After how our guests Will Nazarian and Katy Anderson arrived in Yerevan on March 26, we tried to make a short schedule together as to which climbing areas we would go for a climb and explore.
With Will we decided to explore the destinations of upcoming event “Arev” Armenian First Ascent Open Festival.
So the first day we went for a warm up at the bouldering section of Hrazdan gorge, located in Yerevan.
For the next two days the plan was to climb the Garni gorge columns. While getting up the basalt columns Will couldn’t hide his emotions “… this is fuckin' climbing paradise, man…”. He was first to free climb Joe Morgan’s “Margarita’s family” route, 35meters high.
He decided to give it the name “Doudouk” – Armenian musical wind instrument. We ended up the day with Garni temple (1st c) – it is something marvelous even in the twilight.
The next morning we got disappointed seeing a snow from the window and decided to try to compensate it by a walking tour in Yerevan.
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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.
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