All news: 14 August 2013

Dima Ermakov from Georgia. Today, we (almost whole group) climbed Mt.Kazbek. Only Marina has not reached the main summit, she was stopped on the Saddle. Everything is OK. On the way down we were captured by bad weather. It was hard, but now we are save on the meteostation. All people dream about tomorrow return to the hotel and having a bath.

Yesterday, an Elbrus group of Alex Abramov has climbed a refuge of Islam at 3800 m. Today under bad weather conditions they climbed to the Pastukhov rocks for acclimatization. On the way the team visited buildings of a new refuge on the slopes of Elbrus. It was contracted but not in use yet. Just one group had an overnight there. Now it names LeapRus Shelter made and erected by Italian manufacturer “Leapfactory”. The owner is the North Caucasian Mountain Club which is a part of North Caucasus Development Corporation.

More information:

http://caucasus.ru/en/placement/item/1?#section_description

Or (better) in Russian

http://kuchavo.ru/archives/3057