Elbrus Expedition Dispatch
July 22, 2011 – Getting Ready for the Elbrus Climb
It is now early morning on Saturday and we are up at the Intourist Hotel in Pyitogrsk organizing our equipment for our transfer to the next stage of our Elbrus climb.
Yesterday morning we awoke in our small hut at 10,250 feet to find clear skies all around us. We'd slept very well, listening to rain pound on the tin roof for much of the night, so it was nice to see the blue sky over the peaks in the early morning.
These photos represent some of the peaceful feeling we all had around that around that idyllic little cabin remote in the Caucasus Mountain.
Chet arrives at the hut Thursday afternoon.
It was cloudy much of the day that we moved up, but the scenery was still spectacular.
Karina, pull a great supper from her backpack and went to work preparing our meal in the hut soon after we arrived.
Soon we noticed Tur approaching our cabin door.
They were coming to lick salt from the rock near our door.
Karina left her cooking to go take some video, with the heard standing all around her.
Some large males were watching.
On Friday morning we awoke to clear skies. It was a good sign as we headed down to begin the next phase of our climb.