Climbers from the Donetsk Region have set the flag at Shishapangma peak (on May 27, 2007), Hoverla (on January 9, 2007), Mont Blanc (on March 22, 2007), Elbrus (on May 25, 2007) and Everest (on May 27, 2008). In 2007 an ascent was made in order to honour the 75th anniversary of the Donetsk Region. On Saturday, May 19, 2012 Vitaly Kutniy, a mine foreman from Belozerska mine, climbed Mount Everest and planted the flag of the Donetsk Region.