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Shaukhokh via the 10th spur to the ridge Anoshin G.G. Caucasus 2.8

PASSPORT

1. Technical category
2. Caucasus, Genaldon gorge, Kolka glacier
3. Shaukhokh via the 10th spur to the ridge
4. Proposed category 4B, combined, first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1400 m. Height of rock sections: category 2 — 100 m, category 3 — 590 m, category 4 — 280 m, category 5 — 130 m. Height of snow-ice ridge: category 2 — 180 m, category 3 — 120 m. Average slope: rock part of the route — 45°, ice ridge — 30–35°
6. No pitons were left on the route previously
7. Team's climbing hours: ascent — 14 hours, descent — 7 hours
8. Overnight stay: one, on the spur's ridge above the white gendarme
9. Team leader: Anoshin Georgy Germanovich, Master of Sports of the USSR Team members:
   • Rubayev Vladimir Muratbekovich, 1st category
   • Gatagov Georgy Soltievich, 2nd category
   • Bondarenko Igor Olegovich, 2nd category
   • Zevakhin Gennady Yuryevich, 2nd category
10. Approach to the route — September 28, 1991. Summit — September 29, 1991. Return — September 29, 1991.

II. Organization: KAM SO SFSR

Fig. 4. Approach to the gendarme

Fig. 5. Bypassing the gendarme

Fig. 6. Along the rocky ridge to Shaukhokh's "shoulder"

Fig. 7. Eastern ridge of Shaukhokh