Russian Mountaineering Championship 1997. Technical Climbing Category. Sugan-Bashi Peak (4450 m). Route: Right part of the Eastern wall — KTSHGV point 2.6.52. Climbed by the team of North Ossetian Republican Search and Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and the "Ossetia" mountaineering club. Leader: Egorin Sergei Vladimirovich, CMS. Coach: Korablin Boris Nikolaevich, MS USSR, Honored Coach of the RSFSR. Year of ascent: 1997. Address and phone number of the North Ossetian Republican Search and Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia:

• 362035, RSO-Alania, Vladikavkaz
• Kostа Street—273; phone: 74-11-03 Coach Korablin Boris Nikolaevich's phone:
• St. Petersburg
• 246-05-19 (home)

Ascent Passport

1. Climbing category: winter.
2. Climbing area: Caucasus, Sugan Range.
3. Peak, route: Sugan-Bashi (4450 m), via the North-Eastern wall.
4. Complexity category: 6A.
5. Height difference:
   • including the actual wall part — 1060 m (excluding the ice fall)
   • sections with a steepness of 90° and above — 270 m
   • total route length — 1270 m

Ascent Log

1. Ascent type: rock
2. Ascent area: Caucasus, 26
3. Peak, its height, and route — Suganbashi, 4450 m via the right part of the NE wall
4. Proposed difficulty category — 5B
5. Route characteristics elevation gain — 1060 average steepness — 75 ° length of sections: I — 80 m, II — 290 m, III — 480 m, IV — 300 m
6. Number of anchors used for belays to create FTO: