Ascent Passport

1. Class: High-altitude technical.

2. Pamir, Shakhdarin Range.

3. Peak Engels via Central col, NE ridge (Chunovkine's variant), 6510 m

4. 6B difficulty category.

5. Elevation gain: 2200 m, length: 3300 m.

Length of sections with 6 - 5 complexity category: 1500 m. Average steepness: rock wall — 86°, ice wall — 55°, summit ridge — 45°. Number of pitons installed on the route: 12.

Previously installed pitons used: 42.

7. Team's moving time: 105 h 11 min.
8. Overnights: 1st — sitting on a rock ledge

2nd — lying on a snow-ice platform, 3rd — semi-sitting on a snow-ice platform, 4-6th — lying on a snow-ice platform, 7-9th — sitting on a snow-ice ledge, 10th — lying on a snow-ice platform.

9. Leader: Junior Sergeant Shcherbakov A.K., Master of Sports

Participants:

• Abramov A.V. Master of Sports
• Smirnov D.S. Master of Sports
• Tyurikov O.N. Candidate for Master of Sports

10. Coach — Demchenko A.S. International Master of Sports II. Departure to the route: August 14, 1991.

Summit: August 24, 1991.

Return: August 24, 1991.

12. Organization — CKA IZ MVD. 2-84 Khanty-Mansiysk, 3-85, 15 participants.