Basalt Column Climbing BAN

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

After a short while we started our trainings and the group got larger. Carolina Brager, Kai Putney, Artavazd Ardhaldjian and Mark Papazian are Up The Rocks' students now! By the schedule, one training per week, I did not expect much for this season. Tying knots, top-roping, belaying.. That’s what I thought is enough for the good success for the first term.

But guess how motivated these accelerates are! They are leading on easy sport already. If we would have one more month of a good weather I believe they would have a chance to lead easy trads as well ;)

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Details: Category: Rock Climbing; Published: 22 November 2010

WE FLY CROWS

We choose Black Diamond

MOUNTAIN GUIDING

Rock and Ice climbing

D-3, World Climbing Championship, Arco

Mio amico Ale has checked out by internet that the busses Verona-Arco work till 10pm.
Tigranes The Great

"Tigranes The Great" is my beloved climb on Titanic Rock in Gnishik canyon, Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. I have bolted it in 2018 and climbed it in 2019.
“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.
Armenian Alpine Club's ice climbing training

Armenian Alpine Club organized an ice climbing training in Azat (Garni) gorge.

Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing

Expedition on mount Alamkouh(4850m), Iran

On Aug 14 our team arrived at Tehran. After lodging at our friend Arayik’s place and having a rest, with Sourik we set of to Meydanm Monirie where a lot of mountaineering equipment stores are located.
"Eagle Ski Club" ski-touring in Armenia

“Eagles”, the way “Eagle ski club” members call themselves here, were the most cheerful group I have skied with!
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.
"Luciamore" FA, V+ max, 430m

On cold November 22, with Dani and Lucia I finally went to the Granite Circus, which they had discovered a year ago.