{"id":17634,"date":"2017-08-09T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=17634"},"modified":"2017-08-09T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:08:00","slug":"thats-a-wrap-on-elbrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/09\/elbrus\/thats-a-wrap-on-elbrus\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s A Wrap On Elbrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17634 gallery-columns-3 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\/08\/image12-e1502319876681.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17634]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image12-e1502319876681-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17637\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image12-e1502319876681-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image12-e1502319876681-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image12-e1502319876681-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image12-e1502319876681-45x45.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-1-17637'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team hiking in Cheget.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/08\/image1.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17634]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image1-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image1-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image1-45x45.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-1-17635'>\n\t\t\t\tGrand Palace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/08\/image2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17634]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17636\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image2-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image2-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image2-45x45.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-1-17636'>\n\t\t\t\tGrand Palace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nTime to tie a bow around our last Elbrus program and put this season to bed.\u00c2\u00a0 Another great team, great weather and the results reflected both.<\/p>\n<p>No glitches getting to St. Petersburg from Mineralnye Vody and a good time was had there by all.\u00c2\u00a0 Visiting both Moscow and St. Petersburg really is the only way to do this trip.\u00c2\u00a0 I doubt most of our climbers plan on returning to Russia any time soon so why not make the absolute most out of your time, money and efforts?\u00c2\u00a0 In addition to the other \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcstuff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, they squeezed in a visit to the Grand Palace in Peterhof.\u00c2\u00a0 Fairly impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Last dinner is complete and the team is ready to go their separate ways. \u00c2\u00a0July and August are the best months to be on Elbrus.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember, visas take a bit of lead time so don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t miss out as you begin planning for your own trip to Russia soon.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the IMG guides, Igor and Sasha, our Russian guide friends and the biggest thanks to all the climbers who joined us this season on one of three hugely successful expeditions.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks, all, for climbing with IMG.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2017 Time to tie a bow around our last Elbrus program and put this season to bed.\u00c2\u00a0 Another great team, great weather and the results reflected both. 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