Along with the scientists, four mountaineers from the German and Austrian Alpine Club also participated.
The deputy expedition leader was the geodesist and cartographer Richard Finsterwalder.
On 25 September 1928, Karl Wien, Eugen Allwein [de] and Erwin Schneider [de] made the first ascent of the 7,134 m (23,406 ft.) high Mount Kaufmann (now Lenin Peak), which was at the time the highest climbed peak in the world.
[2][3] The German and Soviet sides each contributed eleven expedition members.
Including servants, porters, and translators, the expedition totalled 65 men, 160 horses, and 60 camels.