Ascent Log

I. Winter Climbing Category. 2. Climbing Area: Central Caucasus, spur of the Main Caucasian Range. 3. Peak Chatyn 4368 m, route via the right part of the North face. 4. First ascent. Proposed difficulty category 5B. 5. Route characteristics up to the ridge: height difference — 710 m, length — 855 m, average steepness — 56°, length of 5 m/tr sections — 675 m. 6. Pitons used: ice screws — 78, rock pitons — 2, chock stones — 4, bolt pitons — 0. 7. Total climbing hours: ascent with processing — 18.5, descent to Base Camp — 10.5. 8. Overnight stay: half-lying, on the shoulder before the ridge, ice was chopped. 9. Leader: Viktor Petrovich Avtomonov, Master of Sports.