{"id":12129,"date":"2014-07-11T10:24:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T18:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=12129"},"modified":"2014-07-11T10:24:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T18:24:33","slug":"its-elbrus-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/11\/elbrus\/its-elbrus-season\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Elbrus Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, 2014<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12130\" style=\"width: 1715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[12129]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic.jpg\" alt=\"A nice scenic shot of Elbrus.\" width=\"1705\" height=\"1169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic.jpg 1705w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic-1024x702.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic-940x644.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic-620x425.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elbrus-scenic-195x133.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1705px) 100vw, 1705px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nice scenic shot of Elbrus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Elbrus season.\u00c2\u00a0 IMG Senior Guide, Mike Hamill, arrived yesterday in Moscow and met our first Elbrus team of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 A father with his two sons \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how cool is that?\u00c2\u00a0 They flew to Mineralnye Vody early this morning and one of our Russian partners, Sasha Sak, met the crew at the airport there and they all drove together to the village of Terskol in the Baksan Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve checked into their hotel, had dinner and are ready to get some rest.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow, the acclimatization process starts with a 3,000 ft. hike up to an observatory.\u00c2\u00a0 Actually the process begins tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 Sleeping at 7,000 ft. plus is a good start.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll keep you posted throughout the course of their custom trip to climb Elbrus.\u00c2\u00a0 Grab a copy of Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Climbing the Seven Summits\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and learn more about the country, mountain, route and what it takes to successfully ascend the highest mountain in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, 2014 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Elbrus season.\u00c2\u00a0 IMG Senior Guide, Mike Hamill, arrived yesterday in Moscow and met our first Elbrus team of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 A father with his two sons \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how cool is that?\u00c2\u00a0 They flew to Mineralnye Vody early this morning and one of our Russian partners, Sasha Sak, met the crew at 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