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1. Category of ascent — high-altitude and technical.

2. Region of ascent: Western Pamir, Shakhdarin ridge (Vakhan ridge).

3. Ascent route — via the North ridge.

4. Proposed category: 4th cat. diff., first ascent.

5. Characteristics of the ascent:

• route length — 1340 m
• including sections of IV and V cat. diff. — 257 m
• average steepness of ascent sections — 20°.

6. Pitons hammered in: rock — 17, ice — 14.
7. Number of travel days — 3 (three)
8. Number of travel hours — 9?
9. Number of bivouacs and their characteristics:

2 (two) — lying down: one at an altitude of 5250 m, the other — 5526 m. 10. Team name: "INKARAS". 11. Team composition — six people:

Vaioreke Prate Henrikoa (1955, II), team leader. Navdziakas Stanislavao Ivanovich (1951, I), participant, Gudialis Algis Vitaoutovich (1953, CMS), Simutis Rimvidai Dozovich (1953, CMS), Varsatskis Brone Dozovich (1958, II), Paulikas Vidmantas Dozovich (1963, II).

12. Coach — Gudialis Algis Vitaoutovich.

13. Arrival at base camp on August 2, 1984.