Ascent Passport

1. Rock climbing
2. Region: Crimea, Batiliman
3. Peak: Kush-Kaya
4. Route: via South wall, "pants" via the right pant leg
5. Difficulty category: 5B
6. Route characteristics: height difference — 370 m, length — 440 m. Average steepness — 58°
7. Pitons used: rock — 28 pcs.
8. Duration: 6 hours, descent via trail — 0.5 hours
9. Ascent leader: Pavlov Yuri Dmitrievich, 1st sports category, participant: Devin Andrey Viktorovich, 2nd sports category
10. Coach: Vorobyev Mikhail Yuryevich
11. Ascent date: May 2, 1980
12. Organization: SK "Sevastopol"

KUSH-KAYA via S wall, "pants" via the right pant leg 5B difficulty category

Approach from the belay anchor area left-up along the ledge, then 20 m up through cracks to a large terrace under the yellow overhanging rocks and under them to the right to a tree growing on the slope bend. R0–R1 From the tree up 10–15 m and to the right through several strawberry trees another 15 m to a ledge. R1–R2 Straight up through a small inside corner to a ledge under a smooth slab, pass it on the left side, and through the inside corner ascend left-up to a tree. R2–R3 5 meters through the corner under a 4-meter wall, exit through it to grassy ledges, through which right and up to a tree under red overhanging rocks. R3–R4 From the tree left to a gray slab and through a crack 15 m to trees on a ledge. Further 70 m to the right and up through ledges to a large juniper, through a small corner to a tree on a ledge. R4–R5 35 m in the direction of a large outcrop to a deciduous tree growing at the base of the outcrop. R5–R6 35–40 m of difficult climbing to the top of the outcrop. Belay station slightly below the top on the left side. R6–R7 Through complex rocks 10 m up to a piton and from it move right to a crack. Through the crack 25 m left-up to a small grotto with a bush. R7–R8 Piton path 25–30 m to a small site at the beginning of an inside corner. R8–R9 Through the left or right crack of a trough-shaped groove 15–18 m to the top of the "cucumber". From it 5–6 m up through a slab, then left to the beginning of an inside corner and through it to a grotto 15–20 m. R9–R10 From the left edge of the grotto 25–30 m up through an inside corner. R10–R11 To two pitons on a slab, through them 30 m through an inside corner to the summit.

Necessary equipment:

• rope — 40–45 m
• chocks — 10 pcs.
• rock pitons — 6–7 pcs.
• étriers — 2 pcs.

KUSH-KAYA via S wall, "pants" via the right pant leg

20 m 90° 5–6 25 m 85° 5 10 m 80° 4 25 m 83° 5 20 m 90° 6 20–30 m 90° 7 (A1–2) 25 m 80° 4 15 m 90° 5 35 m 85° 4 30–35 m 75° 4 70–80 m 60° 2

50 m 60° 2 30 m 45° 2