Climbing the Dzhigit Peak (5170). Report on the ascent to Dzhigit Peak General photo of the peak

The long and infinitely beautiful southern ridge of the Issyk-Kul basin is crowned by the Dzhigit ice massif with the peak of the same name. Among other no less majestic snowy peaks of the Terskaya ridge, Albatross and Brigantine stand out, and peak Djigit rises above them like a true national batyr. If you take a look at the endless expanses of ice, untouched snowdrifts covered with a snow blanket, you can notice the ornate bends of the Karakol Pass adjacent to the Vostochny Kultor glacier.

And on the other side of the Dzhigit peak is the Epur pass, which has the third category of difficulty and leads through the main ridge to the picturesque Karakoltor valley. The Dzhigit peak itself, covered with long tongues of hundred-year-old ice, beckons with a mysterious mountain cave within which eternal darkness reigns. When entering the cave, you need to be as careful as possible, for fear of subsidence of snow layers. In the place where the tongues of the Western Kultor glacier begin to disappear, unique bog mushrooms form with small inclusions of rock embankments and debris. And small stones frozen into the ice contribute to the formation of so-called ice glasses, constantly flooded with water. The tongues of the glacier themselves are dotted with multiple dangerous cracks and unpredictable snow cover, which can sink in the most unexpected places. Therefore, climbing a glacier is always carried out by climbers in a bundle, securing and supporting each other.

In the west of the Terskey Ala-Too ridge, the peak of Dzhigit itself flaunts, which is the third largest peak of this mountain range after the Karakol peak and. The majestic Dzhigit to the east is followed by a string of other peaks: Albatross, Hristo Botev peak and Brigantine, which together create an indescribable snow-mountain landscape of icy peaks.

Several difficult and difficult passes lead to the great Kultor through the main ridge, as well as through the ridges adjacent to Terskey on the southern sides.

The pass "Sun" runs from the western glacier of the Kultor peaks to the eastern one. This track is mainly used for short-term, most often one-day training, since when laying the main route, tourist groups go through the Kultor river valley without climbing the Solntsevo pass.

The glacier adjoins the Dzhigit glacier in striking proximity, which you can climb through the Ontor pass or, as it is also called, the First pass. The ascent starts along the flattened side of the glacier, but after a while the slopes of the glacier become steeper and steeper, more and more often there are glacial cracks, so experienced climbers bypass this area along the northern rocks.

But having risen to the pass, before the tired climbers, an indescribable beauty opens up to the view of the Karakol pass. It leads south through the Terskey Range to the headwaters of the Karakoltor River. To the Karakol pass itself, it is better to move carefully along the not steep glacial tongue of the Eastern Kultor, bypassing dangerous places and calculating the time spent on snow ice. The route of the pass is very dangerous, often there are deep ice cracks covered with a small layer of snow. On the pass itself there is a deep pit, the depth of which reaches 5 meters. This section is considered one of the most dangerous, because you have to cut steps along the vertical slope of the pit to go through this section of the path. Powerful snow cornices hang a little further, so the descents often start in a different place, skirting the dangerous area on the east side. Following each other in a safety rope, stepping in zigzags and holding on to the railing attached to the rocks, you can carefully and slowly descend after such a memorable ascent. And then for a long time to remember how on the pass itself one could see in all its grandeur the unique beauty panorama of Dzhigit Peak, which dazzlingly shone with impregnable ice under the cold mountain sun.

Labyrinths of snowy passes, overcoming mountain ledges and impenetrable rocky paths can give an unforgettable experience to those pioneers who decided to conquer the high and proud peak of the majestic Terskey at all costs. These hikes and ascents are associated not only with a sense of danger and the ability to respond to one’s own challenge, but also such a touching mountain romance, a sense of the secrets of the universe and contemplation of the true beauties of nature. Issyk-Kul, which, due to their impregnability, will never be spoiled by the intervention of man-made processes. That is why it is so precious and so reverent to realize that these mighty peaks of moraine ice were conquered by an ordinary person in climbing crampons and with an ordinary ice ax.

One of the highest peaks ridge Terskey-Alatau - Peak Dzhigit (5170 meters). A tall, sharp, proud Dzhigit stands as an impregnable guard on the north side. Of course, anyone who gets into the mountains of the Central Tien Shan, seeing the Dzhigit peak, is unlikely to remain indifferent. The peak is beautiful with that severe attractive beauty that cannot leave the climber's heart calm and which gives rise in the depths of a person's soul, that cherished desire: to set foot on the highest point of this greatness. The team of the club "Your Way" gathers tourists who are not indifferent to the mountains: those who are ready to challenge and climb the harsh peak, those who are important to experience the spirit of freedom and test the strength of their character, to temper the will for future exploits in life!

The program includes:

Consultations on equipment and preparation for climbing;

Individual approach to training before climbing;

Safe and optimal choice of acclimatization and climbing route to the five-thousander Tan Shan;

Team spirit for victory in every step towards the goal;

Relaxation and rest on the shore of Issyk-Kul after climbing

Description by day:

Day 1. Meeting the group at the airport in Bishkek. Transfer to Karakol. Acquaintance with the guide, team, briefing. In the evening - walks around Karakol. Karakol - former Przhevalsk, where the museum-estate of the famous ethnographer is located, as well as majestic mountains frame this place from all sides.

Day 2. Breakfast. Transfer of the group to a clearing in the Karakol gorge. Acclimatization radial hike to the lake Alakel (3600 m above sea level). Overnight in a clearing in tents.

Day 3. Promotion to the Ontor glacier. Smooth acclimatization in the mountains. Gorgeous views of rugged mountains. Overnight in a tent.

Day 4. Radial exit to the Ontor pass (1B, 3900 meters).

Day 5The beginning of the technical part of the ascent. Early exit. Ascent to the parking lot "Teapot" on the firn ridge. Overnight at an altitude of 4200 m.

Climbing the ridge to the "Teapot"

Day 6. Ascent to the shoulder of Dzhigit peak. Overnight at the pass.

Day 7Early rise. Summit assault. Descent to the parking lot "Teapot" or to the glacier.

Day 8. Reserve day in case of bad weather.

Day 9. Trek from the Ontor glacier under the Archalytor Severny pass.

Day 10Assault on the Archalytor Northern pass (2A, 4200 meters). Descent to the valley of the Jety-Oguz river.

Day 11. Exit along the Dzhetyoguz river. Visiting the red rocks. Bathing in hot springs. Overnight at the base in Karakol.

Day 12. Transfer to the shore of Issyk-Kul. Swimming in the lake, relaxing and celebrating a great route. Hooray!

Day 13 Departure to Bishkek. Flight home.

Depending on weather conditions and the condition of the group, changes in the route are possible.

Included in cost:

• transfer Bishkek - Karakol;
• accommodation at the base in Karakol;
• transfer of the group by all-terrain vehicles to the mountains;
• meals throughout the route;
• visiting hot springs;
• accompanying the group with an experienced guide;
• provision of public equipment (mountaineering - ropes, drills; tourist - tents, burners, bowlers);
• all-terrain transport - exit from the active part of the route;
• accommodation at Issyk-Kul lake;
• bathhouse at the end of the route;
• transfer to the airport at the end of the route;
• medical insurance for the group;

The price does not include:

• flight to Bishkek;
• personal climbing equipment - can be rented at the club's warehouse (subject to availability);
• personal first aid kit,
• additional accommodation in Issyk-Kul (if desired, it can be extended for any period)

Important details:

• Day trips - from 5 to 15 km.
• The composition of the group - from 4 people and 1 - 4 guides.
• All participants in the ascent must have the appropriate category of training.
• We will take turns in the camp kitchen. Everyone will be able to try to get firewood, light a fire and cook delicious food on a fire. During the ascent cooking on the burner.
• Provision is made for the delivery of food, public equipment and a part of personal climbing equipment on horseback. If you do not collect unnecessary things, then there will be no problem with the weight of backpacks. We will definitely give advice on what should be in the backpack, and what you can not take.
• If necessary, equipment (backpack, rug, sleeping bag, etc.) can be taken in rent (if available in the warehouse of the club).
  Group medical insurance is issued, before going on the route - registration with the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
• On request - for the duration of the climbing program for the family, we can organize sightseeing tour near Lake Issyk-Kul.
• We will be able to book you a place on the trip only with a 30% prepayment. In case of cancellation of the trip no later than a month before the start of the tour, the prepayment is not refundable, but remains on your "account" to pay for future hikes and ascents during the year.

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Terskey Alla-Too

Peak Karakolsky and Peak Dzhigit. Brief overview of the area.
How to get there. Who will help.

The material was compiled by climbers from Kyrgyzstan at the request website

Ridge Terskey Alla-Too located in the Central Tien Shan, on the territory of modern Kyrgyzstan. The ridge limits Lake Issyk-Kul from the south and extends from Semenov Peak (Sary-Dzhaz Ridge) to the Chu River for almost 400 km. From a climbing point of view, the central part of Alla-Too, between the Tuz-Ashuu and Dzhuku passes, is of great interest. Here are the routes of almost all categories from 1 to 6a (on our famous Dzhigit). Most of the routes are of the 4th and 5th category of difficulty, there are both combined, ice-snow and rock routes. Almost all peaks are over 4000 meters high, but there are also three five-thousanders (Big Ak-su peak, Karakolsky peak and Dzhigit peak).

From the city of Karakol to base camp drive 25 km. The area of ​​the Ayu-Tor gorge is accessible from the base camp, the approach to the parking lot takes 3-4 hours. From the parking lots under the routes approaches 1-2 hours. In this gorge, the routes are mainly 2, 3, 4 grades, but there are also four rocky fives. All routes in the area run in one day. In the remaining two areas - under the top of Dzhigit (5170m) and the peak of Karakol (5281m), the approach to the parking takes 5 - 6 hours, from the stops to the route - 1 hour. In both these areas, routes are mainly 4-5 k.tr. On Dzhigit peak there are routes 6a k.tr., for the passage of which gold medals were received at the USSR Championship. These were the teams of I. Slesov (1975), D. Sharashenidze (1976), V. Vakurin (1983). In addition, almost all routes to Karakol Peak were completed at the Union Championship in the intramural, technical class. In general, in the Terskey Alla-Too ridge there are several hundred routes entered into the classifier to 141 peaks of the region.

KSP no, we have organized our rescue team, but it has not yet gained its full strength. Communication - walkie-talkies are better to take with you. The best time for climbing in our area is July, August, early September. July, August - the weather is usually good in the morning, it rains in the evening, the weather is good again at night. September - the weather is almost clear, but a little colder.

Who drives through us, then problems with local practically none, because we ourselves are local.

Concerning products- if someone specifically will call on us, we will first give a detailed list of products that we have on the market, and prices for them, as well as exchange rates.
For example:
loaf of bread - 10 cents,
1kg of sugar - 55-60 cents,
1 kg of meat - 1 dollar 30 cents,
1 liter of gasoline - 35-40 cents,
1 dollar equal to 50 Kyrgyz soms.

Politics- everyone is quite loyal to visiting tourists. By the way, recently the official language in Kyrgyzstan is Russian.

Transport:
bus Bishkek - Karakol (state) 3-4 US$ per person;
minibus 4-5 US$ per person;
taxi 6-7 US$ per person.

We can provide:
shift shift Gaz-66, 16 seats;
UAZ 469, 6 seats;
Volkswagen Jetta, 4 passenger seats.
Walkie-talkies: 3 pieces "Angara", 2 pieces - "Tais" (portables).
For those who wish, there are porters - in any quantity.
Paperwork, OViR marks, border passes, permits to the Alps and tourist zones - through us without problems, in a short time.

We are travel agency "Alp-Tour-Issyk-Kul" Khanin Igor Viktorovich

You can find us:
Kyrgyz Republic, Issyk-Kul region, Karakol city, Brick factory, 61-1.
Tel. 3922 2-05-48, tel-fax 3922 5-01-63.
Travel agency "Alp-Tour-Issyk-Kul",
director - Gorbacheva Larisa Viktorovna, Khanin Igor Viktorovich.

Wrote a report on our ascent to Djigit Peak. One with numbers, diagrams and photographs. So that it does not gather dust in the archives of any commissions, I will post it on the net, maybe someone will be interested.

• Climbing passport
• District, gorge, section number according to the classification table: Tien Shan, Terskey Ala-Too, 7.10.44а
• Peak name, route name: Jigit in the center of the northern wall
• Difficulty category: 6A
• Route nature: combined
• Route altitude difference: 1200 meters
• Route length: 1400 meters
• Average steepness of the main part of the route: 75°
• Average steepness of the entire route: 60°
• Route used:
  hooks - 90 pieces
  embedded elements - 100 pieces
  ice screws - 18 pieces
  stationary bolts - 15 pieces, including
  including for ITO - 5 pieces
  Hooks left on the route - no
• Running hours of the team: 40, 3 and a half days
• Supervisor: Belotserkovsky Kirill Alexandrovich, CCM
• Participant: Ten Maxim Valentinovich, Candidate Master of Sports
• Trainer: Skopin Artyom Alekseevich, MS
• Exit to the route: July 28, 2014 at 4 am
• Exit to the top: July 31, 2014 at 12 noon
• Return to base camp: July 31, 2014 at 18:00
• Organization: FAiS RK

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Group photo peaks

Dzhigit Peak, north face routes

Characteristics of the area and the climbing object

The Terskey Ala-Too ridge is located in the north-east of Kyrgyzstan and limits the Issyk-Kul basin from the south. The average height of the ridge is 4500 meters above sea level, and the maximum height is 5281 meters (Karakol peak). The length of the ridge in the latitudinal direction is about 400 kilometers. The Terskey Ala-Too ridge ranks second (after the Meridian ridge) in terms of glaciation in the Tien Shan. The glaciation area here is 1081 square kilometers. Massive glaciation and the proximity of a large lake are the causes of unstable weather in the area. Dzhigit Peak (5170 meters)- the second highest peak of the region - located in the upper reaches of the Kultor River. The easiest route is along the western ridge (S. Silchenko, 1966) 4A. He is also a descender.
Of greatest interest are the northern and northwestern walls. And if routes of the fifth category pass along the northwestern wall, then the “sixes” mostly pass along the northern wall: D. Sharashhanidze in 1976 (first place in the USSR championship in the technical class), V. Vakurina in 1983, I. Slesov in 1975 ( first place in the USSR championship in the technical class), A. Ryabukhin 1965. On all routes, rocks alternate with ice. The rocks are mostly monolithic. Cracks are often filled with snow or ice. There are no convenient shelves on the wall, so you have to prepare places for overnight stays: cut down ice, lay stones, etc. Comfortable overnight stays are only on the ridge. I. Slesov's route has a combined character. We often had to switch from climbing on rocks to climbing on ice and then to a combination of both in different proportions. The first tried to make the most of free climbing on ice tools. There was almost no lasagna in the usual sense of the word. The constant use of tools on the rocks was dictated by both the features of the relief (rocks covered with ice) and the bad weather that accompanied us every day. The first one worked with a lightweight backpack, the second one moved on jumars and carried bivouac equipment.

Route map

Dzhigit Peak, Slesov route

Technical description of the route

Approach from the place of overnight stay along the open glacier in the direction of the right part of the icefall in the lower part of the wall. The passage in the icefall, after a long observation, was chosen in the evening, as it presents a certain difficulty. Contacted before the start of a gentle ice slope. We tried to pass the icefall as quickly as possible, along the way there were fresh pieces of ice. R1-R2 Access to the ice slope under the bergschrund. First, along steep ice covered with a thick layer of loose snow, then traverse to the left along the ice shelf. R2-R3 Approach on plain ice under the bergschrund. R3-R4 Overcoming the bergschrund. An overhanging ice wall, in some places covered with a thick layer of loose snow. We had to dig a trench in the snow, using ice screws to organize ATO. R4-R5 Movement to the right-up in the direction of a steep ice couloir. R5-R6 Along alternating walls and shelves under the inner corner with ice smudges. According to him, complex drytooling / ITO up. R6-R7 Right-up along the walls-shelves filled with ice, towards the inner corner. To the left of it, judging by the bolts, you can spend the night. R7-R8 Difficult climbing on the inside corner. R8-R9 Climbing / IT in an upward angle. The weather began to deteriorate: it snowed, the wind blew. R9-R10 Toward the top, the corner is twisted. Basically IT. Station on a local bolt, interlocked with something of his own. R10-R11 Along the ice shelf and the rocky inner corner to the top of the spall. There is a shelf one and a half meters. Uncomfortable sitting overnight. R11-R12 Descent to the ice ledge, traverse to the right. Then move up the inner corner with ice. Cold. Basically IT. R12-R13 Alternation of walls-shelves with ice. The climb is relatively easy. R13-R14 Confident AID up the wall to the right of the cornice. R14-R15 Up to the exit to flattening. It is snowing. R15-R16 Moving up moderately difficult rocks filled with ice. R16-R17 Same. R17-R18 Through the rocky step to the ice scallop. R18-R19 On a simple ice slope up to the rocks. By this time visibility had dropped to 10 meters. Strong wind, heavy snowfall. Everything is ready for an overnight stay.
They cut out a shelf in the ice (by bending the blade on one of the tools along the way). Semi-recumbent overnight stay. R19-R20 Move up along the most logical terrain. R20-R21 A little to the left-up to the overhanging wall with a bolt path. After it, traverse to the right, then up the steep inner corner. R21-R22 To the left, up the steep wall to the ruined (but soldered by ice) rocks. Perhaps this section can be bypassed if you leave the station to the right, and not to the left. R22-R23 Climbing on steep, sometimes overhanging rock feathers frozen into the ice. Despite the steepness, climbing is not too difficult. Drytooling. R23-R24 On gentle rocks to the right-up. On the way I met an old bolter. The station is just below the rocky ridge. The weather began to deteriorate. R24-R25 Along the rocky scallop and further along the rocks filled with ice. R25-R26 On the rocks covered with ice and snow, up under a small cornice. Very strong wind, snowfall. Visibility is severely limited. Dust avalanches constantly pass through the cornice. R26-R27 From under the eaves to the left-up along the rocky inner corner and further along the steep snow-ice slope to the ridge. On the slope, we never managed to get to the bottom of normal ice, so it was not possible to organize insurance. A small shelf was cut down on the ridge and a tent was set up. Comfortable overnight stay. R27-R28 In conditions of poor visibility, 200 meters along the snow-ice ridge with cornices to a short rocky step. R28-R29 Descent 5 meters. R29-R30 250 meters along the ridge with huge cornices to the top dome. They did not go to the highest point, since it is most likely a cornice.

Team tactical actions

July 28 at 4 o'clock in the morning went to the ascent. We passed the icefall and began to work on the route, which is steep cliffs interspersed with patches of ice. The whole second half of the day it was snowing, accompanied by wind. By 18 o'clock the bad weather intensified, and we decided to get up for the night. We spent the night sitting in a tent on a small shelf (one by one and a half meters). On July 29, it snowed all day, but despite this, by 19:00 we reached the snow-ice ridge before the start of the second steep rocky part. To organize an overnight stay, a part of the ice ridge had to be cut down. Slept half-lying. On July 30, the weather was satisfactory for most of the day. Thanks to this and the fact that the terrain, despite the preserved steepness, has become easier, we managed to reach the ridge. We got to the ridge in deep twilight and in conditions of very strong bad weather. They cut down part of the ridge, set up a tent. On July 31, we reached the summit along a ridge with large snow cornices.
We took pictures and started descending. After 5 hours we were on the glacier. Through the On-Tor pass we reached our camp under the wall, where we camped for the night.

We present the latest nominees for "Crystal Peak" - the team Alexandra Ulyanova with their hike with ascents to Dzhigit, peak of Siberian Universities, peak of Soviet Russia. Voting begins tonight and will last until November 30 - study the candidates and make your choice!

Hiking information:
Trekking with ascents to Dzhigit, peak of Siberian Universities, peak of Soviet Russia (group of Alexander Ulyanov)

Team:
Vasiliev Anton (supply manager)
Krachkov Peter (zavsnar)
Kudoyarov Konstantin
Polunovsky Valery (physician, financier)
Oleg Salnikov (repair dialer)
Salnikov Sergey (photographer)
Ulyanov Alexander (head)

Deadlines:
Group in the mountains from 1 to 29 August.
Kostya - from August 4 (he drove around Karakol, before that he led the campaign of the 2nd sergeant in the same area).
Oleg - until August 22 (he left and drove through Arashan, he had to go to work).

Passed thread:
Altyn-Arashan → r. Arashan → r. Tashtektor (casting) → per. Alakul Sev. 3950, 1A → lake. Alakul → alpine camp Karakol → shuttle on the river. Uyuktor (casting) → per. Lake East. 3950, 1B-2A → per. Rigan 4100, 1B → ice. Archalytor → per. Karbysheva 4350, 3A → ice. Ontor, taking a throw → lane. Dzhigit 4760, 3A → glad. settlement Dzhigit 5062 (according to the General Staff), 2B → ice. Karakoltor Zap. → r. Karakoltor → ice. 60 (University) → per. Phoenix Feathers 4750, 2B p/p → rad. settlement of Siberian Universities 4957 (according to the General Staff), 2A p / a → ice. 39 (Siberian) → per. Strongly interacting 4600, 2А p/p → ice. ? (Physicists) → trans. Weakly interacting 4300, 2А p/p → ice. 42 (Dinosaur) → r. Sarychat → ice. 29 (Hypergeometric) with icefall bypass → rad. Sovetskaya Rossiya 4937, 2B → per. Hypergeometric 4600, 2B p/p → top. ice plateau. Soviet Russia → per. Kanatokhodtsev 4650, 2B p/p → ice. Kuldurak → per. Kuldurak 4250, 2B p/p(?) → ice. Arpatektor → r. Tashtektor (taking a throw) → ice. Tashtektor → per. Soviet Russia 4300, 3A → ice. Soviet Russia → per. Solnechny 4350, 1B → ice. Molo Zap. → r. Molo → ice. Molo Vost. → per. Ziggurat 4400, 1B-2A p/p → ice. 2 (Sumerian) → ice. 1 (Gothic) → trans. Gothic 4200, 2А p/p → ice. 3 (Kashkasu Zap.) → per. Dichotomy 4250, 2B p/p → ice. 447 (Dichotomy) → p. Turgen → rad. per. Quartz 4250 + traverse Ottuk settlement 4300 = 1B p/p(?) → trans. Ottuk 4000, 1B → ice. Ottuk → r. Outflow.

Differences from the declared thread:
- refusal to climb Karbysheva from the lane. Karbysheva: lack of time after bad weather;
- refusal from the (first?) ascent to point 4771 from the lane. Ziggurat: snowstorm;
- a variation of the traverse of Ottuk Peak: snowstorm.

Alexander Ulyanov, Anton Vasiliev, Oleg Salnikov and Valery Polunovsky answer questions from Risk.ru

- Route. How was the idea born to collect and string all these beautiful mountains?

Alexander Ulyanov: In mountain tourism, passing through obstacles, most often passes, is more important than radial exits to the peaks. The Dzhigit pass in the shoulder of the peak of the same name is one of the defining elements of the hike, and the key to climbing to the peak falls on it, and not on the final section. The other two peaks dominate further along the route, where our goals were primarily exploration, and from the tops the view is better.
Dzhigit Peak (5070), Siberian Universities Peak (4913, p / a), Soviet Russia Peak (4935)

Collecting so many climbing objects in one route, what did you have to consider? How is it logical to fit several peaks into a hike thread?

Alexander Ulyanov: The section of the route linking these three mountains is almost straight. When I
I thought that after Dzhigit I should go east, he immediately caught my eye. At first I was even surprised that I had not noticed this before.

We had to take into account the weight of the products, because they had to be moved through the difficult Dzhigit pass.

- Did you climb all the peaks of the route along the already existing lines?

Alexander Ulyanov: On Dzhigit on 4A, you can say according to the "classics". We do not know anything about previous ascents to the peak marked 4958 on the map and consider ours to be the first. We called it the peak of the Siberian Universities, looking at the neighboring peak of the Vilnius University.

There are no routes to the peak of Soviet Russia in the FAR classifier. We climbed the western ridge, the easiest. The climbers walked like that, but from the north, and we from the south. I wonder who was first. We found a note from 1999 at the top, which says that Zavyalov's note from 1987 was taken.

In recent years, tourists have begun to go to the peaks more and more. What do you associate it with? Is this a natural development of tourism? Is there a risk of "losing" something essential with this approach?

Oleg Salnikov: In my opinion, the interest of tourists in the peaks is associated primarily with the beautiful views that open from them in good weather. Also, tourists are attracted by the greater height of the peaks compared to the passes. In addition, the peaks are more characteristic of the ridge nature of the obstacles, which adds variety in terms of technique.

If the main goal is not to climb the peaks, but to pass the route, then you won’t lose anything. In our campaign, climbing to the peaks was an additional element, a kind of decoration of the route. The route included five ascents, two of which had to be abandoned due to bad weather.

Valery Polunovsky: Climbing to the top is at least a way to view the maximum number of beauties, plus when passing the top you feel a greater challenge than on the pass. It is the natural desire of man to climb higher. And it does not lead to any significant losses.

Anton Vasiliev: It seems to me that tourists began to go to the peaks more and more in last years, since it is a thing of the past, in the minds of people, a strict separation of mountain tourism and
mountaineering according to the type of obstacles they pass, and as this barrier disappears from the mind, so it disappears in practice. The trend is not so much a natural and logical development of tourism, but an expression and manifestation in an explicit form of the desire that was originally laid in tourism, namely the desire to explore and cover as much beauty, features and attractions of the area as possible in one route. After all, climbing the peaks just allows you to more clearly and fully embrace the picture of the region, when your view is not obstructed by any neighboring peaks or slopes framing the saddle of the pass, and besides, the peaks are often the sights of the region. Thus, it is difficult to call it the development of tourism, and losing something with this approach is all the more impossible, because it is rather an acquisition, not a loss, or, more precisely, an expression of a potential opportunity.

- A few weeks together. Tell us about the recipes for successful group coexistence.

Alexander Ulyanov: No special recipes. The common cause unites, and the hiking experience
educates patience, especially in the leader. There were times when
I have a hard time with someone, but not on this trip.

Oleg Salnikov: You need to have patience and not swear because of all sorts of trifles.

- Would there be anything fundamentally new for you in this campaign? What haven't you done before?

Alexander Ulyanov: It is fundamentally new for me to lead a summer campaign, which means
so lengthy. The leadership of the five is also the first, but I'm not sure whether to consider this fundamental. Difficult rocky pass is new. I used to do first ascents, but I also participated in more difficult ones.

Oleg Salnikov: There were many new things for me: a large number of fixed ropes both on the whole trip and on individual passes; a large number of first ascents; a large number of rock ropes; independent exit from the route (alas, due to work, I did not have the opportunity to stay for the last part of the trip).

Anton Vasiliev: I had never been a supply manager before. As a result, after the trip, I can’t say that I frankly didn’t succeed, but you can’t please everyone. Also, before that, I had never been a leader on long technical ice sections, but it turned out to be not so
difficult. Here are the rocks - yes! I'm still afraid of rocks.

- Did the weather and conditions on the route indulge you or not?

Alexander Ulyanov: Definitely not spoiled. But they didn't interfere too much. Here helped the experience of mountain hiking in different times years, almost everyone had it.

Oleg Salnikov: The weather was different: sometimes good, sometimes so-so, and sometimes quite bad. Nevertheless, we managed to go through almost everything that was planned.

Valery Polunovsky: The weather encouraged us to go further, as soon as we decided to rest a little, it immediately deteriorated and forced us to rise and peck.

- I can not help but ask about food and rest in such a trip. How did they eat? How much rest?

Valery Polunovsky: They ate a lot, but were hungry. Rest in the five? No, have not heard!

Alexander Ulyanov: The food system is traditional for our section, taking into account preferences
hikers. For breakfast, different cereals, less often noodles. Sometimes breakfast with meat. For lunch, portions of cheese, bacon, sausages, seafood, sometimes soups. Dinner is usually meat with lentils, buckwheat, other cereals, soup every 3-4 days. Homemade stew, dried chicken and fish. Dried fruits, nuts, sweets on short breaks.

We didn't have much rest, mostly because of the bad weather. The schedule turned out to be tense, the time reserves are small. Our evenings were much shorter than before in difficult summer campaigns. However, regularly evaluating the state of the group, I have never concluded that an extraordinary rest is necessary at the cost of abandoning some obstacle.

Oleg Salnikov: We ate well, but a little less than we would like :) There was not much rest on the hike. Due to lack of time, the day planned for the 13th day turned into a quarter of the day, on which, nevertheless, pancakes were baked. Almost a full-fledged day turned out only on the 21st day. There were a few more jail terms in bad weather, but this cannot be called a complete rest.

- What is the uniqueness of this route?

Alexander Ulyanov: I don't know if you can talk about uniqueness. The routes are all different.
The main feature of ours is a large number of first ascents, although the area as a whole is very popular and easily accessible. I would like the coverage to become wider, and there are fewer repetitions in the threads.

Oleg Salnikov: In my opinion, the uniqueness of the route lies primarily in the large number of first ascents (10 passes out of 18) in an underexplored part of the popular area. The route was built in such a way as to first pass two defining passes of category 3A, and then make almost only first ascents.

- What was the main obstacle of the route? Tell me. After all, the category does not always reflect the situation.

Alexander Ulyanov: From the technical side, the Karbysheva pass and the Dzhigit pass
significantly exceed the other obstacles we have passed, so they are the main ones.

Oleg Salnikov: In my opinion, the two most difficult passes, the Karbysheva and Dzhigit passes, became the main obstacle. This is reflected in the effort and time spent on their passage, and in the number of railing ropes hung at the same time.

How important is it to distribute roles in the campaign and are there any participants who play the usual roles in your orchestra from year to year?

Alexander Ulyanov: Yes, there is no established orchestra. Every year personal circumstances change, someone can't go, but someone else can. The caretaker had the hardest time. Anthony did this for the first time. Oleg had experience in this matter, but for a long time he was not sure that he could go. As a result, Oleg went and provided great help to Anton in the last days before leaving. Roles in technical work changed. Usually on a voluntary basis. We did not have a single pronounced techie, but Sergey is still the most experienced and reliable participant.

- Are you satisfied with how the trip ended? Have you completed all the tasks? Has the route been completed from and to?

Alexander Ulyanov: I am very glad. The route is really covered from and to, because there were
only failures from peaks. Karbyshev Peak could not be declared at all, but then it would have been possible to just sit on the pass for half a day. Sat out because of the snowfall, and forgot. We did not go to peak 4771 either because of bad weather, and this is the only moment of dissatisfaction.

Oleg Salnikov: I am only dissatisfied with the fact that because of work I could not go through the entire trip from beginning to end, I had to leave the route after three weeks. But other participants did not have such a problem. In general, the route has been passed almost completely, the rejection of two radial ascents is insignificant.

Anton Vasiliev: I am personally very satisfied, all the tasks that I set for myself have been completed, now, thanks to this campaign, new tasks have been set and new prospects have been opened.

- Was it difficult? At what moments? How did you cope?

Alexander Ulyanov: I can’t single out any moment when it was especially difficult for me, when
I had to struggle to find some internal reserves. But after the hike, for an unusually long time, I felt a serious general fatigue.

Oleg Salnikov: The ascent to the Dzhigit pass was quite difficult physically - after all, backpacks at that time were not very light, and the ascent was quite long and it was not very good to rest at the stations.

Valery Polunovsky: For me, there was one difficult case at the Svobodnaya Rossiya pass, where there was a rather sharp slope, I could not drill in any way. My hands seemed to freeze, the choppers somehow held, but I found a place, rested a little and climbed on.

Anton Vasiliev: It was terribly difficult (because it was cold) when we got into bad weather on the descent from the Dzhigit pass. Wet, thick, large, dense and cold snow was falling, and the same cold wind was blowing, so that the snow was falling not only from above but also from below and from all sides.

How did you cope? He waved it off. I would have coped with the help of work, but there was no work, because I had to stand at the station, so it was cold (and therefore it was difficult).

What is your most memorable day of the hike? Tell us about it?

Alexander Ulyanov: Can not decide. I am an enthusiastic person. I'll start thinking about one
look at the pictures and it seems to be the brightest. Another time about another - the same effect. It's probably good when there were many bright days on the route.

Oleg Salnikov: There were several interesting, busy days: the eighth day (descent along the rocky ridge of the Karbyshev pass), the twelfth day (ascent to the Dzhigit pass), the thirteenth day (ascent to the Dzhigit peak and the descent from the Dzhigit pass), the sixteenth day (the first ascent of the Feathers of the Phoenix pass and the first ascent to the peak of the Siberian Universities).

Valery Polunovsky: Probably, the day when the Phoenix Feathers began to pass, the weather was wonderful in the morning, we gradually passed through the loose snow. Then the weather began to deteriorate. We hung rocks, some ice and went out to the cartoon. And now it finally deteriorated, we were already thinking whether or not to go to the first climbing peak. But it cleared up a little, and we went. It was bright and sunny at the top, the clouds all went to the horizon, but for some reason snow continued to fall from the sky. We took a lot of bright photos and went down.

Anton Vasiliev: For me, the most memorable were several days of the campaign, or rather, some parts of these several days. In the first place, of course, is the day on which we conquered the peak of Siberian universities.

We started this day with an assault on the storm run-off of the pass, near which we spent the night. We called it the White Sail, because of the huge, flat, snow-white outcrop of rock that resembled a sail next to it. Then we went further along the ridge in bundles, hung the rocky gendarmes a little and came to another saddle, from which we later had to descend and which we called the Phoenix Feathers Pass. But before descending from this saddle, we needed to make a radial exit from it to the nearby peak, therefore, since the weather began to "suddenly" worsen (it snowed, the wind blew a little), we decided to have lunch on this saddle and wait at the mountain weather, and in which case even spend the night there.

This decision, as it turned out, was not made in vain, because after lunch and a short wait, the weather began to stabilize and even seemed to improve. First, the wind subsided, then the snow stopped falling, and therefore, having taken everything we needed, we got up and went to the mountain.

While we were hanging the railings and climbing them, the weather had time to truly improve, and, despite the clouds wandering in the distance, the sun shone on us and it began to warm us warmly. We quite quickly and calmly climbed to the top, first along three railing ropes, and then on foot in bundles, and with joy and amazement began to look at the open spaces that opened before us, mountain ranges and peaks, among which stood out, of course, the nearby and respectable peak of Vilnius University, more distant peaks, but no less impressive, Karakol and Dzhigit, as well as a broad-shouldered handsome man - the peak of the Stalinist Constitution.

At this time, right from the clear and transparent sky (or rather, from a thin and transparent cloud), we began to sprinkle with small and rare snow, so that all the surrounding views became, as it were, covered with a light snow curtain, and we seemed to find ourselves inside a transparent glass souvenir ball that starts to snow when turned over and shaken. It was so wonderful and beautiful that I immediately felt warmth and sympathy for this peak and realized that it was ours. Ours in the sense that we could not help climbing it, but it was waiting for us all the time.

All this time, and even when it was snowing from a clear sky, the warm sun shone and warmed us, and when we started descending, the snow stopped falling altogether, but the sun still shone until the very end of the day, until it replaced by a huge and bright yellow month. So the last part of this day, namely the ascent to the peak of the Siberian Universities, became for me the most memorable part of all the memorable parts of the memorable days of this trip. But this is only one of the parts, and only one day. And there were many!