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Ascent Record

1. Category: Technical
2. Ascent Area: Central Caucasus, Adyl-Su valley
3. Peak: Volnaya Ispaniya (4200 m)
4. Route: via North-Eastern edge (B. Subartovich route), Category 5B, 2.4.34
5. Elevation Gain: — 535 m Distance: — 720 m Length of Category VI sections: — 70 m Average steepness of the main route section: — 73 degrees entire route: — 62 degrees

1. Climbing type — rock climbing.
2. Climbing area — Central Caucasus, Main Caucasian Range.
3. Peak: Volnaya Ispaniya (4200 m) via the NE edge.
4. Category 5B complexity (Subortovich route)
5. Route characteristics: Average steepness of the main wall section — 78°. Average steepness — 48°. Height difference — 480 m. Length of sections: Category difficulty section — 135 m.
6. Pitons hammered in: | rock | ice | bolt | chocks | |:----:|:---:|:------:|:-----:| | 18 + 11^X | 7 | 2^X | 19 |

Climbing Passport

1. Rock climbing category.
2. Region 2.3, Caucasus, from Nakhar pass to Chipperazau pass.
3. Nakhar Bolshoy, 3784 m, point 90, V. Kovtun's route 1977 via the center of the NW wall, rock climbing route.
4. 6B complexity category, second ascent.
5. Route characteristics: height difference – 800 m, wall height difference – 650 m (from 2990 m to 3640 m), average wall slope – 70°, route length – 1300 m, wall section length – 800 m, section lengths: 1 – 60 m, 2 – 150 m, 3 – 305 m, 4 – 110 m, 5 m, 5 – 620 m (including 25 m of artificial climbing), 6 – 55 m (including 50 m of artificial climbing), total artificial climbing – 75 m, with complexity: A1 – 15 m, A2 – 55 m, A3 – 5 m.
6. Equipment used on the route:
   • bolt hammers – 41/5, including 22 on stations
   • rock pitons – 158/42 – 28
   • chocks – 60/20 – 8

Passport

1. Technical class
2. Central Caucasus
3. Peak Chatyn Main — 4368 m, "по ромбу" North wall (route by L. Myshlyaev)
4. 6B category of difficulty
5. Elevation gain — 770 m, length — 880 m Length of sections with 5–6 cat. diff. — 520 m Average steepness of the main part of the route — 83° (3600–4040 m), including 6B cat. diff. — 95° (3825–3860 m; 3935–4030 m)

ASCENT DOCUMENT

1. Ascent category: technical
2. Ascent area: Central Caucasus, Shkhelda gorge
3. III western Shkhelda (4229 m) via the north face of the northwest ridge (Kensitsky variation)
4. 5B category of difficulty
5. Route characteristics: height difference — 1129 m, height difference of the route's wall section — 320 m, route length — 1630 m, length of the route's wall section — 340 m,