ASCENT RECORD

1. Ascent category — rock climbing.
2. Region — Caucasus, from the Pereval Krepostovyi to the Tfan summit.
3. Ascent route — V. YARYDAG (1st Western, 4020 m) via the center of the left part of the northwest wall.
4. First ascent, 6B (approximate).
5. Route characteristics (wall section):
   • total length — 1220 m
   • length of sections with 5-6 difficulty category — 865 m (6th category — 470 m, 5th category — 435 m)
   • average steepness — 78°
   • height difference — 1070 m.
6. Pitons driven:
   • rock: for belay — 141, for aid climbing — 12
   • bolted: for belay — 4, for aid climbing — 2
   • chocks: for belay — 116, for aid climbing — 8
7. Number of climbing hours: on the wall — 54 h, total to the summit — 56 h.
8. Number of bivouacs — four, including: lying — two, sitting — two.
9. Team of the Leningrad Sports Committee.
10. Team captain — Georgy Sergeyevich Shchedrin, Master of Sports of the USSR. Deputy captain — Anatoly Ivanovich Moshnikov, Master of Sports of the USSR. Participants — Boris Alexandrovich Barulin, Master of Sports of the USSR; Alexander Edgarovich Glushkovsky, Master of Sports of the USSR; Leonyid Andreyevich Troshchinenko, Master of Sports of the USSR; Vladimir Ivanovich Andreyev, Candidate for Master of Sports.
11. Senior team coach — Yuri Feddosyevich Gorenchuk, Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class.
12. Departure to the route — June 15, return to base camp — June 20.