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Lockdown escape project: "Journey Through Wonderland" 110m
Could it be an any better time for route setting than a COVID lockdown period?
Seting 10 more sport climbs in Noravank Canyon
10 new sport climbing routes (14 pitches) we set this September in Noravank Canyon. Our friend Martin Tučka from Czech Republic, who visited to our Armenian Rock Climbing Festival in 2013 and put number of sport routes here, was back again for this project.
"Game Ridge" backcountry first descent, solo
I finally skied one of my projects in Fox Mountains, solo. My skiing buddies were busy to support me on this backcountry trip, and the weather is warming drastically in the valley now, so it had to be done now or postponed to next year which I didn't like for some reasons.
US climbing trip 3, 2018
Third year in a row traveling to American West from the other side of the world for rock climbing, could you really wish anything better from this life?
Study of deadly avalanche in Armenia: VIDEO
On Feb 22, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia reported an avalanche accident in Kotayk Province on the slopes of Mt. Teghenis 2851m.
Ski-touring review 2016/17
Winter 2016/17 was a season for joy and exploration of new ski touring areas and tracks in Armenia and Georgia.
Rock and Ice climbing
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D-2, Climbing in Tuscany and Val Pellice
After Mt Weissmies I got back to Florence to my friends Ale, Dani, Lau and nice guy Giacomo.
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America to Armenia
Phhh. Our car stalls in the Zvartnots parking lot just as the third member of our climbing team, Marius, reports he “knows how to drive stick.”
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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.
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After the Festival…(AfterFest)
With the end of the Festival our motivation didn´t end! We saw so many lines, still unclimbed that we decided to spend one more week in Armenia for more first ascents!
Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing
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French Ski-tour in Armenia
From Feb 25 to March 5, a French group was hosted by Up The Rocks for ski-touring program in Armenia.
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"Game Ridge" backcountry first descent, solo
I finally skied one of my projects in Fox Mountains, solo. My skiing buddies were busy to support me on this backcountry trip, and the weather is warming drastically in the valley now, so it had to be done now or postponed to next year which I didn't like for some reasons. -
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.
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Rock Us in the Caucasus - 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.
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