Ascent Passport

1. Climbing area: Central Caucasus, Chegem gorge, table 2.4.1.№p. p154.

2. Name of the peak Chegem — route name N.E. wall N.E. ridge (Forostyan).

3. Route complexity: 6A.

4. Route type: Combined.

5. Route elevation gain: 1161 m

6. Route length: 1616 m

7. Length of sections: V difficulty category – 285 m; VI difficulty category – 226 m

8. Average steepness: main part of the route – 85°; entire route – 60°.

9. Number of anchors on the route: Friends – 81/10 Nuts – 121/17 Rock anchors – 27/9 Bolt anchors – 6/6

10. Team's travel hours: 19 hours; days 4

11. Team leader: Pivikov D.E. – CMS (Candidate for Master of Sports)

    Team members:

    • Boyko V.V. – MS (Master of Sports)
    • Zhitnik E.V. – CMS
    • Ukolov S.V. – 1st sports category. Team coach: Japaridze Yu.O. – MS.

12. Departure to the route: August 4, 2001 Reaching the summit: August 7, 2001 Return to base camp: August 8, 2001

GOSKOMSPORT RSFSR UNION OF ALPINISM Climbing-tourist map CENTRAL CAUCASUS – ADYRSU

Average magnetic declination east 4°30′

1:1000000 (1 centimeter – 1 kilometer)

• NE wall NE ridge 6A category (Forostyan V.)
• NE wall NE ridge 6A category (Kurochkin A.)
• NW wall NE ridge 5B category (Laskavy D.)
• W ridge 3A category (Gruber V.)
• E ridge 2B category (Tal A.)

Main part of the route

Ascent Graph

№2 Under the next cornice

№3 On the hanging ropes