Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class — technical.

2. Ascent region — Vanachsky Ridge.

3. Summit — Peak 5223 m. 2

4. Ascent route — via the eastern ridge.

5. Proposed difficulty category — 3B cat. diff.

6. Route characteristics: — elevation gain — 1100 m; — length of sections 5–6 cat. diff. — 60 m; — average steepness — 40°

7. Pitons hammered in: for belaying for creating R.P.E. — rock — ice — bolted

12 3 none none none

8. Number of climbing hours — 14 (fourteen).
9. Number of overnight stays — 1 (one).
10. Group composition:

• Ushakov Yuri Alekseevich — 1st sports category — leader.
• Khan Viktor Irgonovich — 1st sports category — participant.
• Morozov Vyacheslav Valentinovich — 1st sports category — participant.
• Samornov Vladimir Antonovich — 1st sports category — participant.
• Malyshev Anatoly Sergeevich — 1st sports category — participant. II. Team coach: Master of Sports Shevchenko Nikolai Alekseevich.

12. Date of departure on the route — August 25, 1979. Date of return — August 26, 1979.