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Traversing the Turkestan Range from Kshymysh peak to Peak Fedchenko, category 6 difficulty.

Class of ascent — traverse Area of ascent — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range Route of ascent — Kshemyysh — 5282 m (via N. buttress), Mushketova Southern — 5200 m, Mushketova Northern — 5150 m, Mushketova Predvershinnaya — 5019 m, Shchurovsky Malyy — 5100 m, Muztash — 5100 m, Kharsang — 4800 m, Fedchenko — 5409 m. Characteristics of ascent: height difference of the N. buttress — 570 m average steepness of the N. buttress — 55–58° length of difficult sections 5 km cat. dif. — 2318 m 5–6 km cat. dif. — 222 m 6 km cat. dif. — 34 m