Ascent Passport

I. Climbing class — rock.

2. Central Caucasus. Baksan valley, Sakashil gorge.
3. Peak XIII Congress of Komsomol, 3465 m, via Western counterfort.
4. Difficulty category — 4A, cat. diff.
5. Route characteristics:

height difference — 450 m; length of sections with 5 — 6 diff. cat. — 100 m; average steepness 45°–50°.

6. Rock pitons hammered — 23 pcs.
7. Eleven walking hours.
8. Leader Vladimir Nikolayevich, 1st sports category, leader

Ivanov Yuri Andreyevich CMS, trainer; Khopryachkov Mikhail Vladimirovich — 1st sports category, participant; Radchenko Viktor Ivanovich 1st sports category

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9. 2–4 September 1978.