Third year in a row traveling to the American West from the other side of the world for rock climbing, expectations and the outcome.
The dreams seems to be really powerful. How else would you describe your first climbing trip in US, where Jim Donini drives you to Yosemite, Indian Creek, Red Rocks, Black Canyon and Eldorado canyon..?

Winter 2016/17 was a season for joy and exploration of new ski touring areas and tracks in Armenia and Georgia.

Here is the second part of the project “Rock Us in the Caucasus 2015”, which was held in Chaukhi mountains and Mt. Kazbeg in Georgia.
It is hard to stop going to Indian Creek and Yosemite once you have experienced that already. There are so many climbs to do and the local climbing culture itself makes you feel like you will be missing something if not to go these places even once in a season.

Rumors about this amazing program of rock climbing and mountaineering in Armenia and Georgia had been started in between American Alpine Club and Alpine Club of Iran years ago, in 2011..

Well, all the guys who I have sent a message via facebook, to go for climbing on Sunday, where not in the planned venue.
This time we went to climb the route "Soyuz", a 4-pitch route in Noravank (Gnishik).

June 7-11 was spent to set 8 more sport climbing routes in Noravank canyon, at the new sector called Areni.

On late Oct our guests were Morteza Eftekhar, with his family, in the group of Naser Ararat, from Iran.

This time we were honored to host the iconic mountain guides Claude Jaccoux and Alberto Re in Armenia.

Dani and Miriam Domingo’s were just purchased their Black Diamond ski-touring equipment, and we had to find an appropriate destination to “celebrate” that event ;))
Aghvan Chatinyan was born on December 14, 1926 in Vardapluri, a village near Stepanavan, Armenia.
Like in the Alps and Caucasus, the snow conditions were poor in Armenia as well during past winter months. In Aspen though, where I spent skiing and teaching for the ski school there, it was a decent early season and very good snow throughout the season. Then came the long awaited March to guide for ski touring in Armenia.
8/38 Margaryan str., 0036 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Tel: +374-93-337-937, +374-93-318-006.