The first years he was teached by a special mountaineering club. When he was 20 years old, he could climb every top with every difficulty.
In 1978 he graduated as a guide in a special school of mountain guides in the Caucasus. After that, he worked every summer as a guide, all over the mountain region of former communistic Central Asia and the Caucasus.
He guided expeditions in the Fan mountains, around Dugoba (Shachimardan) and the Pamirs (for example Pik Lenina, Pik Communisma) and Tien Shan.
He also guided military guards making maps of the mountain area's at the borders of former Sovjet Union with China and Afghanistan.

Alexander Shashkov also works as a skiing guide/teacher, in winter and in summer. His speciality is extremal skiing from mountain tops (climbing up, skiing down).

He speaks English quite well and worked several times as an interpretor for foreign businessmen.

He likes guiding individuals or small groups most, for short or longer trekkings or expeditions. He can also arrange trekkings and expeditions for larger groups.
He charges $ 15 a day. Including transport (within Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan), equipment, lodging and food, the costs are normally $ 40 per person per day.

Alexander Shashkov can arrange the whole trip, eventually combined with excursions to the silk road cities, Fergana Valley or the Kyzylkum Desert (Nurata, Lake Aidarkul).

Email: alexsha_@mail.tps.uz