Archive for the ‘ Caucasus ’ Category
The Bezengi glacier panorama, taken from the top of the moraine. In front Misses Tau, to the right the Bezengi Wall, to the back Tibi’s tent (the small yellow one). [ READ MORE ]
Panoramas from around the Wall, in the Caucasus: Misses Tau [ READ MORE ]
On top of Europe: The Elbrus volcano, West crater, 5642 meters high. We stand there 2 and a half hours, feeling surprinsingly good. A flat summit, reached on the 17th of august 2009. [ READ MORE ]
As high as Mont Blanc, standing near the tent on Elbrus, during my 2009 Caucasus expedition: The panorama of the entire Caucasus range. The hot border betwen Russia and Georgia: [ READ MORE ]
On our way to the Caucasus, july 2009: Pictures taken from a high flat near the Kiev railway station, as we went close to the top to see the panorama of the city. That night, before taking the train to Mineralnie Wodi, we climbed it again, to take a night panorama of Kiev. The original photos [ READ MORE ]
Lucian posted a photo of him from the Caucasus, on his profile on Carpati.org, and he won a 4GB SD Card from F64. The story of the photo, here The funny thing is, the camera the picture was taken with (Nikon D50) doesn’t support memory cards larger than 2GB! They might offer a camera next time [ READ MORE ]
It took me some time to export this and to upload, but here it is: 360 degree panorama of the Bezengi Wall – Russia, Caucasus range. Hold SHIFT to zoom in, CTRL to zoom out. Hold and drag mouse to move around it. [ READ MORE ]
Everything was about going further. Now it might not seem so hard, but at that point we were so close to coming back… with every step we took the chance and climbed a little more. The experience, the beauty, and the lesson learned were worth the risk. Just like every time… [ READ MORE ]
We thought it was a 2B. It would have been enough for our experience. But we missed the easiest path, so we took the classical one: a 4B, mixed ice and rock climbing, 70-80 degree slopes and belaying at downclimb. Russian style. [ READ MORE ]
Ileana and I on the moraine The Ukrainians warned us it would be frigidly cold up there. Being a north face, the Wall gets very little sun during he day. The weather wasn’t too good either: the wind was chilly, and the clouds low. We couldn’t see the tops, but we could hear the avalanches rolling [ READ MORE ]
