August 5, 2017
Thunderstorm Rolling in
Always nice to report a successful summit, even nicer to report a successful summit AND return to the hut. Mike, Sasha and our final Elbrus team for 2017 had a great day this morning and a great summit. They got the job done and are already back at the hut. Some of the members even skied from the top. All in all, a good day.
They’ll descend tomorrow to the village of Terskol and start making their way to St. Petersburg shortly thereafter, some on the 7th and some members on the 8th. Time to get a bit more sightseeing in and then get home. Report from the mountain is that they timed things pretty well (or just got lucky) but thunderstorms have already returned to the area this afternoon.
All as it should be on Elbrus!
Phil Ershler