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1. Climbing category — rock climbing
2. Climbing area, ridge — Main Caucasian Ridge from Kitlod pass to Gezevtsеg pass.
3. Peak, its height, ascent route — traverse of Belaya Neznakomka (4200) — Chyornaya Neznakomka (4100) with ascent to the South Gendarme of Belaya Neznakomka via the southeast wall.
4. Estimated category of difficulty — 4B.
5. Route characteristics: a) height difference 600–700 m; b) average steepness — 60°
6. Pitons hammered: — for belay, for intermediate rock anchors: 35 — ice screws: 6 — bolted anchors: 0
7. Total climbing hours — 18–20 hours.
8. Number of nights and their characteristics: — 1st night — on the ridge between peaks: Orbeliani and Mardzhanishvili — in a tent lying down — 2nd night — on the ridge between peaks: Belaya Neznakomka and Chyornaya Neznakomka before the "Lopata" gendarme — in a tent lying down
9. Surname, name, patronymic of the leader, participants, and their qualification: — Prokopovich Sergey Konstantinovich — leader, II sports category — Arsentyev Sergey A. — I sports category — Basenko Alexander I. — I sports category — Khromin Yevgeny Gennadievich — II sports category
10. Team coach — Pulinets Yury Semenovich — head of the training department at "Zesho" alpine camp
11. Date of departure and return: August 4, 1979 — August 6, 1979