DUSHANBE , August 1, Asia-Plus - A group of mountaineers from the Czech republic has arrived in Tajikistan to take part in an international mountaineering expedition to Gorno Badakhshan.

According to information from the International Center for Mountaineering “Alp-Mashkov” in Dushanbe , internationally known mountaineer Roman Pekar is heading this group.  The group numbering five persons of different specialties, including physicians, painters and journalists, has arrived in Tajikistan by car.  

The Czech mountaineers arrived in Dushanbe on July 28 and on July 31 they departed for the Jirgatol district and from there to Moskvin plateau, where the main mountaineering camp is located.  

The group will take part in the international expedition to ascend two mounts – the Korzhenevskaya Mt and the Ismoili Somoni Mt.  “All in all, 150 mountaineers from 15 countries are taking part in this expedition, which will finish on August 30,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said.