ASCENSION DOCUMENT

1. Type of ascent — rock climb
2. Area of ascent — Western Tian-Shan, Ugam ridge
3. Peak Saliidar (Solidarnost) 3600 m via NW ridge
4. Proposed category of difficulty — 4A
5. Characteristics of the route:
6. Height difference — 600 m, length of sections: category IV — 125 m, category V — 60 m, average steepness of the route — 55°
7. Number of pitons: rock pitons — 42/3, protection — 30/2
8. Number of climbing hours — 14 hours
9. Number of bivouacs — none
10. Full name of team leader and participants: Smertnev D.A. — P, team leader Pogadaev D.V. — P Minin A.A. — P Povstyan A.T. — P Ustinova T.G. — P
11. Team coach — Honored Coach of KazSSR — Popenko V.S.
12. Date of departure and return — August 30–31, 1987
13. Organization — Kazakh Club of Alpinists

Solidarnost

Route category 4B First ascent route

Route Photos

• R0–R1: 40 m, 2, 25–30°
• R1–R2: 30 m, 45°, 1
• R2–R3: 100 m, 25°, 1
• R3–R4: 30 m, 65°, 2
• R4–R5: 40 m, 65°, 3
• R5–R6: 40 m, 25°, 1
• R6–R7: 5 m, 15–85°, 4
• R7–R8: 35 m, 65°, 3+
• R8–R9: 10 m, 85°, 5
• R9–R10: 80 m, 30°, 1
• R10–R11: 50 m, 85°, 5+
• R11–R12: 40 m, 45°, 2
• R12–R13: 30 m, 40°, 2
• R13–R14: 100 m, 35°, 1
• R14–R15: 80 m, 50°, 4
• R15–R16: 200 m, 25°, 1
• R16–R17: 200 m, 50°, 3+
• R17–R18: 40 m, 70°, 4
• R18–R19: 50 m, 15°, 1
• R19–R20: 30 m, 35–40°, 2+
• R20–R21: 40 m, 40°, 2