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Report on the ascent of Category 6B route on the wall of El Capitan in Yosemite, USA, by a team from the alpine club of Magnitogorsk in 2000.

Passport

  1. Rock climbing category.
  2. Sierra-Nevada Mountains (Yosemite National Park, California, USA).
  3. El Capitan peak, South-West wall (Wyoming Sheep Ranch route).
  4. Proposed difficulty category 6B.
  5. Height difference — 810 m, route length — 1012 m (wall), length of sections with 5–6 difficulty category — 1012 m, of which 6 category — 906 m, average steepness of the route — 95°
  6. Used means for belaying and I.T.O. (in the denominator): | Rock Climbing Hooks | Placement Elements | Bolts for I.T.O. | Sky(cam)-hooks | |:--------------------|:--------------------|:-----------------|:---------------| | 73 / 73 | 433 + 16* / 430 | 31* / 31 | 169 |
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Route documentation for El Capitan (USA) via the 10-V wall, complexity category 6B, ascended by Russian climbers in October 2000.

PASSPORT

  1. Rock climbing category.
  2. Sierra Nevada Mountains (Yosemite National Park, California, USA).
  3. El Capitan peak, South-West wall (Atlantic Ocean Wall route).
  4. Proposed category of complexity 6B cat. sl.
  5. Height difference — 720 m, route length — 1007 m (wall), length of sections 5–6 cat. sl. — 907 m, including 6 cat. sl. — 707 m, average steepness of the route — 91°.
  6. Used means for insurance and I. T. O. (in the denominator): rock placements 57+7*/60,
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First ascent of the Southern Ridge of Pik Voennyh Topografov (6873 m) in Chinese Tien Shan, rated 5B-6A.

  1. High-altitude and technical class
  2. Central Tian-Shan, Kokshaal-Tau ridge, from the south (China).
  3. Peak Voennykh Topografov, 6873 m, via the south ridge (first ascent).
  4. Cat. diff.: 5B–6A (approximately)
  5. Height difference: ascent 4400–6873 m — 2473 m, descent 6873–4600 m — 2273 m. Total length — ascent — 4930 m (fixed ropes — 4130 m on ascent). Length of sections with 5–5+(6) cat. diff. — approximately 1340 m, 4 cat. diff. — approximately 1720 m, horizontal sections of the ridge — 1620 m. Average slope of the route — 40°, above the horizontal part of the ridge — 50–55°,
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Report on the first ascent of the peak Maryay (5482 m) via the eastern ridge, category 5A, China, Sichuan.

Ascent Passport

  1. Central China, Sichuan Province, Daxi-Shan ridge, section according to the classification table - "11.3. China"
  2. Name of the peak: Maria (5482 m), name of the route: via the eastern ridge.
  3. Proposed - 5A cat. dif., first ascent.
  4. Nature of the route: combined
  5. Route elevation gain: 475 m (by GPS) Route length: 645 m. Length of sections:
    • IV cat. dif. - 260 m
    • V cat. dif. - 180 m. Average steepness:
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First ascent of the southern rock wall of Shvartsa Peak 2510 m in Antarctica, cat. 6B, 1120 m, 9 days.

ASCENT DOCUMENT

  1. Region — Antarctica, Queen Maud Land, Wohlthat Mountains.
  2. Peak — Shvartse (Valery Chkalov) 2510 m via the center of the southern wall.
  3. Proposed route — Category 6B, first ascent.
  4. Route type — Rock climbing.
  5. Route characteristics:
  • Height difference: 930 m
  • Route length: 1120 m
  • Category 6B sections: 635 m
  • Category 5B sections: 160 m
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Description of the 6A category complexity route to the Sablya summit via the left bastion of the north-eastern wall in the Polar Urals, climbed by a team of climbers in 2004.

Passport

  1. Subpolar Urals, 8.3 (section number according to the 1999 classifier)
  2. Peak name: Sablya; route name: via the left bastion of the NE wall
  3. Proposed 6A category of difficulty, first ascent
  4. Route type: combined
  5. Route elevation gain: 700 m (by altimeter) Route length: 750 m. Length of sections with 5th category of difficulty: 310 m, 6th category of difficulty: 200 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route: 79°, of the entire route: 73°
  6. Pitons left on the route: total 30; including bolted: 30. Pitons used on the route:
    • chocks: 248, including for ITO: 213
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Description of a combined route, category 3А, to Mt. Maly Vudyavrchorr via L-spur of W-wall of Mt. Bolshoy Vudyavrchorr in Khibiny mountains.

Climbing Passport

I. Climbing category - combined. 2. Climbing area - Khibiny Mountains 3. Peak, its height, and route - Mt. M. Vudyavrchorr, via the Left Edge of the Eastern wall of Mt. Bolshoy Vudyavrchorr; 1068.2 m. 4. Expected difficulty category - 3A cat. diff. 5. Route characteristics: height difference - 750 m. Length of sections: 1 - 120 m 2 - 450 m 3 - 100 m

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Report on the ascent of the Murmansk region team to the Takhtarvumchorr mountain ridge via the "Otkol" route in the center of the northern wall, category 5A.

RPO "Mountaineering Federation of Murmansk Region" Championship of the Northwestern Federal District in mountaineering, technical class

Report

On the ascent of the Murmansk Region team to Takhtarvumchorr ridge, Southern peak to "Otcol" via the center of the northern wall, Afanasiev V.Yu., 2004 - 5A cat. diff.

Team Leader

Druzhkin Andrey Sergeevich

Participant

Fedorishin Alexey Leonidovich

Coach

Kurdiy Alla Andreevna

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Report on the third ascent of the "Through the center of the belt wall" route, category 5B, on the Takhtarvumchorr ridge in the Khibiny Mountains.

Report

On the ascent of the Takhtarvumchorr ridge, via the center of the Belts Wall. Estimated category of difficulty — 5B. For classification. (First ascent: Andreev A.B., 2004) Khibiny mountain range, Takhtarvumchorr ridge, Classification table section number: 8.6. Team coaches:

  • Kurdiy A.A.
  • Pochivalov S.S. Team leader: Druzhkin A.S.
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The ascent to Ai-Petri via "Feathers" is 5A cat. diff., 600 m long, takes 7 hrs, and requires piton belay and traversing of challenging rock sections.

Ai-Petri (Main Peak) via "Feathers" 5A cat.

The wall faces southeast with a 500-meter cliff and is located in the center of the Ai-Petri massif. The route requires:

  • vertical pitons
  • horizontal pitons
  • U-shaped pitons
  • ice pitons R0–R1: From the Khosta-Bash clearing, approach the base of Ai-Petri and move along the talus to a large inclined rock shelf 40 m wide and 40–45 m long. The route begins from this shelf. 1–2. Ascend easy rocks to the base of a chimney. For the first 40 meters, the chimney is very narrow, so it is recommended to ascend without a backpack. Organize belays in the widening part of the chimney. The rocks are difficult. The next 40 meters are ascended:
  • on tensioned limbs
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