Yuri Koshelenko and Valery Babanov recieved the Piolet D´or
Last February 6th the Jury of the Piolet D'or formed by "Montages Magazine" and the group of Alpinist Club French, had public the awards on the best mountain activities realized in the year 2003.

Granting the Piolet D'or considered by many people as the best international Mountaineering Award to Yuri Koshelnko and Valery Babanov for the first ascent to the Nuptse East, done last November 2th , 2003.