Dhaulagiri Himal

Report on the expedition of the State Sports Committee of the Kazakh SSR to the summit of Dhaulagiri (8167 m) via the West Face in 1991.

QUESTIONNAIRE about the work of the expedition of the State Sports Committee of the Kazakh SSR to the Dhaulagiri summit Name of the summit, its height, route Dhaulagiri, 8167 m, West wall (indicate – first ascent, variation, which one on the route) difficulty category – 6B Dates Departure from Moscow on March 8, 1991; arrival in Moscow on June 2, 1991. Date of the base camp establishment: April 2, 1991.

Report on the ascent of Dhaulagiri I (8167 m) via the Northeast Ridge, category 5B difficulty, with details on tactics and technical description of the route.

Climbing Passport High-altitude technical class. Himalayas. Dhaulagiri I — 8167 m, via the Northeast Ridge. Proposed category — 5B. Elevation gain — 3400 m (by altimeter); length — 7100 m. Length of sections with 5th category difficulty — 2500 m; Average steepness: main part of the route — 35° entire route — 30°.

Route guide to Dhaulagiri via North-East Ridge, category 5B, climbed by a team led by E. Vinogradsky in 2005.

PASSPORT Himalayas Dhaulagiri, via the Northeast ridge Proposed category of difficulty is 5B (for a group). Category 5A. Route type — combined Route elevation gain — 3510 m Route length — 7100 m. Length of sections with category V difficulty — 1020 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 45°. Average steepness of the entire route — 37°. No pitons were used.