Ascent Passport

1. Ascent area: Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Karavshin gorge
2. Peak name: Peak Odessa (4810 m)
3. Route name: via the center of the bastion of the left part of the northwest wall (Sakharov K.A. 1994)
4. Difficulty category: 6B
5. Route type: rock
6. Height difference: 1260 m

Route length: 1619 m Wall section length: 1190 m Section lengths: 5th diff. cat. — 160 m 6th diff. cat. — 1191 m Average steepness: — wall section — 80° — entire route — 68°

7. Pitons used on the route (including for standing pitons on belay):

Pitons: 180(60); removable bollards 7(3); old bollards 90(50); chocks: 30(21); Skyhooks: 300(300)

8. Total standing pitons used: 450 points
9. Leader:

Dozhdyev Ivan Valeryevich, Master of Sports Team members: Anoshkin Vasily Yuryevich, Candidate for Master of Sports; Zybalov Anton Sergeyevich, Candidate for Master of Sports; Chugunov Dmitry Sergeyevich, Candidate for Master of Sports

10. Coach:

Timoshenko T.I.

11. Team's travel time:
12. Route start:

July 20, 2013 Summit ascent: July 26, 2013 Return to Base Camp: July 27, 2013

Geographic description of the area.

The Karavshin gorge is located in the Turkestan Range (Pamir-Alay system) in the Batken district of Osh region, Kyrgyzstan. At its head, it divides into the Ak-Su and Kara-Su gorges.

The Ak-Su gorge contains the peaks:

• Ortotyubek
• Slesov
• Ptitsa
• 4774
• Peak Odessa (4810 m)

The Kara-Su gorge contains the peaks:

• Asan
• Usen
• Peak Odessa (4810 m)
• 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus
• Peak Piramidalny
• Peak Zholtyaya stena.