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?
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..
A small photo and video report of the attempt of "Take off" in Noravank canyon.
Our coolest friend, Hayk Barseghyan, had found this amazing part of Akhuryan gorge a long ago, and recently he guessed that it can become into ice climbing paradise in Armenia pretty much recently..
Ok, now I’m happy with a sustainable climbing partner Jared Nielson, a Big Wall climber from California.
After Mt Weissmies I got back to Florence to my friends Ale, Dani, Lau and nice guy Giacomo.
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.
A great pleasure and fun is to ski with a good friend Alexey Shustrov, who investigated so much to promote ski touring in Armenia.
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.
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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