Elbrus Expedition Dispatch
July 13, 2016 – Unbelievable First Day in the Mountains
The weather was perfect. Skies couldn’t have been clearer for our first day in the Caucasus.
The team reached a high point of 11,300 ft. We went to the colorful base of the Cheget Ski Area to begin our acclimatization and our appreciation of the area. Two chair rides took us to just over 9000 feet and we climbed up from there. The views of Elbrus were spectacular!
Berg Adventures Elbrus team reached their high point of 11,300ft.
Nick and Bob at base of Cheget ski area
Les Dewitt, Bailey Dewitt and Scott Kocis with Mount Elbrus
Jerry is climbing to raise money to help Moses in Tanzania to fight Hepatitis E
The view from our chair riding up
Devin in the Caucasus Mountains
Christina did a headstand at our highpoint
Check out Christina’s headstand on video taken by Jennifer Su!
Bob is showing the way up!
Another successful day! Now let’s go down.