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Elbrus Expedition Dispatch

June 29, 2016 – A Fantastic First Day in the Mountains

Well, it is good to be in the mountain. It is Wednesday, and I am looking at a partly cloudy sky, actually it is mostly clear today which is a pleasant surprize for us. We entered the Baksan valley and drove on the dark road approaching our lodge here in the late evening, about 10:30 last night we arrived. The staff had a wonderful buffet dinner waiting for us, the team got settled in for a great sleep which we hadn’t had a lot during this trip. Not that it has been any problem; we’ve just being doing so much; it’s been intense to say the least.

But here we are in the mountains; we might even see Elbrus today, certain no imagination that we could have done that yesterday when we arrived because there has been a lot of hard rain and of course snow up high.

Today we are going to hike and we are definitely going to be wearing our gaiters and boots because the snow level is down quite a lot lower than normal this year. I like that. I like getting to climb on snow rather than only on rock and dust. So this is going to be good acclimatization days ahead.

Looking back at our intense schedule at St. Petersburg and Moscow and our flight south with Aeroflot yesterday, there is a lot to kind of recollect and let settle in, but this team is going for as they always do, we share some adventures and photos looking back on that but just know that now we are sleeping well in the mountains and we will begin our acclimatization from this day forward.

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What luck! The rain stopped and the clouds cleared.  The team at our high point for our first day:  11,500 feet with Mount Elbrus behind.

What luck! The rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The team at our high point for our first day: 11,500 feet with Mount Elbrus behind.