Ascent Log
- Category: rock climbing.
- Caucasus (Eastern), Chekhychay River gorge.
- V. Erydag, via the left part of the western wall (Nekrasov's route).
- Category 5B, 3rd ascent.
- Elevation gain: 650–700 m; length — 900 m.
Length of sections:
- Category 5 — 160 m;
- Category 6 — 20 m.
Average steepness of the wall section — 70°.
6. Pitons driven: rock — 16/2;
chocks — 60/5;
bolts — 10/6+4*.
*Difficult terrain sections ascended in poor weather conditions.
7. Team's moving time: 20 hours and 3 days.
8. Overnights:
1st in a grotto on the wall of the first bastion;
2nd on the first bastion on a prepared platform.
9. Route ascended by a two-person team:
Mikhail Valerievich Makovkin, 1st sports category; Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Sovetskaya st., 13–54;
Oleg Nikolaevich Bublik, 1st sports category; Makhachkala, Dagestan, Kalinina st., 143.
10. Coach: Gadzhi Gadzhievich Nurbagandov, Master of Sports.
11. Departure to the route: February 21, 2000. Return — February 23, 2000.
12. MBPSS EMERCOM of Dagestan, Makhachkala, Erlikha st., 17.
Photo of the Category 5B route on the left part of the western wall (Nekrasov's route). To its left is Polyakov's route (Category 5B), to its right is Dubovikov's route (Category 5A).
