I. Climbing class — technical.

2. Climbing region — CENTRAL CAUCASUS.
3. Peak — SOUTH USHBA — 4710 m.

First ascent route along the edge of the Western wall through the "pillar".

4. Proposed difficulty category — 6.
5. Route characteristics:

Height difference — 1460 m (3250 — 4710). Length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 1270 m, including 6th category — 735 m. Average steepness: route — 68–70°, wall section ("pillar", grey wall, canopy) — 90°. Total 850 m.

6. Driven pitons and used stoppers

• for belay (numerator) and
• for creating R.I.G. (denominator):

rock

• 13 I (2 ice)
• 2 / 0

bolted

• 9 / 0

stoppers

• 117⁄106

7. Number of walking hours
8. Number of overnight stays and their characteristics

8 overnight stays, including:

• 2 hanging, on platforms, separate
• I sitting, separate
• 5 lying.

9. Team of the Sports Committee of the USSR Ministry of Defense

• GOLUBEV Nikolay Nikolayevich — m.s., leader
• NOSOV Anatoly Pavlovich — m.sp.mk.
• ZHAK Viktor Vladimirovich — candidate master of sports;
• EGOROV Viktor Mikhailovich — candidate master of sports.

GLUSHKOV Alexander Semenovich — candidate master of sports.

0. Team coach: Dzhiobraev Prin Georgiyevich, Master of Sports of the USSR. I. Date of departure on the route and return