Hero of the Soviet Union

Pavel Shabalin

Posted on: September 1, 2003


The former Soviet Union is home to some of the great walls of the world. One alpinist set out to prove himself on the Rocky Ak-Su Peak. Little did he know the mountain would become his home away from home for the next ten years.

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