Description of a new 6B category route ascent via the northwestern wall of Pik Asan in Pamir-Alay.
Ascent Passport Pamir-Alay, Karavshin valley, 5.4.3 Peak Asan, via the left part of the NW wall. Proposed — Category 6B difficulty, first ascent Route type: rock Route height difference: 930 m (3300–4230) Route length: 1010 m. Section lengths: Category V difficulty – 105 m, Category VI difficulty – 710 m. Average steepness: main part of the route – 89°, entire route – 74°. Number of pitons left on the route: total – 32; including bolted pitons – 32. Pitons used on the route: bolted stationary – 32, including artificial aids – 19; removable bolted – 0, including artificial aids – 0. Total artificial points of support (AID) used – 150. Team's walking hours: 90.5 hours, 11 days. Team leader: Mohyla Volodymyr Fedorovych — Master of Sports Participants: Lavrinenko Oleksandr Vadymovych — Candidate for Master of Sports; Nikolaev Vadym Valeriyovych — Candidate for Master of Sports; Cheban Viarel Ivanovych — 1st sports category
Report on the ascent of route 6A category of complexity via the North-West wall of Pik Asan (4230 m) in Karavshin valley, made by the team of Ryazan regional federation of mountaineering and rock climbing in 1999.
— 1 — 6А 2-е μ² 4¹/² 4¹/² Peak Asan (4230 m) via the NW wall center, 6А cat., Gorbенко route, 1986. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range. Karavshin gorge. Ascent Passport Ascent plan — technical Ascent area — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Karavshin gorge Peak Asan (4230 m) via the NW wall center, Gorbенко (Odessa) route, 1986, ninth ascent Cat. — 6А Height difference — 830 m. Length — 1015 m; including 5–6 cat. — 865 m, with 6 cat. — 415 m. Average slope — 78°, 6 cat. — 85°.
Description of a grade 6 difficulty route via the North Face of Pik Asan (4230 m) in the Turkestan Range of the Pamir-Alay.
Passport Rock class. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range. Peak 4230 m (Asan), center of the NW wall. 6B category of difficulty. Height difference 830 m, length 1015 m, length of sections 5–6 cat. diff. — 865 m, of which 6 cat. diff. 415 m, 5 cat. diff. — 450 m. Average steepness of the route 78° (sections R0–R26, heights 3400–4230 m) and in them 6 cat. diff. 85° (260 m, 3540–3800 m, 110 m, 3890–4000 m). Pitons driven: | Piton type | Total | Driven | | :--------- | :---- | :----- | | Rock | 129 | 21 |
Description of the first ascent of a Category 6B route through the center of the NW face of Pik Asan (4230 m) in the Turkestan Range, Pamir-Alay in 1986.
PASSPORT Rock climbing category. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Ridge. Peak 4230 m (Asan), center of NW wall. Proposed 6B category of difficulty for the first ascent. Height difference 830 m, length 1015 m, length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — 865 m, of which 6B category — 415 m. Average slope of the route 78° (3400–4230). Of these, 6B category 85° (3540–3800, 3890–4000). Driven pitons. | Rock | Bolt | Nuts | | :--: | :--: | :--: | | 145 | 24 | 119 |
The second ascent of the NW wall of Peak Asan (4230 m) in the Pamir-Alay, category 6, made by the team of the Kharkov mountaineering club in 1988.
Rock climbing Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range Peak 4230 m (Asan), center of NW wall 6B, second ascent Height difference 830 m, length 1015 m, length of 5–6 sections – 865 m, of which 6 – 415 m. Average steepness – 78° (3400–4230 m), of which 6 – 85° (3540–3800 m, 3890–4000 m) Pitons driven: rock 54/35, bolted 46/7+39x, chocks 191/66, x – reuse of previously driven pitons Climbing hours 36 and days 3 Overnights: 1 – four in a tent on a ledge, two in hammocks; 2 – four in a tent in a "niche", two in hammocks