Pyramid

Description of the first ascent of Peak 5030 in the Turkestan Range via the North-Eastern ridge, category 4B difficulty.

Class — technical. Pamir-Alai, Turkestan Ridge, Kara-Su gorge. Peak 5030 m, via North-Eastern ridge, combined. Proposed — 4B category of difficulty, first ascent. Height difference — 1270 m, length 1672 m, length of sections 5 — 120 m, average steepness — 50°. Pitons driven: rock 4, ice 6, chocks 39. Climbing hours — 26, days — 2. Overnight stops — I, on the ridge, lying down. Leader: Tengiz Aleksandrovich Verulashvili, 1st sports category.

Ascent to Peak Piramidal'nyy via the central counterfort of the northern wall, made by the LOS DFSO trade unions team in 1989, description of the route and tactical actions.

Passport I. Technical class. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Kara-Su gorge (upper reaches of the Karavshin river). Peak Pyramidal (5510 m) via the central counterfort of the northern wall. First ascent, category VI complexity (tentative). Route characteristics: elevation gain: 1720 m, route length: 1985 m, length of sections: 5–6 cat. diff. — 1665 m, 4 cat. diff. — 320 m, average steepness: 1) main part of the wall — 76°, 2) rest of the route — 66 — 66°. Number of pitons used: | rock | chocks | ice |

Report on the first ascent of Pik Piramidal'nyy (5509 m) via the east buttress in the Pamir-Alay in 1987.

Climbing category — altitude-technical. Climbing area — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Kara-su river gorge (tributary of Karavshin river). Object of ascent — Pyramid Peak, 5509 m, via the eastern spur, combined route. Proposed — 5B category of difficulty, first ascent. Height difference — 1890 m, route length — 2520 m, including 5–6 category of difficulty — 1350 m, average steepness — 49°. Pitons driven | Rock | Bolt | Ice | Nuts | | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | | 40 | 0 | 50 | 39 |