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Ascent Report
I. Ascent category: rock climbing
2. Ascent area: Caucasus: 2.8: Genaldon River valley
3. Peak, route: p. Geodesist (4138 m): West ridge
4. Expected category of difficulty: 1B rock climbing: first ascent
5. Route description:
elevation gain — 1700 m
route length — 2200 m
length of sections: 2nd category of difficulty — 100 m
average steepness of the main part of the route — 40°
6. Pitons used: rock pitons — none
ice screws — none
7. Number of climbing hours/days — 8/1
8. Number of overnight stays: 1 on the approach
9. Leader: Levkovsky Yuri Vasilyevich — Grade III
10. Coach: Gudenko Vladimir Pavlovich — Candidate Master of Sports
11. Start of the route: August 7, 1983
return to bivouac: August 7, 1983, 12:00
12. Organization: FSO-Alania
View from the North
Genaldon River valley M - 1:50 000
View from Kosa
Route section descriptions
R0–R1: 1300 m, 30–40°, moraine hills. R1–R2 — 1st category of difficulty: 300–400 m, 30–40°, talus. R2–R3 — 2nd category of difficulty: 400–450 m, rocks, snow. R3–R4 — 2nd category of difficulty: 80–100 m, 35–40°, snow.
View from the South
View from the East
View from Bosmokha
