Elbrus Expedition Dispatch
July 21, 2011 – This Area is a Postcard Beauty
We began the day by crossing a rickety bridge to approach the lateral moraine of the glacier across from our lodge
As we climbed higher, a postcard beauty, with green meadows, glaciers and rushing water
Chet fording the stream; the water is cold!
Near our highpoint for the day, Vladimir celebrates.
The west Caucasian tur is a large, heavy-set goat, here is a mother with her baby.
West Caucasian tur
The 3-D Map of our area, main camp, our lodge and the hut on the left up the valley