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Ascent Passport

I. Technical category.

2. Zarafshan ridge, Fann Mountains (northern part).
3. Mirali peak, 5120 m, via the north face.
4. Proposed: category 6B, first ascent.
5. Elevation gain — 1540 m, length — 1800 m (3500–5040).

Length of sections with category 5–6B difficulty — 700 m. Average steepness of the wall section of the route — 74° (3500–5040). Average steepness of the main sections:

• 75° (3500–4340)
• 80° (4340–4440)
• 85° (4470–4770)
• 75° (4870–5040)

Of these, category 6B difficulty:

• 355 m (3500–4340)
• 100 m (4340–4440)
• 250 m (4470–4770)
• 80 m (4870–5040)

Total — 785 m.

6. Pitons driven: rock bolt anchors ice

7. Team's moving hours: 104 hours and days — 9.
8. Overnights: 1st — sitting on a platform cut out on an ice ledge;

2nd — half-lying on a platform cut out on an ice ledge; 3rd — sitting: four on a platform cut out on an ice ledge, two on a rock island; 4th — sitting: one on a platform cut out on an ice ledge, three on a rock ledge, two in a rock niche; 5–7th — lying on platforms cut out on an ice slab and snow-ice slopes; 8th — sitting on a platform cut out on an ice slab.

9. Leader: Fevziev Rishad Fevzievich — Master of Sports.

Participants:

• Smirnov Gennadiy Konstantinovich — Master of Sports
• Valiulin Eduard Alexandrovich — Master of Sports
• Gornostaev Vladimir Vasilievich — Candidate for Master of Sports
• Tishchenko Valery Ivanovich — Candidate for Master of Sports
• Murzin Alexander Vladimirovich — Candidate for Master of Sports

IО. Coach: Mumdzhi Timur Memetovich — Master of Sports, instructor-methodologist I category. II. Entry onto the route: April 20, 1982.

Summit: April 28, 1982. Descent: April 29, 1982.