Climbing Elbrus is considered one of the easiest peaks among the Seven Summits. However, this mountain did not seem to be really easy for us. Therefore, we recommend taking a…
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Elbrus is an amazing two-headed mountain, where you can still find many virgin places to acclimatize. We recommend avoiding large group ascents with traditional acclimatization from the south or from…
All evening we were worried that the weather would not allow us to climb Elbrus. But it seems like a blizzard subsided a bit and we started to prepare ourselves…
During the first day, we had snow-ice lessons: we learned to walk safely on the glacier, to identify hidden cracks on it, to walk properly in crampons, to use an…
After waking up, we as always prepared breakfast from cans. All these days we ate boring porridges, pasta and instant soups, bought in the supermarket. After long and difficult hiking…
The first night in the tent was very unquiet. At night, a huge unknown animal tried to break into our tent making strange sounds. Was it a bear? It was…
We began the ascent to the stunning gorge Irikchat that is the route to Elbrus from the east. The gorge begins with a sharp ascend near the village of Elbrus…
The trip to Elbrus from the border with Georgia took the whole day. The road was surprisingly very good (apparently, it was recently reconstructed). On the way, there were several…
We found a taxi for 1500 rubles through our guest house. The border was very close. The road went through a picturesque narrow gorge, but I could not admire this…
We decided to get to Elbrus through stunningly beautiful and hospitable Georgia. We wanted to visit the famous Kazbegi mountain with its pyramidal top first, and then cross the Russian…