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With Jacob Balzani Lööv
Jacob Balzani Loov an Italian photographer and journalist visited Armenia for the work, and at once appeared to our climbing circle to fill his weekends with a joy.
Attempt on "Take off" 7c max, 140m
A small photo and video report of the attempt of "Take off" in Noravank canyon.
Ski Touring in Georgia 2015!
The initiator of this ski touring program Andre Souvignet, and Up the Rocks was hosting Andre’s team with a pleasure in Georgia.
Alexey Shustrov in Armenia again!
A great pleasure and fun is to ski with a good friend Alexey Shustrov, who investigated so much to promote ski touring in Armenia.
Оld guide’s ski-tour in Armenia
This time we were honored to host the iconic mountain guides Claude Jaccoux and Alberto Re in Armenia.
Ski touring in Georgia
While the ski tour program in Armenia last year, Philippe Descamps, with his group of skiers, was interested in the ski tour trip in Georgia for March 2013.
Rock and Ice climbing
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"Toktam" 7a+/b, by Morteza Eftekhar
On late Oct our guests were Morteza Eftekhar, with his family, in the group of Naser Ararat, from Iran.
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“Macedonskiy” 6b, 40m FA trad
The basalt crag above village Bjni, where during early eighties they organized Soviet Union rock climbing championships, is still desired trad climbing cliff just 32km from Yerevan. -
Chichkhan WI3
During the warm winter in Armenia, the only colds for ice climbing we found on early Feb on the north of Armenia, famous waterfall “Trchkan” to which no ice pick has touched before.
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Back from Vacations
Ok, now I’m happy with a sustainable climbing partner Jared Nielson, a Big Wall climber from California.
Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing
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Ski Season 2021
One of the best seasons in terms of snow abundance and stability during the past decade in Armenia. Although without ski-touring tourists this winter, we made it quite fun anyway! -
“Zangezour” FA on NE buttress of Mt Khoustoup 3201m
In the night of Oct 24 we met with Vladimir Belousov in Zvartnots airport, Yerevan.
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Alexey Shustrov in Armenia again!
A great pleasure and fun is to ski with a good friend Alexey Shustrov, who investigated so much to promote ski touring in Armenia.
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Filming the ski tour in Armenia
In the scope of a workshop for development of incoming tourism to Armenia, Yves Exbrayat, Christophe Raylat from Grenoble, Manu Armand and Julie Lebeurre from Chamonix where our guests.
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