Западный Рцывашки

Traversing the ridge from Mukhola to Komosomola Ukrainy, a combined route of category 4B complexity, route description and key points.

Mukhol — Komsomol Ukrainy In 1964, V. Shabokhin, L. Artyushenko, A. Zeidler, and V. Samoylenko traversed the ridge from Mukhol to Komsomol Ukrainy from July 17 to 21, bypassing the rocky massif of Glavnaya Izmaitsy from the east. No other ascents to the peaks of this section of the ridge were made. Mukhol — Komsomol Ukrainy (combined route by V. Shabokhin, 4B category of difficulty, Fig. 2, 15). Fig. 15. From the initial bivouac on the right bank of the Rtsyvashki River (group of 4–8 people), cross the river and ascend along the bank of the stream in the lateral gorge to the tongue of the Severny Rtsyvashki Glacier, which descends from the saddle of the Sugansky Ridge between the peaks of Mukhol to the right and Severny Izmaitsy to the left. Without reaching the glacier, turn right. Then, along simple, gently sloping, gradually increasing in steepness, heavily destroyed rocks and scree of the second (counting from the base of the Eastern ridge of Mukhol peak) couloir, ascend 600–650 m to the saddle of the Eastern ridge of Mukhol. On the saddle, turn left and: along simple, steep, местами strongly destroyed rocks of the Eastern ridge or along the ledges on its right side, pass the simple gendarme head-on,