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Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class: first ascent.
2. Area: East Caucasus, Main Caucasian Range, south of Shahdag and Erydag peaks.
3. Peak: Tfan, 4191 m, via the south ridge, combined.
4. Proposed difficulty category: 1B.
5. Route characteristics: elevation gain from Kutkashen town (1000 m) is 3200 m, from the base camp at Gotur pass (3150 m) is 1040 m, average slope is 20°, about 400 m at 35–45°, category 1B — about 300 m, category 2A — 80 m.
6. Pitons driven: 2/0, 6 pieces required for a team.

Tfan Glavny via NW slope and NE ridge. Singin D.G. Eastern Caucasus, November 2, 1810

PASSPORT

1. Character of the route — combined
2. Eastern Caucasus, Makhmudchai River valley
3. Tfan Glavny via North-Western slope and North-Eastern ridge
4. Claimed 2A cat. dif. — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 690 m, length — 1540 m Length of sections:
   • 2 cat. dif. — 600 m
   • 3–4 cat. dif. — 15 m

Report

First ascent of Gaikomd Central peak via South-East wall (through the cave)

Climbing Details

1. Climbing area – 2.9. Caucasus, from the Pereval Kreстовый to the peak Shaviklde
2. Object of ascent – Gaikomd peak, via SE wall (through the cave)
3. Category of difficulty ≈ 5B
4. Character of the route – rock climbing
5. Characteristics of the route: Height difference – 690 m Route length – 1045 m

East. Shakhdag, via South Couloir by Asadov Ya. A. East Caucasus 2.11.2018

Passport

1. Route type — combined
2. East Caucasus, Shahnabad and Kusarчай river gorges
3. Shakhdag East via South Couloir
4. Assumed 2A cat. diff. — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1125 m, distance — 2260 m Length of cat. diff. 2 sections — 600–700 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 35°
6. Moving time — 6 hours

Passport

1. Character of the route — rock
2. Eastern Caucasus, Shakhnabad and Kusarчай river gorge
3. Shahdag Eastern by the North-eastern slope
4. Assumed to be category 2B difficulty — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1025 m, length — 2270 m Length of category 2–3 difficulty sections — 140 m 3–4 category difficulty — 70 m Average steepness of the main part of the route — 26°
6. Travel hours — 11 hours

Passport

1. Character of the route — rocky
2. Eastern Caucasus, Shakhnabad and Kusarчай river gorge
3. Shahdag East via the 3rd bastion
4. Category 5A difficulty — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1225 m, length — 2435 m Length of category IV–V sections — 100 m V category difficulty — 235 m, V+–VI category difficulty — 30 m Average steepness of the main part of the route — 63°
6. Hooks left on the route (not hammered out) — 2 pcs.

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Passport

1. Class: First Ascent.
2. Eastern Caucasus, Shahdag massif, from Sudur valley.
3. Peak 4100 m, in the western ridge of Shahdag massif, via the couloir of the northern wall, combined.
4. Difficulty category — 3B.
5. Height difference — 950 m, length — about 1800 m, length of sections with III difficulty category — 500 m, IV difficulty category — 40 m, average steepness 30°, steepness of the main part of the route 40–55°.
6. Pitons — 52, ice screws, cams — 0.
7. Climbing hours — 9.
8. No overnight stay.

KAMCHATKA V. Aag Via the South Edge, category 3A difficulty Material on the first ascent of the route to Mount Aag. Height 2500 m, via the southern edge, category 3A difficulty.

Route Description

Mount Aag is located in the northwestern part of the Avachinskaya group of volcanoes, 50 km from the city of Petropavlovsk. The path to the volcano begins from the settlement of 5th Stroika. In good weather, the summit serves as a landmark; in poor visibility, the direction is taken by compass — 37° NW. The journey from the settlement to the initial bivouac takes 10 hours. The initial bivouac is set up on a plateau near a triangular rock. The height of the plateau is 700 m. Departure at 2 am to avoid the snow getting soggy on the plateau during the day.

Photopanorama of the ascent area of Avachinsky volcano. #4 — 1B cat. dif., (Winter) Southwest slope E. Lenz, 1842. #5 — 1B cat. dif., Southeast slope V. Arsenyev, 1923.

Ascent Passport

1. Area — from Krestovyi pass to Shaviklde peak, p. 2.9
2. Peak — Gaikomd Centralny, 3100 m, via South-West edge
3. Proposed — 5A category of difficulty, first ascent
4. Route type: rock climbing

5. Route characteristics:

Height difference of the route: 700 m. Route length: 850 m. Length of sections:

• III category of difficulty — 180 m.
• IV category of difficulty — 100 m.
• V category of difficulty — 160 m.