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nic0704: Acclimatising on Mt Cheget with Mt Donguz-Orun rising ahead
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nic0704: Chegat Panorama - Mt Donguz-Orun towering over the Baksan valley
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nic0704: Chegat Panorama - On the slopes of Mt Cheget with Elbrus in the clouds beyond
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nic0704: Elbrus in the clouds from Mt Cheget, Terskol Observatory on the right
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nic0704: Colourful flowers on Mt Cheget
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nic0704: Dramatic Mt Donguz-Orun, the 4400m peak on the Caucasus main ridge that separates Russia from Georgia. With its distinctive “7” shaped glacier
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nic0704: Elbrus beginning to become visible through the cloud from Mt Cheget
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nic0704: With Elbrus in the cloud behind from Mt Cheget
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nic0704: Approaching the Russia/Georgia border with Mt Donguz-Orun rising behind
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nic0704: On Mt Cheget with Mt Donguz-Orun beyond
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nic0704: Looking over to Mt Donguz-Orun from Mt Cheget
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nic0704: Chegat Panorama - At our high point on Mt Cheget at 3400m with Mt Donguz-Orun on the right
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nic0704: The old chair lifts on Mt Cheget
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nic0704: The old chair lifts on Mt Cheget with the Baksan Valley on the right
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nic0704: Ruined buildings on Mt Cheget with Mt Donguz-Orun beyond
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nic0704: Acclimatisation hike beyond the Barrel Huts on the glacier of Elbrus
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nic0704: Looking up to the twin peaks of Elbrus from just beyond the Barrel Huts
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nic0704: Looking back down the glacier with barrel huts
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nic0704: Crossing the lower glacier on an acclimatisation walk
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nic0704: Looking up to the twin peaks of Elbrus and the site of the Priut Hut at around 4000m
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nic0704: Following the line of the Pastuckhov rocks on an acclimatisation walk
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nic0704: Looking back down to the Barrels huts with cloud building on the other side of the valley
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nic0704: Elbrus Panorama - Heading up the well trodden slopes above the Diesel Huts with the Pastuckhov rocks on the right
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nic0704: Elbrus Panorama - Looking back to the Diesel Huts
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nic0704: Clear views of the twin summits of Elbrus as we head to the top of the Pastuckhov rocks
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nic0704: Featureless slopes as we approach the top of the Pastuckhov Rocks
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nic0704: Looking across the glacier at the lowering sun with the building cloud below at the top of the Pastuckhov Rocks at 4600 meters
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nic0704: Heading back down into the clouds from the Pastuckhov Rocks
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nic0704: Looking back up to the top of the Pastuckhov Rocks and Elbrus’s summits beyond
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nic0704: The huts around the Barrels with Elbrus’s Glacier below