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Rock climbing category.
Sierra-Nevada Mountains (Yosemite National Park, California, USA).
El Capitan peak, South-West wall (Wyoming Sheep Ranch route).
Proposed difficulty category 6B.
Height difference — 810 m, route length — 1012 m (wall), length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 1012 m, of which 6 category — 906 m, average steepness of the route — 95°
Used means for belaying and I.T.O. (in the denominator):

Rock Climbing Hooks	Placement Elements	Bolts for I.T.O.	Sky(cam)-hooks
73 / 73	433 + 16* / 430	31* / 31	169

* — stationary on the route. Here, 2–3 bolt hooks at the belay stations are not taken into account.

Team's travel hours — 79 h. Days on the route — 6.5
Overnights: 5 — on a platform 1 — semi-reclining on a ledge.
Participants: Igolkin Viktor Ivanovich MS Oleinikov Yury Vladimirovich MS
Coach: Igolkin Viktor Ivanovich MS
Entering the route: September 19, 2000 (6:30) summit: September 25, 2000 (10:00), return to BL: September 25, 2000 (14:00)
Organization: Alpkлуб of Magnitogorsk.

Participants:

Igolkin V. I.

Oleinikov Yu. V.

Address: 455000, Magnitogorsk, Lenin Ave. 37–23, ph. (3511) 21–10–24 shift, 32–71–86 (Igolkin V. I.)

Route Diagram

Route diagram in YNAA M 1:2000 symbols

Rock Climbing Hooks	Placement Elements	Bolts for I.T.O.	Sky(cam)-hooks	Section	Difficulty Category	Length, m	Steepness, °
5	24	4*	8	R11–R12	VI A2	47	110
3	29+9*	1*	10	R10–R11	VI A4	50	100

4	21+1*	-	5	R9–R10	VI A3+	47	100
3	9	5*	15	R8–R9	VI A4	47	100
4	8	-	-	R7–R8	V+	43	70
3	14	-	2	R6–R7	VI	30	80
4	22	-	4	R5–R6	VI A3	43	90
3	27	3*	7	R4–R5	VI A2	40	90
2	21+1*	7*	5	R3–R4	VI A3	43	95
4	24+3*	1*	3	R2–R3	VI A3	37	95
3	20+2*	3*	10	R1–R2	VI A3	37	95
2	25+3*	-	5	R0–R1	VI A3	40	95

*Belaying and I.T.O. means (2–3 bolt hooks at the belay stations are not taken into account).

Rock Climbing Hooks	Placement Elements	Bolts for I.T.O.	Sky(cam)-hooks	Section	Difficulty Category	Length, m	Steepness, °
3	11+1*	1*	4	R22–R23	VI A2	52	90
2	5	-	-	R21–R22	V+	35	75
-	7	-	-	R20–R21	V+	30	75
5	24	-	4	R19–R20	VI A2	40	95
3	27+1*	-	17	R18–R19	VI A3	50	95
4	21+3*	-	20	R17–R18	VI A3	50	95
2	18+2*	2*	12	R16–R17	VI A3	40	95
4	19+1*	5*	14	R15–R16	VI A4	40	110
3	17+1*	2*	12	R14–R15	VI A4	35	110
2	21+1*	7*	5	R13–R14	VI A3	43	100
3	29+1*	2*	7	R12–R13	VI A3	50	110

El Capitan. South-West wall and profile of the South-East wall. The photo was taken with a Japanese "point-and-shoot" camera on September 17, 2000 at 17:00. Distance to the wall — about 1500 m.

The Flight of the Albatross route was completed by team No. 1 on October 2, 2000.
The Wyoming Sheep Ranch route was completed by team No. 1 on September 25, 2000.
The Atlantic Ocean Wall route was completed by team No. 1 on October 7, 2000.

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