FA of a line in Hrazdab gorge that used to be for a top rope and for rescue training.

  The Physics' Wall sector is located in Yerevan, Hrazdan gorge, just below the Yerevan Physics Institute on the edge of the gorge. It's around 10min walk from the "Spitak" Rescue Center, and the members of the YerPhI Alpine Club, the same, founding fathers of "Spitak" Rescue Center, used to train there for decades. However this line remained for top rope only, with a couple of glued bolts on the bottom of it for rigging a rescue system. 

  I checked it for mixed trad climbing and for most of it you have cracks for the safe protection. On the upper part I have put 6mm x 2.5sm sketchy Soviet "schlambur bolts" for eliminating the runout where there are no cracks. Now it's ready for a show off photo-session with some cams and nuts. 

With Anahit, Miqael, Yulia and Vardan we went to taste it.

It’s 20m high 5b/5.8 that requires some middle and small size protection gear.  

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Rock and Ice climbing

  • Attempt on "Take off" 7c max, 140m


    A small photo and video report of the attempt of "Take off" in Noravank canyon. 

     
  • 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.

     
  • The Route "Sev" - 20m 5b/5.8

      FA of a line in Hrazdab gorge that used to be for a top rope and for rescue training.

     
  • Kids are leading

    On the end of the August Ellen J. Brager wrote me that her 11 years old daughter wants to take rock climbing lessons.

     

Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing

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