ASCENT DOCUMENT

1. Ascent class — Technical.
2. Ascent area — Tian-Shan, Terskey Ala-Too ridge.
3. Peak, its height, ascent route: Jigit peak, 5170 m, via the center of the North face.
4. Complexity category — 6B.
5. Route characteristics: route length 970 m from the bergschrund, height difference to the ridge — 850 m, length of sections with 5-6 difficulty category — 520 m, average steepness — 67°.
6. Pitons hammered: rock — 69 (8); chocks — 57 (5); ice — 40 (0).
7. Team's travel hours: 21 hours; 1.5 days.
8. Number of nights and their characteristics: one bivouac on a snowy ridge.
9. Leader: SHENOV Aleksandr Vladimirovich — Master of Sports of the USSR.

Participants:

• VOLOLIN Viktor Gennadyevich — Master of Sports of the USSR
• GUREEV Roman Vladimirovich — Candidate Master of Sports
• YANCHENKO Viktor Vladimirovich — Candidate Master of Sports

10. Team coach: DEMCHENKO Aleksandr Stepanovich — Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class.
11. Approach to the route: August 11, 1987. Peak: August 12, 1987. Return: August 12, 1987.
12. Organization: 13th Sports Club of the Army, Moscow Military District.

Photo #4. Technical photograph of the route. Taken from the Eastern slope of Delaunay peak, July 14, 1983 at 9:30, distance 3-4 km. Lens MT 500.

1. Sharashenidze route — 6B.
2. Vakurin route — 6B.
3. Slesov route — 6B, climbed by the Moscow Military District team on August 11-12, 1987.
4. Ryabukhin route — 5B.

COPY OF NOTES:

Note taken from the first control point is in very poor condition, it is impossible to decipher the writing.

Note taken from the second control point: Group of climbers from collection #15, SCA SKVO, is ascending Jigit peak via Slesov's 6B route, center of the North face, in the following composition:

• Chuenko S.A. — leader.
• Gavrilov I.V. — participant.
• Zalevsky E.G. — participant.
• Merzlikin N.M. — participant.

Weather is good. 12:00. August 23, 1987. 3rd control point. 11:10. August 17, 1986. Group of climbers from 12th SCA SAVO, participating in the championship of SA and VMF in mountaineering, is ascending via Slesov's 6B route, center of the North face, in the following composition:

• Ovcharenko S. — leader.
• Gorbunov Yu. — participant.
• Ryabov S. — participant.
• Tabatchikov A. — participant.
• Tugalev V. — participant.
• Yakunin V. — participant.

Note taken in 1984 by leader Volkov from Kharkov.

Note from the summit: Group of climbers from AUSV Ala-Too in composition: Sabelnikov I.V., Bogdan I.I. As a pair, they ascended Jigit peak via 4A route on the Western ridge.

The group reached the summit on August 12, 1987 at 10:55, and took a note from Sizio V.'s group dated August 1, 1987.

Weather is good. Descent is made via the ascent route.