ASCENT DOCUMENT

1. Climbing category: technical.
2. Climbing area: Central Caucasus, northern spur of the Main Caucasian Range, a key peak in the Adyr-su, Tyutyu-su, and Chegem valleys area.
3. Peak, its height, climbing route: Djailyk, 4533 m — rocky route via the left part of the Western wall of the South ridge shoulder.
4. Category of difficulty: 5B.
5. Route characteristics: height difference 550 m, average slope 75°; section lengths: 2nd difficulty category 200 m, 3rd–4th 215 m plus traverse to the summit; 5th and 6th difficulty category 145 m.
6. Pitons hammered in: rock pitons: for belay — 16, for R.P.E. — 20; chocks: for belay — 22, for R.P.E. — 28.
7. Number of climbing hours — 19.
8. Number of nights and their characteristics — one night on a comfortable, well-trodden snow platform.
9. Climbing participants and their qualifications: Oleinikov N.P. — Candidate Master of Sports, Sitnikov N.N. — Candidate Master of Sports.
10. Coach: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, category 1 instructor-methodologist Poroyan Yu.N.
11. Date of departure and return: from June 25 to June 26.

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