I was inspired to write this blog by an essay written by the late Adam Helman (here). A comment made in my blog on Australia's highest volcano (here) also gave me a push. Adam Helman's essay discussed the fact that it is quite possible to define the Seven Summits differently from the traditional Continue Reading
Climbing Mount Elbrus – to Elbrus
We had just the one night in Cheget following our climb of Mukal. Again we had to sort out gear for the second part of the trip, the attempt on Elbrus. This time the packing was simpler – we could take everything except anything that we knew we would not need. We would be able to Continue Reading
Climbing Elbrus – an ascent of Mukal
So I was back. 20 years after I had previously been to Mineralnye Vody and my previous climb on Elbrus. It was as hot as I had remembered it – somewhere in the low 30s probably. The airport had improved somewhat, as had the aeroplanes. This time I had come via Schiphol and Continue Reading