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Ascent of Shkhara Main Peak North Face via the "po butylke" route, category 6A, first ascent by the St. Petersburg Sports Committee team.

Ascent Certificate

  1. Ascent class — technical.
  2. Ascent area — Central Caucasus, Bezengi gorge.
  3. Peak Shkhara Gl., 5068 m, via the N wall of the 3rd ridge (“the bottle”), first ascent.
  4. Proposed category of difficulty — 6.
  5. Height difference — 1500 m.
    • wall — 1450 m
    • length — 3880 m
    • including wall length — 3130 m
      • of which 5–6 cat. diff. — 920 m
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Account of the ascent made by the Elbrus airline crew to the Western Pharaoh (5057 m) via the northern wall of the eastern ridge buttress in 1982, rated as category 6B difficulty.

Ascent Passport

  1. Class — technical
  2. Central Caucasus, Bezengi region 2.5
  3. Western Shkhara (5057 m) via the north face of the eastern ridge spur, second ascent of the route
  4. Proposed difficulty category — 6
  5. Height difference — 1157 m (3900–5057), wall length — 1730 m, length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 660 m (3975–4570, 4780–4890), average steepness of main sections — 64–67°, of which 6th category — 320 m (4280–4570, 4780–4890), 77–79°
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