Passport
Climbing category — winter I. Tian-Shan, Kyrgyz range
- Peak Korona (1st), 4810 m, via NW wall ice cascades, category I route. Presumed difficulty cat. — 6A, first ascent, combined. Height difference: 1210 m, length — 1400 m.
Length of 5th — 6th difficulty sections — 980 m. Average slope — 63°. Pitons driven:
| rock | chocks | ice |
|---|---|---|
| 87⁄52 | 37⁄75 | 55⁄0 |
- Climbing hours: 42 h, days — 5
- Bivouacs: 1st — in the Uchitel glacier hut, 3rd — on a rock shelf, 4th — on a rock-ice ledge.
- Leader: POTONIKOV Ivan Aleksandrovich MSМК
Participants: POTNIKOV Valeriy Grigor'evich КМС, SERGEEV Viktor Platonovich КМС [R0]. Coaches: SHEVCHENKO Nikolay Alekseevich МС, ZTr, POTONIKOV Ivan Aleksandrovich MSМК. II. Departure to the route: February 22, 1995.
Summit: February 26, 1995. Return: February 27, 1995 [R2]. Organization: Altai Krai Sports Committee.