Khumbu Glacier

Report on the first ascent of Nuptse East (7804m) via the South Wall Southeast Ridge, category 6B.

Ascent Passport Class — high-altitude. Ascent area — Nepalese Himalayas, Nuptse-Lhotse massif, Nuptse-Lhotse couloir. Peak name — Nuptse East (Nuptse East), 7804 m, South-East ridge of the South Face. Proposed — 6B category of difficulty, first ascent. Height difference — 2400 m, route length — 4500 m. Length of sections with 6th category of difficulty — 1200 m. Average steepness: main part of the route — South-East ridge 65°; Summit Tower 60°. Overall route (from bergschrund) — 55°.

First ascent of Lhotse Shar (8386 m) South-East Ridge by Russian team in 1998 via route 6B cat. diff.

Passport High-altitude technical category Central Himalayas. Main Himalayan Range Lhotse Shar peak (8386 m) via the South-East ridge 6B category of difficulty (tentative), first ascent Elevation gain: 3036 m, length 5460 m Average slope of the route — 36° Pitons driven: | rock | chocks | ice | snow | | :--: | :----: | :--: | :--: |

Description of the first ascent to the summit of Jotse Middle (8414 m) along the Eastern Ridge in the Himalayas, category of complexity 6B, a combined route of 10550 m.

Ascent Passport Himalayas, Main Himalayan Range, section 10.1. Lhotse Middle Peak, 8414 m via the East Ridge Assumed 6B cat. diff., first ascent Route type: combined Route elevation gain: 3100 m. Route length: 10550 m. Length of sections with 5–6B cat. diff.: 210 m. Average slope: Main part of the route — 29°

Report on the ascent of the St. Petersburg team to the summit of Lhotse (8516 m) via the northwest wall couloir in the Himalayas in 2013.

ST. PETERSBURG ALPINISM FEDERATION St. Petersburg High-Altitude Climbing Cup 2013 DESCRIPTION OF THE ASCENT TO LHOTSE MAIN (8516 m) VIA THE NORTHWEST FACE COULoir, 5B category St. Petersburg Team Team Captain: Viktor Aleksandrovich Koval Team Coaches: Tatyana Ivanovna Timoshenko Oleg Viktorovich Kapitanov Ascent Passport Himalayas, section 10.1 of the mountain route classifier