DESCRIPTION

of the ascent route to Peak KAP

From the Ali-Bek base camp along the trail through the Ali-Bek river up to the Belalakai canyon via the "Monkey trail" to the overnight stay. 1.5 hours. From the overnight stay through a snow bridge in the canyon or via a wedged stone to the trail on the right-bank moraine of the Belalakai glacier and along it to the tongue of the glacier.

Crossing the tongue of the glacier in its lower part, approach under a wide green couloir and up it to the saddle on the north-eastern ridge of Peak KAP. 1.5 hours from the overnight stay.

ASCENT PASSPORT

1. Ascent class — rock climbing
2. Ascent area — Western Caucasus from Marukh pass to Nakhar pass
3. Summit — Peak Kap 3400 m via the North-Eastern ridge
4. Proposed difficulty category — 2B
5. Route characteristics: height difference — 700 m average steepness — 30° length of sections with 2–3 difficulty — 775 m
6. Pitons driven — for belaying (rock) — 7
7. Number of climbing hours — 6 hours
8. Number of overnight stays — none
9. Group composition:
10. Gorbachevsky A.D. — leader, CMS
11. Sergeev I.E. — 2nd sports category
12. Bokov A.S. — 2nd sports category
13. Sirotenko I.N. — 2nd sports category
14. Nikulin V.N. — 3rd sports category
15. Shubin S.A. — 3rd sports category
16. Team coach — Andryushchenko A.V.
17. Date of departure on the route — June 24, 1983

TABLE OF MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASCENT ROUTE

Section R7–R8