ASCENT CERTIFICATE

of the ascent made in the 1970 USSR Alpine Championship

1. Ascent class — technically challenging
2. Ascent area — Khalde - Bezengi
3. Ascent route indicating peaks and their elevations — Western Shkhara via the center of the southwest wall 5058 m.
4. Ascent characteristics:
   • elevation gain — 1500 m
   • average steepness:
     • lower section 60°
     • upper section 90°
   • length of difficult sections — 500 m
5. Pitons driven:
   • rock — 288 (additional during descent — 3)
   • ice — 27 (additional during descent — 17)
   • bolt — 33
6. Number of climbing hours — 91:20 not including descent
7. Number of bivouacs and their characteristics — 7 bivouacs during ascent and one during descent. Hence: 5 sitting (cold) bivouacs and one hanging (not including descent)
8. Team name — Georgian Republican Council of the "BUREVESTNIK" Voluntary Sports Society
9. Surname, first name, patronymic of team captain and team members, and their sports qualification — (coach) Mirianashvili Sh.M., Honored Master of Sports, Khazaradze O.L., Honored Master of Sports, Dandagadze D.D., Master of Sports, Glonti L.N., Candidate Master of Sports, Gavasheli A.M., Candidate Master of Sports.
10. Date of ascent (year, month, day) — 1970, III, from 13 to 22.
11. Team's final ranking — fourth-fifth. Average score — 8.88