Karachay horse due place being mentioned in the State stud books and official lists of species of the USSR and Russia in the 1990s. In 1998 a group of Karachay-Cherkessiya`s horsemen with three Karachay horses ascended the east top of the mountain Elbrus, making an unprecedented act. In 1999 the horsemen ascended west top of the highest mountain in Europe. The Karachay horses' is thus strong with strong and adapted limbs to climbing mountains. Special credit goes to an expert on horse breeding named Klych Geriy Urusov who was the mastermind of Elbrus conquest on horseback. At the present time Karachay horse
Martin Hewitt (adventurer) 2012 he summited Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska. Later that year he made his first attempt at climbing Mount Everest, again as part of the Walking With The Wounded team. However, treacherous conditions forced the team to abandon their attempt before reaching the summit. Hewitt is currently leading the Adaptive Grand Slam team on its attempt to be the first disabled team to reach the North and South Poles and to scale the highest mountain on all seven continents. As of November 2014, the North Pole, Mt McKinley (North America) and Mt Elbrus (Europe) had been summited and the team