Viphotel Stavropol
462 Serov Str Stavropol, South Russia, Russian Federation
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Intourist-Stavropol Inn
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Last review: May 30, 2010149 miles E of Viphotel
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Min Vody Train Station day...
... train at 1:30p)...So I've been sitting here alone for about 2.5 hours trying to mind my own business and keep out of trouble. Seems as though it would be easy enough, but considering the trip to the train station, I'm not so confident. I'll explain. This morning we took the aftobus at 7am from Tyrskol to Min Vody (about 4.5 hours). At the major stop (where Anatoli and Olga got off) we got out to stretch and were approached by a police officer who wanted to see our passports. ...
Day #3 on Elbrus and the aftermath...
... a couple of hours we reached the first ice field below the line of rocks. We packed up our trekking poles and got out the picaxe, heading carefully up the ice. I had no concept of time (my watch was buried below six layers), so when I saw some glow on the horizon I assumed it was the beginnings of the sun. A bit later I looked over to see it was a half-moon - now in full view - causing the ice surface to glisten as if aluminum foil. I thought about how amazing it was ...
Day #2 on Elbrus
... both winded as we had been. I took some photos - we had tea and chocolate. I thought this was the turnaround point, but was incorrect. We now readied our harnesses, and Stephan set ice pins in two places with a rope in between. We went up and down just a small section of the next ice field practicing our saftey device. After a short while we headed back for base camp - the trek down going much faster, and even moreso when we hit ...
Day #1 on Elbrus...
... 800 feet to the rocks and snow. Gondola #2 looked older, but was more sturdy, taking us even higher. Then the 3rd lift was an open-air, 1-person chair lift. We each went one at a time while our guide (Stephan) loaded our bags behind each of us. Finally reaching the highest point-point, we got our boots strapped on , broke out the trekking poles, put on sunscreen (50spf) and began our slow and steady ascent to base camp (4100m). At first I felt ...
