Passport

1. Climbing category — high-altitude.

2. Climbing area — Fortambek glacier.

3. Climbing route with indication of peaks and their heights: Peak Kommunizma (7495 m) via Peak Kirov (6371 m) with ascent to Peak Kirov via the north ridge.

4. Characteristics of the ascent:

   Height difference — 2495 m. Average steepness — about 15°. Length of difficult sections — 1020 m.

5. Number of pitons used: rock — 64
   ice — 47
   drilled — 0

6. Number of walking hours — 102

7. Number of overnight stays — 14

   3 overnight stays in tents, lying down. 1 overnight stay sitting on the Dedov ridge.

8. Team name — Novosibirsk Regional Sports Committee.

9. Surname, name, patronymic of the captain, coach, participants and their qualification — Kaspirovich Grigory Efimovich, Master of Sports — captain; Dobkin Iosif Grigoryevich, Master of Sports — coach; Barkhatov Nikodim Georgievich, Master of Sports — participant; Vodolazsky Valery Konstantinovich — Master of Sports; Kurgin Sergey Nikolaevich — Candidate for Master of Sports; Mushkov Igor Nikolaevich — Master of Sports; Prokopenko Vladimir Ivanovich — Candidate for Master of Sports; Seryoznov Alexey Nikolaevich — Master of Sports.

10. Time of ascent (year, month, date) — from July 24 to August 7, 1973.