«Belka»

The route passes in the left part of the Chelebi bastion. The start is to the left of the «Strelka» Suslov's route, approximately twenty meters away.

Up a vertical internal corner between two slabs:

  • free climbing 5 cat. diff. — 10 m to a ledge (on the first two pitons, loops hang for orientation).
  • from the ledge 15–20 m up a thin crack and so on A2 (skyhooks may be needed) to a rusty ledge.

On the rusty ledge, it's possible to make a station (there's an old rusty piton with a loop, approximately 30 m from the ground).

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From the ledge upwards, first along the crack, then skyhooks in the direction of the cornice. The cornice is passed in the left part. Behind the cornice, to the right, to a good crack. On the second drilled hole, there's a station. The section is 30 m and A2. There are six drilled pitons:

  • The lower one is rusty, left over from Suslov's attempt.

Then, along good cracks, straight up in the direction of the white internal corner. местами лазание, местами и.т.о. A1. The section is 40 m. The station is at the base of the white internal corner, there's a drilled piton. Up the corner 20 m and A2 to the junction with «Strelka».

Further along the rocks 3–4 grade, 30–40 m to the top. Then along the couloir with trees to the yayla.

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