Ascent Passport

1. North Tian Shan, Kyrgyz Ala-Too ridge
2. Peak name: Svobodnaya Korea, route name North wall, Ruchkin S. route
3. Proposed - 6A cat. diff. Third ascent
4. Route type: combined
5. Route height difference – 780 m (3960–4740) Route length – 895 m Length of sections:
   • 5 cat. diff. – 385 m
   • 6 cat. diff. – 121 m Average steepness of the main part of the route 87°, total route 67°
6. Hooks left on the route: total 10, including pitons 5. Hooks used on the route: stationary pitons 5, including artificial aids 4. Removable pitons ––––––– Total artificial aids used (AID) 83.
7. Team's travel hours: 56 h, 7 days

8. Team leader: Pivtsov Vasiliy Talgatovich – Candidate Master of Sports Team members:
   • Urubko Denis Vladimirovich – Candidate Master of Sports
   • Chumakov Dmitriy Vladimirovich – 1st sports category
   • Rudakov Aleksandr Yurievich – 1st sports category
   • Skopin Artem Alekseevich – 1st sports category
   • Molgachev Damir Sergeevich – 1st sports category Coach: Ilyinskiy Ervand Tikhonovich – Honored Coach of the USSR
9. Approach to the route: March 1, 2000 – 9:00 Summit: March 8, 2000 – 18:00 Descent to Base camp: March 9, 2000 – 14:00

General photo of the peak (February 28, 2000, distance to Svobodnaya Korea peak 2.5 km) 1 – Polevoy route, 1969, 5B cat. diff.; 2 – Kustovskiy route, 1969, 6A cat. diff.; 3 – Semiletkin route, 1988, 6B cat. diff.; 4 – Popenko route, 1975, 6A cat. diff.; 5 – Bezzubkin route, 1969, 6A cat. diff.; 6 – Myshlyaev route, 1961, 5B cat. diff.; 7 – Barber route, 5B cat. diff.; 8 – Lowe couloir, 5A cat. diff.

Bivouac height: 4740 m

Chumakov D. – Urubko D. duo overcoming section No. 2

Team work on section No. 12

Skopin A. working on the "fixed ropes" of section No. 13

Skopin A. working on the "fixed ropes" of section No. 17