Karavshin

### Route Description Along the Northwest Wall of the Mountain Detailed analysis of sections and technical difficulty.

Photo — 4. Date taken — 1986. Lens — Industar-52. Distance — 4 km. Shooting height — 4000 m. Shooting point number — 4. 1 — Kritsuk route on C 3 wall, cat. 6 1988. 2 — Rusyaev route on "mirror" 3" wall, cat. 6 1988. 3 — Voronov route on 3 wall, cat. 6 1988. 4 — Kopeyka route on 3 wall, cat. 6 1988. 5 — Pogorelov route on NW wall, cat. 6 1986. 6 — Moroz route on NW wall, cat. 6 1986. 7 — Gorbenko route on C NW wall, cat. 6 1986. 8 — Rusyaev route on "mirror" NW wall, cat. 6 1988.

Description of the route "along the center of the North-West wall of the peak Asan" 6B category of complexity, climbed by a team of climbers in 1991.

Passport Category — rock climbing. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Kara-Su gorge (upper reaches of the Karavshin river). Peak Asan, centre of the North-West wall (Rusyayev's route). 6B category of difficulty. Height difference — 730 m. Length — 1095 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — 950 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 72°. Pitons hammered: | Rock Pitons | Bolt Pitons | Nuts | Holes for sky-hooks | | :---------- | :--------- | :----- | :------------------ |

Description of a Category 6B route to the summit of Asan (4280 m) in the Turkestan Range of the Pamir-Alay.

I. Rock Climbing Category Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Karavshin valley Peak Asan, 4280 m, via the center of the NW wall (Rusiaev's route) 5th ascent Route difficulty: 6B Height difference - 820 m, route length - 1035 m, length of sections with 5-6 difficulty category - 935 m, including 790 m of 6th category. Average steepness of the route - 73°. Average steepness of the wall section - 69°. Pitons driven: rock pitons 80/32, chocks 86/18, bolt pitons 5/5 + 40 previously used Team's climbing hours - 30.0 Days on the route - 2 Overnight stays - I - lying on a ledge for 5 people

Ascent via the center of the northwest wall of Peak Asan, category 6B difficulty, climbed by a team of Leningrad climbers in 1991.

Type of ascent — rock climbing Area of ascent — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range Peak Asan (4230 m) — centre of NW wall. KTMGV 5.4. Complexity category — 6B Height difference — 780 m of which: wall — 730 m length — 1120 m length of sections 5–6 cat. diff. — 1020 m of which 6 cat. diff. — 845 m. Average steepness of the route — 71°, of which wall — 73°

Description of a 6th category difficulty route through the Northwest wall of Peak Asan (4230 m) in the Turkestan Range, Pamir-Alay.

Passport Class — rock Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Ridge, Kara-Su gorge Peak Asan (4230 m), along the center of NW wall 6B cat. difficulty Height difference 830 m, length 1045 m, length of sections 5–6 cat. difficulty 880 m, of which 6B cat. difficulty — 450 m. Average steepness of the route 78° (3400–4230), of which 6B cat. difficulty 85° (3540–3800, 3800–4060) Driven pitons: | rock | bolt | chocks | | :---: | :----: | :----: | | 95/31 | 25/25 | 161/55 |

### Second Ascent of Peak Asan (4204 m) Wall in Pamir-Alay Details the tactics and technical maneuvers employed by the team during the second ascent via a Category III route (6B complexity).

PASSPORT Rock climbing Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Karavshin valley Peak Asan, 4204 m Second ascent, 6B category difficulty Elevation gain — 865 m, length — 1075 m Length of sections with 5–6 category difficulty — 975 m, including 6B category difficulty — 830 m. Average slope of the route (3340–4204) — 77°. Average slope of the wall section of the route (3340–4120) — 80°. Pitons hammered in | Rock | Chocks | Bolt | Ice | | :--: | :---: | :--: | :-: |

Description of the ascent via a category 6 route on the Northwest wall of Pik Asan (4230 m) in the Pamir-Alai mountains, achieved by a team from the Nevsky district alpine club of Leningrad in 1988.

Ascent Log I. Ascent type — rock Ascent area — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Ridge Peak Asan (4230 m) — via the "mirror" of the NW wall. Category IIIV 5.4. Estimated difficulty category — 6B, first ascent Height difference — 830 m of which: wall — 780 m Total length — 1120 m Length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 1020 m of which: 6th category — 845 m (3400–3680, 3720–3940, 3990–4110, 4140–4180)

Report on the ascent made by the MSU Alpine Club team to Peak Asan via the Timofeev route, rated as Category 6A.

Report On the ascent to the summit of Pik Asan via the Timofeev route, 6A category of difficulty, by the MSU alpine club team from August 14 to 19, 2019. I. Climbing Report | | 1. General information | | | :--: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | 1.1 | Full name, sports rank of the leader | Saveliev Igor Borisovich, Master of Sports | | 1.2 | Full name, sports rank of participants | Khrabrov Kuzma Andreevich, 1st sports rank, Afanasiev Georgiy Sergeevich, 1st sports rank, Burov Pavel Aleksandrovich, 1st sports rank | | 1.3 | Full name of coach | Saveliev Igor Borisovich |

Ascent certificate for the summit of Asan via the 6B category route up the center of the NW wall, featuring a detailed description and photographs.

Ascent Passport Region, gorges: Turkestan Range, Karavshin. 5.4.3. Name of the peak: Asan, route name: via the center of NW wall (Timofeev 1988). 4230 m. Proposed: 6B category of difficulty. Route character: rock. Route height difference: 1330 m, maximum 500 m. Route length: 1391 m. Length of sections: V category of difficulty 300 m, VI category of difficulty 545 m. Average steepness: main part of the route 77°, total route 73°. "Hooks" left on the route:

Description of the passage of a category 6B route to the summit of Asan (Turkestan Range) by a team of climbers in 1991.

Passport Rock climbing category. Turkestan Range, Karavshin valley. Peak Asan Northeast wall (Timofeev's route). 6B category of difficulty. Height difference 750 m, length 1225 m. Length of sections: VI–475 m V–190 m IV–130 m