PASSPORT

of the ascent made in the 1973 USSR Alpine Climbing Championship.

1. Ascent category — technically challenging.
2. Ascent area — Fan Mountains, Surkhob Valley.
3. Ascent route with indication of peaks and elevations — via the center of the northeast face of Chyorny Peak (5010 m).
4. Ascent characteristics: elevation gain — 1450–1500 m, average steepness — 87–88°, length of complex sections — 1094 m.
5. Number of anchors installed:
   • rock anchors — 288,
   • 9 ice anchors in rock,
   • 8 wooden wedges;