The Day of Remembrance of Brave Climbers was held at Celestial Teethtranslated

On August 13, 2026, a memorial service was held at Podnebesnye Zuby on the Day of Remembrance of Brave Climbers. Every year on this day, four fearless conquerors of heights are remembered - Yuri Uteshev from Mezhdurechensk, Alexander Voigt from Novokuznetsk, Arkady Kuvakin from Kemerovo and Peter Kuznetsov from Krasnoyarsk. Exactly 20 years ago, fate dealt cruelly: under an avalanche, on the harsh approaches to the formidable K2, their lives were cut short.

The service was performed by the secretary of the Novokuznetsk diocesan administration, the rector of the Church of St. equal to book Vladimir, Novokuznetsk, priest Alexander Platitsyn; rector of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kemerovo, Priest John Pavlyuk; full-time cleric of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Novokuznetsk, Priest Arseny Safonov; Deacon Alexander Kosmynin, full-time cleric of the Transfiguration Cathedral; full-time cleric of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kemerovo, Deacon Stefan Zolotorev.

The memorial service was held at the Snow Leopard shelter. This is exactly what they called Yuri Uteshev himself, the leader of that very group. This honorary title is given only to those who managed to conquer all the seven-thousanders. For Yuri, the mountains were not just a route on the map - they were his second home, his element. Legendary…