PASSPORT

Rock climbing category.
Sierra Nevada Mountains (Yosemite National Park, California, USA).
El Capitan peak, South-West wall (Atlantic Ocean Wall route).
Proposed category of complexity 6B cat. sl.
Height difference — 720 m, route length — 1007 m (wall), length of sections 5–6 cat. sl. — 907 m, including 6 cat. sl. — 707 m, average steepness of the route — 91°.
Used means for insurance and I. T. O. (in the denominator): rock placements 57+7*/60, hook elements 305+24*/320, bolts for ITO 42*/42, sky(cam)-hooks 87 were used.

* — stationary on the route. Here, 2–3 bolted hooks at insurance stations are not taken into account.
Team's working hours — 45.5 hours. Days on the route — 3.5.
Overnights: 1 — on a platform, 1 — lying on a ledge, 1 — on the summit.
Participants: Igolkin Viktor Ivanovich Oleinikov Yuri Vladimirovich MS
Coach: Igolkin Viktor Ivanovich MS
Exit to the route: October 4, 2000 (15:00), summit: October 7, 2000 (21:30), return to BL: October 8, 2000 (08:45).
Organization: Alpkлуб g. Magnitogorsk.

Participants:

Igolkin V. I.

Oleinikov Yu. V.

Address: 455000, Magnitogorsk, Lenina 37-23, tel. (3511) 21-10-24 sl., 32-71-86 (Igolkin V. I.).

El Capitan

Rock placements	Bolts	Elem.	Hooks	Notes	Section	Cat. sl.	Length	Steepness
2	9+4*	7*	10		R12–R13	6	37	95°
2	16+3*	7*	6		R11–R12	6	37	95°
5	19+1*	4*	11		R10–R11	6	43	95°
1	27	-	-		R9–R10	6	50	95°
5+1*	15+1*	1*	8	October 5, 2000 19:30	R8–R9	6	43	90°
3	27+1*	1*	10		R7–R8	6	50	100°
4	23+1*	3*	7	October 6, 2000 7:00	R6–R7	6	47	100°
4+1*	11+1*	1*	-		R5–R6	6	20	140°
4	7	3*	4	Processing 20:00 (4.10)	R4–R5	6	37	90°
-	5	-	-		R3–R4	5	15/60	75°
-	12	-	-		R2–R3	5	40	75°
-	6	-	-		R1–R2	5	47	65°
-	5	7*	4		R0–R1	6	50	50°

Route diagram in YUAA symbols

Rock placements	A-class	Bolts	Elem.	Hooks	Notes	Section	Cat. sl.	Length	Steepness
-		7	-	-		R24–R25	5	53	70°
5+2*	A2	7+1*	5*	4		R23–R24	6	23	110°
3		4+3*	1*	3		R22–R23	5	52	80°
2	A1	17	1*	-		R21–R22	6	33	90°
4+2*	A3	11+1*	1*	4		R20–R21	6	43	95°
2	A1	23	-	-		R19–R20	6	43	95°
3	A3	14+3*	6*	5		R18–R19	6	40	95°
1	A2	4+1*	-	2		R16–R17	6	10	95°
2	A2	6+2*	1*	2		R15–R16	6	20	95°
2	A2	11+2*	2*	3	Processing - 19:30	R14–R15	6	37	95°
5+1*	A2	9+2*	-	4	October 6, 2000 18:00	R13–R14	6	37	90°

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