ASCENT REPORT

1. Ascent category

   • rock

2. Ascent region

   • Eastern Caucasus

3. Peak Erydag Main 4100 m via bastions of NW wall

4. Proposed category of difficulty 5B (Second ascent)

5. Height difference

   • 1200 m

Length * 1700 m

Length of sections with 5–6 technical difficulty * 1000 m

Average slope — 80° (excluding ledges)

6. Pitons hammered in: Rock 211 77 Bolts 19 12 Chocks 75 6

7. Team's total climbing hours — 66; 6 days

8. Overnight stays: 1st-2nd in hammocks 3rd-4th on ledges lying down

9. Team leader: Fedor Petrovich Mityukhin — Candidate Master of Sports Team members: Alexander Pavlovich Sushko — Candidate Master of Sports Yuri Anatolyevich Dityuk — Candidate Master of Sports Alexander Sergeyevich Lavrenko — Candidate Master of Sports Pavel Petrovich Sizonov — Candidate Master of Sports Viktor Alexandrovich Gerasimov — Master of Sports of the USSR

10. Coach: I.I.

11. Departure to the route: August 2, 1985 summit: August 7, 1985 return: August 7, 1985

Erydag

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