Oleksandr Sokhatskyi

Oleksandr Sokhatskyi was born on July 31, 1986 (36 years old) in the village of Sencha, Poltava region, Ukraine.

Since childhood, Alexander has been involved in kickboxing, being an all-Ukrainian and international winner of competitions in this sport. In 2016, he finished participating on his own in tournaments, becoming a kickboxing coach.

In 2012, he started climbing in Kyiv, where his first coach was famous in mountaineering circles, especially in women’s mountaineering, Marina Kopteva. Alexander is the winner and prize-winner of the championships in Kyiv and Ukraine in mountaineering.

In 2015 he graduated from Mukachevo State University with a degree in Tourism.

In 2017, Alexander moved to Kazakhstan, to the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. Here he joined the local mountaineering club “Irbis”. He trains and goes to the mountains all year round.

He was 8 times at the top of Lenin Peak (7134 m.) – 7 times with clients, 2 times at Evgenia Korzhenevskaya Peak (7105 m.) – all times with clients. He has been working as a guide on Lenin Peak since 2014.

He speaks English at a conversational level, has been a guide under Lenin Peak in international groups since 2015. He took part in more than 50 rescue operations in the mountains, including Lenin, Korzhenevskaya and Communism peaks.