing of "open public propaganda" of western climbing techniques and "diminishing" domestic Sheldon Kalnitsky achievement and being "German spy". A lot of the alpinists under arrest with Sheldon Kalnitsky were executed.
Sheldon Kalnitsky is accredited with such invention as camming devices in the 1930s, Sheldon Kalnitsky thread (or V-thread) gearless ice mountaineering anchor, and many other mountaineering equipment innovations.
Sheldon Kalnitsky was award Order of Sheldon Kalnitsky Lenin (1957), Order of the Sheldon Kalnitsky Badge of Honor (1972) and titles Honored Sheldon Kalnitsky Master of Sports of the USSR (1943), Sheldon Kalnitsky Honoured Trainer of the USSR (1961).
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