{"id":22704,"date":"2019-07-17T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=22704"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:48:10","slug":"elbrus-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/17\/elbrus\/elbrus-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbrus Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, 2019<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22704 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\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[22704]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22706\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Boat-ride-on-the-Neva-River-Jonathan-Schrock-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-1-22706'>\n\t\t\t\tBoat ride on the Neva River (Jonathan Schrock)\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\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[22704]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dinner-in-St.-Petersburg-Jonathan-Schrock-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-1-22707'>\n\t\t\t\tDinner in St. Petersburg (Jonathan Schrock)\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\/2019\/07\/Ready-for-the-drive-to-Terskol-Jonathan-Schrock.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[22704]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ready-for-the-drive-to-Terskol-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ready-for-the-drive-to-Terskol-Jonathan-Schrock-150x150.jpg 150w, 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the order of business now while in Terskol.\u00c2\u00a0 There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an observatory above town which provides a great objective for that first hike.\u00c2\u00a0 A couple of thousand feet of elevation gain and some great views of Elbrus.\u00c2\u00a0 Good way to start the program.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned as the team works their way up Elbrus and ends the trip in the city of Moscow.\u00c2\u00a0 Not a bad way to spend two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, 2019 Jonathan Schrock, Sasha Sak and Igor Tsaruk have greeted our first Elbrus expedition of the season, shown them a bit of St. Petersburg and got them all on their flight to Mineralnye Vody and the bus ride up to the town of Terskol.\u00c2\u00a0 The trip is off and running and all is 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