Third year in a row traveling to the American West from the other side of the world for rock climbing, expectations and the outcome.
The dreams seems to be really powerful. How else would you describe your first climbing trip in US, where Jim Donini drives you to Yosemite, Indian Creek, Red Rocks, Black Canyon and Eldorado canyon..?

Winter 2016/17 was a season for joy and exploration of new ski touring areas and tracks in Armenia and 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.
It is hard to stop going to Indian Creek and Yosemite once you have experienced that already. There are so many climbs to do and the local climbing culture itself makes you feel like you will be missing something if not to go these places even once in a season.

Rumors about this amazing program of rock climbing and mountaineering in Armenia and Georgia had been started in between American Alpine Club and Alpine Club of Iran years ago, in 2011..

June 7-11 was spent to set 8 more sport climbing routes in Noravank canyon, at the new sector called Areni.

Recently we gut supported by 100 bolts and hangers by Russian Mountaineering Federation via our friend Armen Ter-Minasyan.
Club Alpin Français du pays de Gex youth team was hosted by the Armenian Alpine Club at the end of August for a rock climbing program in Noravank canyon and climbing the mount Aragats.

On late Oct our guests were Morteza Eftekhar, with his family, in the group of Naser Ararat, from Iran.

“Eagles”, the way “Eagle ski club” members call themselves here, were the most cheerful group I have skied with!

From Feb 25 to March 5, a French group was hosted by Up The Rocks for ski-touring program in Armenia.

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.
In the scope of a workshop for development of incoming tourism to Armenia, Yves Exbrayat, Christophe Raylat from Grenoble, Manu Armand and Julie Lebeurre from Chamonix where our guests.
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