Ascent Certificate
- Ascent classification: technical
- Ascent area: Pamir-Alay, Alay Ridge
- Peak, its height: Leninградец, 5040 m, via the central part of the north face, ascent route: qualifying route.
- Difficulty category: 5B
- Route characteristics:
Elevation gain 1200 m
Average slope: 76°.
Length of sections:
- 3–4 difficulty category – 140 m
- 5 difficulty category – 500 m
- 6 difficulty category – 310 m
- Number of pitons:
For belaying:
- rock pitons – 41
- ice screws – 22
- protection gear – 59 For creating belay anchors:
- rock pitons – 4
- protection gear – 5
- Number of climbing hours: 13 hours
- Number of bivouacs and their characteristics: no bivouacs
- Surname, name, patronymic of the leader and participants, their sports qualification:
- Tarasovich Sergey Nikitich, Candidate for Master of Sports
- Okladnikov Viktor Efimovich, Candidate for Master of Sports
- Team coach: Yakovlev Vitaly Dmitrievich, senior instructor, Master of Sports of the USSR
- Date of departure and return:
August 7, 1980:
- 4:00 – departure
- 17:00 – return
Table of Main Route Characteristics
Brief Explanation of the Table
| Section | Explanation |
|---|---|
| R0–R1 | traverse of the spall |
| R1–R2 | bypassing the tower on the right via ledges |
| R2–R3 | monolithic ridge |
| R3–R4 | exit under the black wall |
| R4–R5 | cracked inner corner |
| R5–R6 | monolithic wall |
| R6–R7 | crossing the glacier |
| R7–R8 | wall with small holds |
| R8–R9 | wall with a small cornice |
| R9–R10 | traverse left, up the wall under the cornice anchor |
| R10–R11 | overhanging wall with cornices, left towards the edge |
| R11–R12 | overhanging inner corner |
| R12–R13 | bypassing the candle on the right |
| R13–R14 | cracked sandy wall |
| R14–R15 | cracked sandy wall, traversing movement |
| R15–R16 | crossing the couloir |
| R16–R17 | exit to the right ridge via a rockfall-prone couloir |
| R17–R18 | wet overhanging chimney, difficult climbing |
| R18–R19 | ice gully |
| R19–R20 | ice ridge |
