Israfil Ashurly

Israfil Ashurly (Azerbaijani: İsrafil Aşurlı; born January 16, 1969, in Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani mountaineer, executive secretary of the Ice-Climbing Commission (2010-2017) under the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation), president of the youth committee (Youth Commission 2012-2016) UIAA, president of the Azerbaijan Mountaineering Federation (2010-2016), Member of the Presidium of the Euro-Asian Association of Mountaineering and Climbing (EAMA since 2011), judge of the international category in ice climbing, master of sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Israfil Ashurly
Mountainer Israfil Ashurly
Born	(1969-01-16)January 16, 1969 Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Alma mater	Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
Occupation(s)	Mountaineer, Explorer, Mountaineering instructor & guide
Spouse	Maria Ashurly
Children	Aslan Ashurly, Ali Ashurly and Maryam Ashurly
Awards	Tereggi Medal

The first Azerbaijani is a conqueror of the Himalayan eight-thousanders: Chomolungma (2007), Kangchenjunga (2011), Lhotse (2019) and Manaslu (2019). Azerbaijan’s first member of the Seven Peaks club (2007), also the first Snow Leopard in the history of Azerbaijani mountaineering (2009) and the first conqueror of the North Pole (2009). The first of the Azerbaijanis landed in Antarctica in December 2005 and climbed the highest peak of the white continent — the Vinson Massif.

Co-founder of Azerbaijan Alpine Club / Azərbaycan Alpine Klubu / Azerbaijan Alpine Club.

On March 4, 2009, by Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Israfil Ashurly was awarded the Taraggi (Progress) medal.

Cavalier of the mountaineering Order "Edelweiss" I and II degrees.

Biography

He was born on January 16, 1969, in the city of Baku. Graduate of school number 6 in Baku. He graduated from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy's energy faculty.^[1]

In 1991, Israfil Ashurly organized the "Insol" company, which has been installing and launching telecommunication equipment for mobile and wireline operators since 1998. The company has offices in: Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan. Member of the Board of Managing Directors of the Insol Group of Companies. CEO of the management company "Insol Consulting".

Vice-President of the Swiss company iCsquared GmbH in Russia, the Baltic countries and the CIS. www.icsquared.ch

Israfil Ashurly became interested in mountaineering after "Insol" was created. This happened, as he said, by accident. In 1999, he made an exotic tourist trekking to the foot of Kanchenjunga (8586m) in the Himalayas.

“I didn’t understand how people go to the mountains, live in tents. My habits were quite sybaritic. ”

In the Indian state of Sikkim, he got to the five thousandth pass of Gocha La. Here is how Israfil describes his impressions:

"When people get to the mountains, they have two choices. Or they don’t like the mountains and they don’t go there at all anymore. Or they like it so much that they try as soon as possible to get there again. I have a second case".

Expeditions

In 2000, while on a holiday visit to near Kangchenjunga's foot, Ashurly became interested in mountaineering. In next seven years, he became ninth person to complete Seven Summits challenge.^[2][3]

Seven Summits

Ashurly's Completion of the Seven Summits^[4]
	Date	Place	Elevation	Description
1.	January 16, 2001	Mount Kilimanjaro	5895 m	Highest Mountain in Africa
2.	May 26, 2002	Mount Kosciuszko	2228 m	Highest Mountain in Australia
3.	July 7, 2003	Mount Elbrus	5642 m	Highest Mountain in Europe
4.	January 28, 2004	Aconcagua	6961 m	Highest Mountain in South America
5.	June 5, 2005	Mount McKinley	6194 m	Highest Mountain in North America
6.	December 23, 2006	Vinson Massif	4897 m	Highest Mountain in Antarctica
7.	May 19, 2007	Mount Everest	8848 m	Highest Mountain in Asia and the World

Snow Leopard Summits

Ashurly's Completion of the Snow Leopard Summits^[4]
	Date	Place	Elevation
1.	August 7, 2004	Lenin Peak	7134 m
2.	August 16, 2005	Peak Korzhenevskaya	7105 m
3.	August 18, 2006	Ismoil Somoni Peak	7495 m
4.	August 7, 2009	Jengish Chokusu	7439 m
5.	August 8, 2009	Khan Tengri	7010 m

Volcanic Seven Summits

Ashurly's Completion of the Volcanic Seven Summits^[4]
	Date	Place	Elevation
1.	January 16, 2001	Mount Kilimanjaro	5895 m
2.	March 10, 2002	Mount Fuji	3776 m
3.	July 7, 2003	Mount Elbrus	5642 m
4.	August 22, 2003	Mount Aghri	5137 m

Himalayas & Karakoram expeditions

In 2003, he reached Lapchi mountain (6,017) with Russian alpinist Vladimir Shatayev.^[5] In 2007, Ashurly reached Everest with Sergey Kofanov.^[6] In 2011, he reached Kangchenjunga with Russian alpinists Aleksey Bolotov and Nikolay Totmyanin.^[7] 2013 Nanga Parbat expedition. Expedition was interrupted by terrorist attack on base camp. 2014 Shishabangma expedition. Climbed till 6800m and moved down due to pulmonary edema. 2019 Lhotse expedition. 2019 Manaslu expedition.

See also

• Murad Ashurly

References

1. Aleksandarova, Natalie. Формула Успеха. Исрафил Ашурлы: «Тогда я и не знал, что получу уникальный шанс взойти на Эверест и поднять там флаг Азербайджана...». www.1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 17 August 2014.
2. Первый Азербайджанский Альпинист, Покоривший Эверест — Исрафил Ашурлу Отправляется Теперь На Покорение Северного Полюса. www.mediaforum.az (in Russian). Retrieved 17 August 2014.
3. "Interview with Israfil Ashurly". www.russianclimb.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
4. "Israfil Ashurly's records". 7summits-club.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
5. . lacota.net. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
6. "Everest 2007: Sergey Kofanov report and video concerning rescue of Marco Epis". www.everestnews.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
7. "7 Summits Everest Expedition Tibet 2011: Base Camp". www.everestnews.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

External links

• Ashurly's Profile on 7 Summits Club