Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class — Technically challenging. 2. Ascent region — South-Western Pamir, Northern Pignan

2. Peak, its height, ascent route — Peak 4900

Eastern ridge

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

5. Route characteristics:

elevation gain — 760 m, length of sections I–6 cat. diff. — III — 360, IV — 120 m, V — 540 m, VI — average steepness — 60°

6. Pitons hammered: for belaying, for creating R.P.E. rock — 163, ice — 22

bolts

7. Number of climbing hours — 21 hours.

8. Number of nights and their characteristics — one, good camping conditions, water available, space for one tent

9. Surname, name, patronymic of the leader, participants, their sports qualification:

• KOSTRICHENKO Viktor Vasilyevich — 1st sports rank, leader

2. VESELOV Alexander Nikolayevich — 1st sports rank, participant
3. NICHIPORENKO Alexander Nikolayevich — 1st sports rank, participant
4. SENTSOv Sergey Konstantinovich — 1st sports rank, participant
5. TRONOV Yuri Nikolayevich — 1st sports rank, participant
6. BELINSKY Stanislav Fedorovich — 1st sports rank, participant R0. Team coach — KENSITSKY Leopold Vsevolodovich, Master of Sports of the USSR II. Date of departure and return — July 14, 1978, July 15, 1978