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of the ascent made in the championship of the Caucasian Territorial Administration of alp camps. I. Class of ascent: technical.

  1. Area of ascent: Central Caucasus, Bezengi.

  2. Expected category of difficulty: 5A

  3. Characteristics of the route:

total height difference of the route — 1850 m, route length — 2750 m. length of sections with 5–6 difficulty grade — 1440 m, average steepness of the wall section — 50°.

  1. Number of pitons driven:

rock pitons for belay — 57, ice pitons for belay — 52, used chocks — 60, used local rock features for belay — 59.

  1. Number of climbing hours — 32 hours.
  2. Number of bivouacs: three, all comfortable.
  3. Team composition:

Gasilov E.F., CMS — team captain. Zhukov S.N., CMS. Rudenko G.I., CMS. Zan'kovskii V.I., CMS.

  1. Team coach: I.B. Kudinov, MS, Honored Coach of the RSFSR. II. Date of departure on the route August 5, 1984, date of return from the

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