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Class – technical
- Central Caucasus
- Peak — Ushba Northern via left part of NE wall, 4694 m, route by Grishchenko V. I.
- 5B cat. diff. 2nd ascent of route I-98-I year
- Height difference: 1495 m, length — 2050 m
length of sections with 5-6 cat. diff. — 1000 m, average steepness of the main part of the route — 75° (3995-4035, 40-I-5–4-I-75, 42-I-O–44-I-O), including 440 m of 6 cat. diff.
- Pitons hammered:
rock bolt ice 88/3 0/0 95/3 14/0
- Team's travel hours — 41 and days — 5
- Overnights: 1st; 2nd and 3rd — on a rocky ledge; 4th — on a platform carved on a snowy-icy ridge
- Leader: Chepur A.A. — Kislovodsk
Team members: Vydrin V.S. — Kislovodsk, Shklyaev S.V. — Kislovodsk, Kholodkov A.V. — Kislovodsk, Dudnikov S.I. — Kislovodsk, Kedrya A.Ya. — Kislovodsk
- Team coach: Khramtsova G.K., Master of Sports of the USSR. Departure to the route — August 1, 1988
summit — August 5, 1988. Return to the alpine base — August 6, 1988. 3-е 5. 7y тuи'пyдe +4 (зак150) 7/7-907. 86/22, 135/24, 22/3 Asg, 42 гec, 4 gus.