Ascent made during the 1972 USSR Alpine Championship
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Class of ascent — technically difficult.
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Area of ascent — Bezengi, Mikhigri gorge.
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Ascent route — Pushkin Peak via the North face (5000 m).
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Characteristics of the ascent:
height difference — 2000 m, average steepness — 60°, length of the most difficult sections — 980 m,
- Number of pitons used:
rock pitons — 112 pieces, ice pitons — 80 pieces, drilled pitons were not used.
- Number of climbing hours — 70 hours only on the wall.
- Number of bivouacs and their characteristics:
1st — lying on snow, 2, 3, 4th — in a snow cave under the wall, 5th — sitting (3+1 person), 6th — normal, lying bivouac.
- Team of climbers from Bezengi CS "Trud" Sports Society.
- Team captain and coach Kudinov Igor Borisovich — Master of Sports of the USSR, Anoshin Georgy Germanovich — candidate for Master of Sports, Verzhensky Vladimir Ivanovich — candidate for Master of Sports, Ekimov Sergey Mikhailovich — candidate for Master of Sports.
- Ascent dates — from August 14 to 21, 1972. II. Team's final ranking —