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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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We had two days right before leaving Berlin to Elbrus. So, we did not have enough time to do good research for better prices, but ordering online tend to be…
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We decided to go to Elbrus a week before the actual climb took place! How did it happen? Well, the initial plan was to go to Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain…
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