Ascent Passport

I. Class: Rock 2. Region: Eastern Caucasus 3. I-st Western Yarydag (4020 m) via the Western wall through the 2nd "well" and along the Southern ridge. 4. Difficulty category: 5B 5. Height difference: 1090 m, length of sections with 5-6 difficulty category - 270 m. Average steepness: wall - 75°, ridge - 45° 6. Pitons driven: rock - 51 For artificial climbing techniques - 4 Chocks - 16

ASCENT REPORT

I. Climbing category: rock climbing 2. Climbing area: Eridag ridge, Chekhychay gorge. 3. Peak, its height, ascent route, route characteristics: Eridag, 3925 m, via the left edge of the Western wall (A. Polyakov's route, variation), rock climbing. 4. Category complexity 5B, second ascent of the variation. 5. Route characteristics: height difference — 1100 m, length — 2165 m. Length of sections: 6th cat. diff. — 453 m, 5th cat. diff. — 440 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 73°. 6. Number of pitons driven: 7. Number of climbing hours — 12 h 45 min.

Ascent Passport

1. Climbing class — rock (within the framework of the winter class of the Russian Championship)
2. Climbing area — Eastern Caucasus, Chekhychay gorge, Dagestan
3. Erydag (3925 m) via the center of the Western wall through the "feathers" (Samoded route)
4. Complexity category — 5B
5. Height difference: — 880 m
   • of which on the wall part of the route — 680 m
   • total route length — 1930 m
   • wall section length — 930 m
   • of which 5th cat. diff. — 525 m

I. Climbing category — rock climbing 2. CAUCASUS, Yaridag massif, Mt Shchedrina 3. Mt Yaridag I-western, 4020 m, via the center of the left part of the NW wall. 4. Route category 6B (according to the classification table – 5B category) 5. Route characteristics: — height difference: 1120 m — length of sections with 5–6 category difficulty: 939 m — average steepness: 68° 6. Pitons hammered: — for belaying: 251

Ascent Passport.

I. Ascent Class

• rock climbing.

2. Ascent Region

• Eastern Caucasus, YarnDagohiy ridge.

3. Peak, its height, ascent route — YarnDag Main 4150 m via the left part of the North-West wall.
4. Category of difficulty

• 5A.

5. Route characteristics:

• section length — new 5 km. tr. 44 I m. Height difference — 930 m. Average steepness 70°.

ASCENT DOCUMENT

I. Ascent class — rock climbing 2. Ascent area — 2.9 Eastern Caucasus Seldi 3. Peak, its height, and ascent route — 2nd Western Yary-dag (3900 m) via the western wall 4. Proposed difficulty category — 3B 5. Route characteristics: height difference — 800 m average steepness — 55–60° section lengths: R1-200, R2-300, R3-50, R4-12, R5-100, R6-40, R7-50, R8-60, R9-30 6. Pitons driven: for belaying:

First Ascent Passport

1. Climbing category — rock climbing
2. Climbing area — 2.9. East Caucasus Sel'dy (3664 m)
3. Peak, its height, and ascent route — (2nd Zap. Yarydag (3900)) via West wall (through the right "well")
4. Estimated difficulty category — 5A category
5. Route characteristics: height difference — 450 m average steepness — 60–65° section lengths:
   • R1 — 80 m

Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class — rock climbing
2. Ascent area — 2.9 Eastern Caucasus
3. Peak, its height, and ascent route — Eastern Shambuzdag, 3rd tower (4060 m) from the south
4. Proposed difficulty category — 2B No. 48105, May 22, 1979
5. Route characteristics:
   • elevation gain — 560 m
   • average steepness — 55°–60°
   • length of sections: R1 — 600 m, R2 — 15 m, R3 — 20 m, R4 — 15 m, R5 — 30 m, R6 — 7 m, R7 — 40 m, R8 — 7 m, R9 — 5 m
6. Pitons driven:

Ascent Passport

I. Ascent class - rock climbing. 2. Ascent area, ridge - Lesser Caucasus, Zangезur ridge. 3. Peak, its height, ascent route - U. Avetisyan peak, 3685 m, via the eastern shoulder. 4. Proposed category of difficulty - 1B. 5. Route characteristics: height difference - 200 m, average steepness - 40°. 6. Pitons hammered in: for belaying - 2/0; rock pitons - 2/0.

2. Traverse of Sulakhat summit from north to south — 2A cat. diff. (see Fig. 7)

From the northern summit, left and down into the pass. Then along the ridge (insurance through ledges!) to the control cairn. From the cairn, descend to the right along the crevice to a shelf and along it (piton insurance!) to the next ridge saddle. Then along the ridge to a 30-meter wall. Descend along it to the ridge. From the ridge, descend to the right to a shelf and then along the ridge to the base of the South summit. Ascent to the South summit along the ridge. Descent from the South summit to the right along a gully (insurance!) to a shelf and along it to exit to a narrow snow patch in a couloir. Then along the couloir (insurance!) to a large snowfield and down it. Then exit left along grassy slopes and scree to a trail and along it to the bivouac. The route from bivouac to traverse and back to bivouac takes 8–9 hours.

Recommendations for climbers

1. Number of participants in a group — no more than 8 people.
2. Initial bivouac — lower Sulakhatskaya nochevka.
3. Departure time from bivouac — no later than 5:00.
4. Special equipment for a group of 4 people: a) main rope — 2×30 m; b) expendable cordelette — 2–3 m; c) rock pitons — 4; d) ice pitons — 3 (in the second half of summer); e) rock hammers — 2; f) carabiners — 8; g) crampons 4 pairs (in the second half of summer).
5. Possible bivouac locations on the North, Central summits and under the South summit.