Elbrus Expedition Dispatch
July 6, 2014 – July 6 Was Our Welcome to Mount Elbrus Day
Our goal today was to climb roughly ½ the vertical distance from “The Barrels” where we are staying to the summit of Elbrus.
The top of Pashtukov Rocks at about 4,700m is a good push from where we are now staying at 3,800m.
Vladimir and I thought that it would be a bit cloudy today, but, wow, we had no idea how much the wind would be blowing.
It was a good “Welcome to Mount Elbrus” day and the entire team performed very well.
Not a pretty day but Micheline, Don and Johanna are ready to go!
Preparing to leave
Climbing higher
Vladimir set the pace all day
Dan did great all day but had a “are you kidding me” look on his face from time to time.
Karina in her element all day
Johanna was always smiling
Tom was into it.
Leslie enjoying the climb
The winds really were brutal at times.
We kept climbing.
Tea break
Micheline enjoying hot tea
Tom at our high point on Pashtukov rocks
Don doing great on our long day of climbing