During this warm winter in Armenia there was a short period of cold days in early Feb, and we went to “Trchkan” waterfall to which no ice-tool pick has been touched before.

 After a 10km venturesome dirt road driving, with Armenian Alpine Club members we got to the place. We were excited to finally find a tick ice formation, but it already got close to zero C, and dangerous to spend under the ice formation too much time.

 The right part of the waterfall was open and the river stream was pouring intensively, vibrating the entire structure of the ice. While we were climbing, suddenly a 3 cube meter of ice brick fell and stopped by the belayer. That red flag made us feel satisfied by only one line and we rolled up soon.

 We named the line “Chihkhan” WI3 (the name of the river).

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