Author: Dmitry Pavlenko, Bishkek

Corona 6th tower 4B

It's great when you can climb two routes of the same declared category in one day; it makes comparison much easier. After Dvurogaya, we immediately climbed the 6th tower because I was very curious about where the 4B route was. The wall rising directly from the col looked inadequate, especially considering the year of the first ascent - 1959, so we went to examine the ledges from right to left. The ledges led us to fifth-category rocks, quite lively at the beginning. We managed to climb two full pitches of normal climbing, which we had to break into three sections for safety reasons. We climbed onto the col not far from the summit tower, with the rope on the ridge. Corona 6th tower 4B, crux We descended without problems via the ascent route, with two full rappels down to the piton traverse.