Ascent Passport

I. Ascent class — rock climbing. 2. Ascent region — Western Caucasus. Nakhar gorge.

3. Peak, its height, and ascent route — Mt. Shidag-Lingen (3450 m) via the northern ridge.

4. Expected difficulty category — 3B technical difficulty.

5. Route characteristics: Elevation gain — 520 m

Average steepness — 50°–55°. Route length — 840 m. Length of sections with 4th technical difficulty — 60 m

6. Pitons hammered for protection: rock — 29

ice — 0
bolts — 0

7. Number of walking hours: 14 h
8. Number of nights and their characteristics: the group did not spend the night on the route. Possible bivouacs — before the "finger" in the couloir leading to the Iglchaty pass, and also on a wide talus shelf after the II control tour.
9. Full name of the leader, participants, and their sports qualification: Polyakova T.A. — 1st sports category — leader
10. Vareikis V.A. — 1st sports category — participant
11. Martynenko S.N. — 1st sports category — -"-
12. Sorokin N.E. — 1st sports category — -"- 10. Team of the sports collective «Voroshilovgradkhimstroy» 11. Team coach: Candidate Master of Sports Krasnoshchyokov N.A. 12. Date of departure and return:

departure date — July 27, 1980 return date — July 27, 1980