Pik Kalinina

Ascent to Peak Kalinina via the northwest wall, category 6B difficulty route. Description of the route and its passage by a group from Dnipropetrovsk.

NW Wall of Peak Kalinina 6565 m Geographic Description and Sporting Characteristics of Peak Kalinina Description of Climbing Conditions Peak Kalinina (6565 m) is located in the Academy of Sciences Range, Central Pamir. Along with Peaks Chetyrekh and Akhmadi-Donish, Peak Kalinina encloses the AYu-Dzhilga valley with a huge rocky-ice cirque. To the southeast, the massif of Peak Kalinina is quite dissected and is connected by gentle ridges to Peak Zhukova and an unnamed peak 6431 m. To the northwest, into the AYu-Dzhilga valley, Peak Kalinina drops with a two-kilometer rocky-ice wall. The first ascent to Peak Kalinina was made in 1972 by a group led by K. Kuzmin from the south, from the Odinnadtsati glacier. In 1974, a group led by V. Bozhukov, while traversing Peaks Kalinina and Kommunizma, ascended Peak Kalinina via the southeastern ridge, which runs from Peak Zhukova. Unlike other surrounding mountain regions, the AYu-Dzhilga valley is a relatively infrequently visited area of the Central Pamir. The beginning of mountaineering exploration in the area was made in 1966 by an expedition from Leningrad's "Spartak" led by Budanov. The Leningraders made ascents to Peak Akhmadi-Donish, Peak Chetyrekh, and Peak Yakira from the AYu-Dzhilga valley. Until the 1975 season, this was the only expedition to the valley.

Report on the first ascent of Pik Kalinina (6565 m) by a group of climbers, via a Category 5A route along the Peter I Ridge.

24 REPORT on the ascent to Peak Kalinina (6565 m) (first ascent) by the special group "Nurek" of CS SDSO "Burevestnik" | leader: | Kuzmin K.K. | — 3rd sports category USSR | | :------: | :----------: | :-------------------------: | | members: | Bozhukov V.M. | — Master of Sports USSR | | | Vanin V.V. | — Master of Sports USSR |