Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class: high-altitude technical.

2. Ascent region: Central Pamir, southern spur of the Yazgulemsky Ridge in the area of p. Revolyutsii.

3. Peak, its height, ascent route: p. Pinka, 6254 m, southern ridge.

4. Proposed difficulty category: 4B category of difficulty.

5. Route characteristics:

height difference — 1450 m, average steepness up to the exit to the southern shoulder — 3°, average steepness of the southern shoulder — 6–7°,

6. Number of pitons hammered: rock — 19, ice — 12, bolt —
7. Number of climbing hours: 15 hours.
8. Number of nights and their characteristics: two nights at one place on a snowy ridge at an altitude of about 5700 m.
9. Surname, F., M. of the leader and participants and their qualification: pair: Gorodetsky V.I., I rank, Dragunov B.N., I rank, observers: Sobalyov N.M., I rank, Ugarov V.A., I rank. Team coach: MS USSR Pevchenko D.S. II. Dates of departure on the route and return from the route:

departure — August 2, 1977, return — August 13, 1977.