Appendix I
Ascent Record
I. Ascent class — rock: 2. Ascent region — Main Caucasus Range and its spurs from Chipperazau pass to Orotokara peak. 3. Peak, its height, ascent route — Bashil peak, 4257 m, 4800 m via the south face. 4. Proposed difficulty category — 5B. 5. Route characteristics: height difference — 800 m, average steepness — 75°, length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 185 m. 6. Number of pitons: for belaying and for creating M.T.O.
average steepness — 75°, length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 185 m. 6. Number of pitons: for belaying and for creating M.T.O.
average steepness — 75°, length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 185 m 6B pitons: for belaying and for creating M.T.O.
final 69, 18 bolted, 3 ice.
- Number of walking hours — 26 (excluding descent).
- Number of nights and their characteristics — 2, semi-reclining, in a tent.
- Surname, name, patronymic of participants and their qualification:
Merlis Viktor Petrovich — MSMK, leader
Kuznetsov Kharlampy Kuzmich — CMS, deputy leader
Bottaev Akhmat Zhunusovich — CMS, participant
Gonchar Ivan Ivanovich — CMS, participant
Efanov Alexander Vasilyevich — CMS USSR, participant
Kuznetsov Yuri Nikolaevich — MS USSR, participant
Team coach — Zaitsev Kim Kirillovich — MS USSR.
I. Date of departure and return: 21–26 / 2–25