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Route Description: С гребню
A description of a mountaineering route that is not technically complicated, yet is very spectacular, to the summit of Bid from Naudin Lakes in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
From Bid with Naudin Lakes
Route Description: левой части СЗ стены
6B category route on the NW wall of Chapdara peak (5053 m), Pamir-Alay, first ascent in 1989 by the team of Mosсовет sport committee.
PASSPORT
- Technical class
- Pamir-Alai, Zeravshan Ridge, Alaudin Valley.
- Chapdara peak (5053 m) via North-West wall
- First ascent, 6B category of difficulty (tentative), combined
- Height difference — 1650 m, length — 2230 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — 1055 m, including 6 category of difficulty — 465 m. Average steepness of the route — 71°. Average steepness of the wall section — 77° (3400–4775)
- Number of pitons driven:
| Rock | Nuts | Bolt | Ice |
Route Description: левой части СЗ стены
Description of a new Category 6 route to the summit of Chapdara (5053 m) via the northwest wall in the Pamir-Alai, climbed by a team led by Viktor Merlis in 1989.
PASSPORT
I Technical Class 2 Pamir-Alay, Zeravshan Range, Alaudin Valley. 3 Chapdara peak (5053 m) via NW wall 4 First ascent, category 6 difficulty (tentative), combined 5 Height difference — 1650 m, length — 2230 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category difficulty — 1055 m, including 6 category — 465 m. Average route steepness — 71°. Average steepness of the wall section — 77° (3400–4775 m).
Route Description: левой части СЗ стены
First ascent of Chapdara Peak (5297 m) via the left part of the western wall, cat. 5B, by a group from the "Polytechnic" sports club in 1971.
REPORT
on the first ascent to the summit of Chapdara (5297 m) via the left part of the western wall, approximately 5B category of difficulty.
Team of Sports Club "Polytechnic"
August 20–23, 1971
Team Composition
| 1. Petrov M.V. — team leader | 1st sports category |
|---|---|
| 2. Karkoshko I.V. — participant | 1st sports category |
| 3. Gavrilov G.A. — participant | 1st sports category |
| 4. Bril A.G. — participant | 2nd sports category |
Route Description: СВ стене
Report on the ascent by a team from the Ukrainian Council of the Spartak Voluntary Sports Society to the summit of Chapayeva via the North wall in the Fan Mountains in 1970.
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All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
Central Council of the Spartak Volunteer Sports Society
Report
On the ascent to the summit of Chapdara via the North face of the team from the Ukrainian Council of the Spartak Volunteer Sports Society August 1–7, 1970 Kustovskiy A. A. Cherevko V. A. Shilo O. A.
Route Description: В ребру
Description of the 5B category difficulty route to the Chapdara peak via the Eastern ridge in the Fann Mountains, climbed by a team of climbers from Rostov-on-Don in 1987.
PASSPORT
I. Technical class. 2. Fann Mountains. Zeravshan ridge (Northern part). Alaudin lakes. 3. Chapdara peak (5050 m) via Eastern edge. 4. Category 5B (Cherevko route). 5. Elevation gain: about 1800 m. Route length 2875 m. Length of sections with U–U1 difficulty: 564 m. Average slope of the route — 57°. Average slope of the wall section — 62°. 6. Pitons hammered: rock 101 (2 used), bolted 6, chocks 154 (6 used), ice screws 3.
Route Description: В стене
Ascent to Chapdara peak (5297 m) via North-East wall, 6B difficulty category.
Ascent Passport
- Ascent class — high-altitude technical
- Ascent area — Pamir-Alai, Zeravshan Range
- Peak, its height, ascent route — Chapdara, 5297 m, via the Northeast wall.
- Expected difficulty category — 6B cat. diff., classified
- Route characteristics — wall, total route length (sections R0–R24) — 2200 m, length of sections I–VI cat. diff. — 920 m, wall height difference — 900 m, average steepness — 85–87°
- Pitons driven: for belaying, for creating ITDs: rock — 208 pcs., ice — 6 pcs., bolt — 12 pcs., chocks — 3 pcs.
- Number of climbing hours — 42 hours
- Number of bivouacs and their characteristics — three bivouacs: first — lying in a niche, all together; second — on a narrow ledge, three + one; third — on the ridge, platform, all together.
Route Description: В стене
Report on the ascent of the Voroshilovgrad Regional Council of the Burevestnik Sports Society team to Chapdara Peak via the East Wall, category 6B difficulty level, in 1982.
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Championship of the Central Council of the Voluntary Sports Society "Burevestnik", 1982. High-altitude technical class
Report
On the ascent to Chapdara Peak (5297 m) via the Eastern wall, category 6B, undertaken by the team from the Voroshilovgrad Regional Council of the Voluntary Sports Society "Burevestnik".
| Team Leader | Zagirnyak M.V. |
|---|---|
| Team Coach | Lyapin Z.F. |
| 11.08 | Distance, m |
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Route Description: В стене
### Ascent Description of Chapdara Peak (5297 m) via the Eastern Wall Details the ascent route of Chapdara Peak (5297 m) via the Eastern Wall, a 6th category difficulty route located in the Fann Mountains, accomplished in 1976 by a group of climbers led by Merlis V. P.
Passport
- Climbing category — high-altitude and technical.
- Climbing region — Fann Mountains.
- Summit Chapdara — 5297 m via the eastern face.
- Difficulty category — 6
- Elevation gain: from the base of the face to the summit — 1300 m, face height — 860 m, average steepness of the face — 85°, length of sections with 6th cat. diff. — 640 m.
- Pitons hammered: rock — 219, ice — 8.
- Number of climbing hours — 47 hours.
- Number of nights on the route — 3 nights.
- Team members:
Route Description: СЗ стене
### Second Ascent of the Northwest Face Route (Category 5B) on Chapdara Peak (5297m) in the Fann Mountains: Route Characteristics and Climbing Recommendations.
I. Category of technically challenging ascents 2. Area of ascent: Fann Mountains. 3. Chapdara, 5297 m, NW wall (Kiselev's route), category 5B, second ascent of the route. 4. Route description: route length — height difference — 2147 m, length of category 5 sections — 1700 m, average steepness — 70. 5. Pitons driven: rock — 103, ice — 36, chocks — 28. 6. Number of climbing hours — 41 hours. 7. Number of climbing days — 4, good bivouacs. 8. Number and description of bivouacs: three bivouacs: 1st on a snowy slope, 2nd on a narrow rocky ledge, lying down, separate; 3rd on a rocky ledge, lying down.