Ascent Passport

1. Rock class
2. Region Crimea, Batiliman
3. Peak Kush-Kaya
4. Route via the Southwest wall through the "sole" on the right
5. Cat. diff. 4B, first ascent
6. Route characteristics: height difference — 440 m. length — 510 m. average steepness — 60°
7. Used rock pitons — 6 pcs.

Ascent Log

I. Rock climbing category 2. Region: Crimea, Bati-Liman 3. Peak: Kush-Kaya 4. Route: via the center of the Southwest wall 5. Climbing category: 4B 6. Route description: height difference — 410 m, length — 470 m. Average slope — 61° 7. Equipment used: 20 rock pitons, 13 stoppers 8. Duration: 5 hours, descent via trail — 0.5 hours 9. Ascent leader: Mikhail Yu. Vorobyov, team member: Andrey V. Levin. Coach: Mikhail Yu. Vorobyov. Ascent completed on November 9, 1980.

ASCENT DOCUMENT I. Rock climbing category 2. Area: Crimea, Batiliman 3. Peak: Kush-Kaya 4. Route: via the buttress of the South wall, "mitten" 5. Climbing category: 4A 6. Route description: height difference - 390 m, length - 500 m, average slope - 51° 7. Equipment used: rock pitons - 22 pcs. 8. Time taken: 6 hours, descent via trail - 0.5 hours 9. Leader: Tkachenko Georgiy Aleksandrovich

Kush-Kaya, Kol'tso route, 5A, F6a

The beginning of the route to point R4 is shared with the routes:

• "Krokodil" (V cat. diff.)
• "Shkuroder" (V cat. diff.)
• "Po tsentru cherez kusty" (II–III cat. diff.) The route starts from a large ledge ("first football field"), located above the lower belt of rocks. The ledge is distinguished by the red rocks hanging above it. Crimea. Kush-Kaya, Kol'tso route, 5A, F6a

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Route №10 «Diagonal»

5A V+ A2 520 m (12 pitches). Average time to complete — 5–7 hours. The route goes through a diagonal groove that crosses the southern wall bowl from right to left. Its upper part coincides with Route №7 «Classic». The route is interesting. However, it is not popular because the diagonal groove in its middle part is heavily overgrown:

• with grass
• with bushes The path from the parking lot to the start of the route takes about 40 minutes. Follow the trail to climb to the foot of the rocks in the «Roping Ground» sector. Move along the grassy ledge with trees going up and to the left, heading west, and reach a large terrace. From here:
• Climb 15 m up the moderately difficult rocks to the next large terrace.
• Continue moving along the terrace to the west towards the base of a wide internal angle with a tree growing nearby.
• Start the route from here. R0–R1: 40 m. Move up and to the left along the internal angle for 20 m, then make a difficult traverse to the right to a rocky ledge. Follow it up and to the right to a group of strawberry trees.

ASCENT FORM

1. Category: Rock climbing
2. Region: Crimea, Batiliman
3. Peak: Kush-Kaya
4. Route: Via the Southern wall through white spots
5. Category of difficulty: 5B, first ascent
6. Route characteristics: Height difference — 400 m, length — 480 m, average steepness — 57°
7. Pitons used: Rock pitons — 40 pcs, of which 15 pcs for ITO
8. Time taken: 8 hours, descent via trail — 0.5 hours
9. Ascent leader: Levin Andrey Viktorovich, participant: Babich Mikhail Anatolyevich

Ascent Passport

1. Rock climbing category
2. Region: Crimea, Batiliman
3. Peak: Kush-Kaya
4. Route: via South wall, "rybka" (The Fish)
5. Category of difficulty: 5A
6. Route description: height difference — 390 m, length — 460 m, average steepness — 58°
7. Equipment used: rock pitons — 18 pcs, nuts — 2 pcs
8. Climbing time — 6 hours, descent via trail — 0.5 hours
9. Climbing leader: Udovitsa Aleksandr Viktorovich, participant: Vorobyov Mikhail Yuryevich

Ascent Passport

1. Rock class
2. Region Crimea, Batiliman
3. Peak Kush-Kaya
4. Route via South wall, "уголок" (corner)
5. Cat. diff. 5B, first ascent
6. Route characteristics: height difference — 325 m. Length — 390 m. Average steepness — 57°
7. Piton usage: rock pitons — 32 pcs., petal pitons — 6 pcs.

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