{"id":17416,"date":"2017-07-19T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=17416"},"modified":"2017-07-19T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:56:42","slug":"elbrus-day-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/19\/elbrus\/elbrus-day-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbrus Day Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 19th, 2017<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17416 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17416]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Team Dinner in St. Petersburg\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Team-Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17417'>\n\t\t\t\tTeam Dinner in St. Petersburg\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17416]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Guide Mike Hamill enjoying his birthday in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mike-Hamill-Birthday-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17418'>\n\t\t\t\tGuide Mike Hamill enjoying his birthday in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get everyone caught up with IMG Senior Guide, \u00c2\u00a0Mike Hamill, and team in the Caucasus mountains of Russia.\u00c2\u00a0 Obviously, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re there to climb Elbrus, first and foremost.\u00c2\u00a0 However, an Elbrus trip needs more than just the summit to be a really great adventure.<\/p>\n<p>The team met in St. Petersburg and spent their first two nights there.\u00c2\u00a0 Remarkably, all members and all luggage arrived, more or less, at the same time.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing.\u00c2\u00a0 A day and a half touring St. Petersburg is also a good thing.\u00c2\u00a0 Would be a shame to travel that far and not get a taste of both St. Petersburg and of Moscow.\u00c2\u00a0 A morning visit to St. Isaac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cathedral was followed by an afternoon flight to Mineralnye Vody and about a 4 hr drive to the village of Terskol, in the Baksan Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a couple of days of acclimatization\/training prior to going up onto the mountain itself.\u00c2\u00a0 Then it will be more acclimatizing and more training before taking their summit shot.<\/p>\n<p>Mike doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t guide alone on Elbrus.\u00c2\u00a0 He is joined by two great Russian friends\/guides \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Igor Tsaruk and Sasha Sak.\u00c2\u00a0 People like this make trips special.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out their resumes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/guides.shtml#top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As we often say \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so far, so good.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 19th, 2017 &nbsp; 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