Ascent Log

1. Category: Technical.
2. Region: Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range.
3. Object of ascent: Peak 4810 m.
4. Category of difficulty: 6B (approximate), first ascent.
5. Route description:
   • Height difference: 1050 m,
   • Length of sections: 6th category of difficulty 603 m, 5th category of difficulty 360 m, 4th category of difficulty 145 m,
   • Average slope: 78°.
6. Pitons used:

Passport

1. Class: Technical ascents.
2. Climbing area: Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range.
3. Object of ascent: Peak 4810 m, Northeast wall.
4. Difficulty category: 6B
5. Route characteristics: Height difference: –1050 m. Route length: –1443 m. Length of sections:
   • 6th cat. diff. – 708 m.

Ascent Certificate

1. Category: Rock climbing.
2. Ascent area: Pamir-Alay, Turkestan ridge, Ak-su river gorge.
3. Object: Peak 3850 m via the right edge of the NW wall (Lebedev), 5.4.3.9.
4. 5B category of difficulty.
5. Route length: 1276 m, including wall section (R9–R24): 552 m. Height difference: 920 m, including wall section: 500 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty: 556 m, including 5th category: 444 m.

PASSPORT

1. Northern spurs of the Turkestan Range, Ak-Su river gorge.
2. Peak 3850 m via the right edge of the NW wall.
3. Proposed 5B category of difficulty, first ascent.
4. Height difference 700 m, length 1310 m; Length of sections:

• 6th category of difficulty — 102 m;
• 5th category of difficulty — 422 m;
• 4th category of difficulty — 150 m.

7. Average steepness of the route — 60°.

General view of the summit and route. Akau river valley. July 3, 1991. 1330. "Triplet" lens 6–29. Distance 1 km. B. CAECOBA

I. Rock climbing category. 2. Pamir-Alay, Turkistan Ridge, Ak-Su gorge. 3. Peak 3800, via North-North-West face. 4. Proposed category 6B, first ascent. 5. Height difference 660 m, route length 911 m. Length of sections: 5–6 cat. diff. – 450 m. 6 cat. diff. – 460 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route 80° (3140–3590). 6. Pitons hammered in: rock pitons 36

1. Climbing category — altitude-technical.
2. Climbing area — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Kara-su river gorge (tributary of Karavshin river).
3. Object of ascent — Pyramid Peak, 5509 m, via the eastern spur, combined route.
4. Proposed — 5B category of difficulty, first ascent.
5. Height difference — 1890 m, route length — 2520 m, including 5–6 category of difficulty — 1350 m, average steepness — 49°.
6. Pitons driven | Rock | Bolt | Ice | Nuts | | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | | 40 | 0 | 50 | 39 |

Passport

I. Technical class. 2. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Kara-Su gorge (upper reaches of the Karavshin river). 3. Peak Pyramidal (5510 m) via the central counterfort of the northern wall. 4. First ascent, category VI complexity (tentative). 5. Route characteristics: elevation gain: 1720 m, route length: 1985 m, length of sections: 5–6 cat. diff. — 1665 m, 4 cat. diff. — 320 m, average steepness:

1. main part of the wall — 76°, 2) rest of the route — 66 — 66°.

6. Number of pitons used: | rock | chocks | ice |

1. Class — technical.
2. Pamir-Alai, Turkestan Ridge, Kara-Su gorge.
3. Peak 5030 m, via North-Eastern ridge, combined.
4. Proposed — 4B category of difficulty, first ascent.
5. Height difference — 1270 m, length 1672 m, length of sections 5 — 120 m, average steepness — 50°.
6. Pitons driven: rock 4, ice 6, chocks 39.
7. Climbing hours — 26, days — 2.
8. Overnight stops — I, on the ridge, lying down.
9. Leader: Tengiz Aleksandrovich Verulashvili, 1st sports category.

Ascent Passport

1. Ascent category — technical.
2. Ascent area — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range.
3. Peak 4490 m («Ptitsa») via the central buttress of the N wall.
4. Proposed category — 6B, first ascent.
5. Height difference — 780 m, length — 810 m. Length of 5–6 category sections — 630 m, of which 6 category — 450 m. Average steepness — 72° (3710–4490), steepness of the wall section — 77° (3760–4390).
6. Pitons hammered in: | Type | Primary | Additional | | :---------- | :------ | :--------- |