Ascent Passport

1. Pamir-Alay, Karavshin valley, 5.4.3
2. Peak Asan, Timofeev's route through the center of the NW wall.
3. 6A category of difficulty
4. Route type: rock
5. Route elevation gain: 930 m (3300–4230)
6. Route length: 1110 m

Length of sections: cat. diff. V — 215 m, cat. diff. VI — 635 m. Average slope: main part of the route — 80°, entire route — 70°. Hooks left on the route: total — 2; incl. bolted — 2. Hooks used on the route: bolted stationary — 35, incl. artificial aids — 30; bolted removable — 0, incl. artificial aids — 0. Total artificial aids used — 150. Team's travel time: 25 hours, 5 days

7. Team leader: Mogila Vladimir Fedorovich — MS
8. Participants: Zagirnyak Mikhail Vasil'evich — MS, Lavrinenko Alexander Vadimovich — CMS, Nikolaev Vadim Valer'evich — CMS, Cheban Viarel Ivanovich — 1st sports category
9. Coach: Gorbenko Mstislav Mstislavovich — ZMS, ZTU
10. Approach to the route: 7:00, August 8, 2004 Reached the summit: 9:00, August 12, 2004. Returned to Base Camp: 17:30, August 12, 2004

Route Profile

Peak Asan 4230 m

Team's movement schedule by sections:

• August 8, 2004 from 7:00 to 15:00 — initial route processing (sections R0–R5)

• from 15:00 — rain

• August 9, 2004 — second day of processing (R5–R8)

• from 16:00 — rain

• August 10, 2004 — sections R8–R14 completed August 11, 2004 — sections R14–R20 completed August 12, 2004 R20–R21 from 8:30 to 9:00

• at 9:00 — reached the summit

• at 10:30 — began descent

• at 17:30 — returned to base camp