Independence North
Route Description: СЗ кф., траверс
SSummitMateTraverse route of Shipka, Revolyutsii and 26 Bakinskikh Komissarov peaks in the Yazgulem Range of Pamir, first ascent of NW buttress of Shipka peak.
10. TEAM COACH – HONORED COACH OF THE USSR, MASTER OF SPORTS SIVTSOV
Boris Grigorievich
11. DATE OF DEPARTURE ON THE ROUTE AND RETURN TO THE CAMP:
16.08.1973 – 23.08.1973.
Map-Scheme of the Ascent Area
§1. Brief Geographical Description
Peak Revolyutsii (6974 m) is located in the Central Pamir in the eastern end of the Yazgulemsky ridge. Together with its neighbors along the ridge:
Route Description: Ю ребру, траверс
SSummitMateReport on the ascent of climbers from the USSR Armed Forces to the peak of October Revolution via the southern edge through peak 6254m in 1968.
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ON ASCENT TO PIK OKTYABR'SKOY REVOLYUTSII VIA SOUTH RIDGE FROM YAZGULEM-DARA GLACIER THROUGH PIK 6254 m. A COLLECTIVE OF ALPINISM INSTRUCTORS FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR.
THE ASCENT IS DEDICATED TO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR.
1968
Photo 2. Pioneering ridge of Pik Revolyutsii. (Taken from the overnight stop on descent from Pik 6254 m.)
The objectives of our team's ascents in the 1968 season were Pik 26 Baku Commissars (6834 m) and Pik Revolyutsii (6974 m). These peaks had been visited by Soviet climbers several times before, but all ascents were made either from the Fedchenko Glacier or the Grumm-Grжимайло Glacier.
Our team's task was complicated by the fact that the chosen routes to these peaks started from the south, a region that Soviet climbers rarely explored.
Participants of the Armed Forces (AF) gathering began preparing for the expedition in the autumn of 1967.