Kuznetsov Andrey

Date of birth: December 11, 1968

Sports category: CMS in cross-country skiing; “Snow Leopard” – No. 614; Has made more than 30 ascents of seven-thousanders; “Iron Man”: 3.8 km-swimming + 180 km-biking + 42.195 m-running, result – 11 hours 06 minutes 49 seconds.

Experience as a guide: Mountain guide since 1993 in international alpine camps of Pamir, Tien Shan and Nepal: Was the lead guide in the team of Junko Tabei (the first woman to climb Everest) on Khan Tengri. And also for numerous groups of climbers from the USA, Australia, England, Canada, Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland and others.

Education: Ural Polytechnic Institute named after S.M. Kirov (1986-1993, Yekaterinburg), specializing in “Metal Forming”, awarded the qualification of “Metallurgical Engineer”; Institute for Retraining of Personnel of the Ural State Technical University (1999-2000, Yekaterinburg), specializing in “Strategic Management”.

Knowledge of foreign languages: English (intermediate).

Hobbies: mountaineering, chess, swimming, skiing, alpine skiing, learning English