Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class — winter
2. Region — Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Ridge, Ak-Su gorge
3. Object — Ak-Su peak
4. Complexity category — 6B (Chaplygin's '88)
5. Elevation gain — 1500 m, length — 1930 m. Length of sections with 6th category of difficulty — 455 m. Average steepness of the route — 68°
6. Pitons driven: | Rock | Bolt | Cams | Ice | | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | | 269 | 5 | 223 | 83 |

AkSu (N), center of the North face, 6B cat. diff. by B.A. Khandzhapov

1.4.2. Report on the ascent of the team from Irkutsk to the summit of AkSu (N) via the center of the North face (Ruchkin'96) (3rd ascent)

August 2008 09.09.2008 Khandzhapov Bair

Ascent Passport

1. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Laylyak valley, 5.4.2.
2. AkSu (N), 5217 m, center of the North face.
3. Proposed 6B cat. diff. (third ascent).
4. Route type — combined.
5. Height difference — 1517 m, wall section height difference — 1415 m;

Passport

1. Category — technical.
2. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Ak-Suu valley.
3. Peak 5229 (A. Blok) via North-West ridge.
4. Petrichenko's 5B category route from 1984 is proposed.
5. Height difference: 1020 m, length 1101 m.
6. Length of 5th–6th category sections — 770 m. Average steepness of the route — 66°, including:

• 6th category — 4500–4790 m — 85°
• 4790–5089 m — 74°

Ascent Record

1. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Laylyak valley, 5.4.2.
2. Peak Bloka, 5239 m, via West and Northwest wall (Maximenya route, 2008)
3. Proposed — 6A category (2nd ascent)
4. Route type: rock
5. Route height difference: 875 m, wall 790 m (by altimeter) Route length: 1035 m. Length of sections:
   • 5th category — 125 m.
   • 6th category — 615 m.

I. Climbing category: technical.

2. Climbing area: Pamir-Alai, Turkestan Range.
3. Summit: 4850 m (Vizbor Peak) via the northern edge, combined.
4. Estimated complexity category: 5A
5. Route characteristics: height difference — 650 m; length of sections 5–6 c/tr — 190 m; average steepness of the route's rocky part — 55°.
6. Pitons hammered: for belaying — 30 (6), chocks — 40.
7. Duration: 20 hours.
8. Camping: comfortable, on ridges — 2.
9. Team members: Kavunenko Vladimir Dmitrievich — MSMK Grakovich Valentin Fedorovich — MS, Korolev Alexey Vladimirovich — CMS, Lisetsky Vladimir Anatolyevich — CMS

Russian Mountaineering Championship, High-Altitude Class

Report on the Ascent of Peak Iskander via the South Face

Team from Moscow

5. Height difference of the route:	1030 m, wall 625 m (by altimeter)
Length of the route:	1320 m
Length of sections:	V cat. diff. – 345 m, VI cat. diff. – 245 m
Average steepness:
main part of the route	85°, total route – 65°

FEDERATION OF ALPINISM AND ROCK CLIMBING OF UKRAINE

World Championship in Alpinism Technical Class

Report

On the ascent of the team Ukraine — 2 (FACS Kharkov region) to peak Iskander 5120 m

Via the South wall. Route Zhiltsov's VI-A cat. sl. rock. Third ascent. Poltavets E. I. — team leader Timko E. N.

Kharkov 2013

Participants of the ascent

1. Team leader — Poltavets Evgeny Ivanovich. MS. Coaches — Sukhareva L. N., Kopeyka G. V. Address: 61144, Kharkov, Akademika Pavlova str., 162A,

Ascent Report on Peak Iskander via the South Face

Ascent Passport

1. Pamir-Alay, Turkestan Range, Laylyak gorge, 5.4.2. 36a
2. Peak Iskander, 5120 m, via the South Face (Zhiltsov's route, 1998)
3. 6A category of difficulty (4th ascent)
4. Route character: rock
5. Route height difference: 1030 m, wall height 625 m (by altimeter) Route length: 1320 m. Section lengths:

• V category of difficulty — 345 m.
• VI category of difficulty — 245 m. Average steepness:

FEDERATION OF ALPINISM AND ROCK CLIMBING OF UKRAINE

World Championship in Alpinism Technical Class

Report

On the ascent of the Ukraine-2 team (FAR Kharkiv region) to Peak Iskander 5120 m

Via the South Face. Zhiltsov's route VI–A cat. sl. rock. Third ascent. Poltavets E. I. — team leader Timko E. N. Kharkiv 2013

Participants of the ascent

1. Team leader — Poltavets Evgeniy Ivanovich. MS. Coaches — Sukhareva L. N., Kopeyka G. V. Address: 61144, Kharkiv, Akademika Pavlova st., 162A,

Ascent Report

Teams of the Irkutsk Region Federation of Alpinism and Climbing to the peak Iskander (5120 m), first ascent via the right part of the South face, approximately 6B category of difficulty. Russian Alpinism Championship, high-altitude technical class. Kyrgyzstan, Pamir-Alay, Lailak valley region, August 2015.

Team:	Bashkirtsev E. P.
	Veretennin D. A.
Coach:	Kosoturov S. V.

Ascent Passport

1. Pamir-Alay, Lailak valley region. According to KMGV 2013 – 5.4.2
2. Iskander. Height 5120 m. Right part of the South face. Route name "Water Truce".