Ascent on "Барбера"

Free Korea Peak

Ak-Sai glacier · Chuy Region · Kyrgyzstan

SummitMateFebruary 26, 1991

Completed fullyNormalMain line

Ascent Format

Team Composition:Small groupAscent Style:Alpine styleMoving time:10h 40min

S4Seriousness

Big alpine day. Long mandatory section, non-trivial retreat or descent; a pacing or line mistake can already push you into darkness.

O2Objective danger

There are isolated dangerous spots, but they are short or well controlled by start time and line choice. The risk is usually clear and local.

6 sections · 1098 m

Alpine ice
Mandatory section
Key difficulty (crux):6Sustained difficulty:6Maximum angle:90°Sustained angle:90°Length:6 m sust. · 6 m total
Alpine ice
Mandatory section
Key difficulty (crux):5Sustained difficulty:5Maximum angle:50°Sustained angle:50°Length:520 m sust. · 520 m total
Alpine ice
Mandatory section
Key difficulty (crux):5Sustained difficulty:5Maximum angle:50°Sustained angle:50°Length:320 m sust. · 320 m total
Alpine ice
Mandatory section
Key difficulty (crux):6Sustained difficulty:5Maximum angle:75°Sustained angle:70°Length:80 m sust. · 92 m total
Alpine ice
Mandatory section
Key difficulty (crux):5Sustained difficulty:5Maximum angle:60°Sustained angle:60°Length:80 m sust. · 80 m total
Rock
Mandatory section
Maximum angle:40°Sustained angle:40°Length:80 m sust. · 80 m total