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000 - Elbrus and thistle

8/7/03

001 leaving PIT

8/2/03

002 Arr Moscow

8/3/03

003 welcome to Moscow, Bob

8/3/03

004 our climbing gear did not arrive

8/3/03

005 - a 6 foot bed for a 6-4 person

8/3/03

006 - the tsars' former hunting grounds

8/3/03

007 - our hotel in background

8/3/03

008 - beer and meatpies in the park

8/3/03

009 - russian beer - good

8/3/03

010 - tim, darren, bob

8/3/03

011 - breakfast buffet at hotel

8/4/03

012- Karl Marx and me

8/4/03

013 - St Basils

8/4/03

015 - moscow river

8/4/03

016 - cool cathedral

8/4/03

018 - moscow stadium

8/4/03

019 - mike, rick, nadia, bob,eric,darren

8/4/03

020 - entering the KREMLIN

8/4/03

021 putin's office

8/4/03

022 - st michael's

8/4/03

023 my patron saint watches out for me

8/4/03

025 - lenin's tomb

8/4/03

027 - moscow shopping mall

8/4/03

028 - shopping district in Moscow

8/4/03

029 - Moscow's first McDonalds

8/4/03

030 - lamb kabobs!

8/4/03

031 - dinner in Moscow

8/4/03

035 - long lines for our flight

8/5/03

036 - people mover to our plane

8/5/03

037 - group gear

8/5/03

038 - local transport to Elbrus

8/5/03

039 - lunch stop

8/5/03

040 - hotel in Terskol

8/5/03

041 - luxurious bathroom amenities

8/5/03

045 - going for a day hike

8/6/03

046 - great views from Mt. Baksan

8/6/03

047 tim

8/6/03

048 - acclimitization hike

8/6/03

049 - bad weather moves in at lunch time

8/6/03

050 gotta love the bad weather

8/6/03

051 - lunch at 10,000 feet ASL

8/6/03

052 - good views, bad weather

8/6/03

054 glad we did not walk all this

8/6/03

055 - cool colors in the mist

8/6/03

056 - easy day ride

10/20/03

057 - warm, dry, about to be fed

8/6/03

059 - rainbow 1

8/6/03

060 - rainbow over terskol

8/6/03

061 - Terskol

8/6/03

062 - self - portrait

8/7/03

063 - tram up Elbrus

8/7/03

064 - Tram up Elbrus

8/7/03

065 - views of the summit

8/7/03

066 Mt. Elbrus

8/7/03

067 - glaciers across the valley

8/7/03

068 - more glaciers

8/7/03

069 - a waterfall on Elbrus' flanks

8/7/03

070 - going my way?

8/7/03

071 - view of Baksan Valley

8/7/03

072 - mt elbrus and daisies

8/7/03

074 - daisies 2

8/7/03

076 - daisies and Elbrus

8/7/03

078 - thistle and Elbrus

8/7/03

080 - thistle and Elbrus 2

8/7/03

081 - wildflowers

8/7/03

082 - thistle and shadow

8/7/03

085 - russian quesadilla

8/7/03

086 - snack at 10,000 feet

8/7/03

087 - food tastes good up high

10/20/03

088 - cooking the kabobs

10/20/03

090 - waterfall on Elbrus

8/7/03

091 - Nikolai framed by the glacier

8/7/03

092 - Bob gets friendly with some locals

8/7/03

093 - a quiet evening at home

8/7/03

095 - Eric on ski lift

8/8/03

096 - backpacks ride by themselves

8/8/03

097 - better to ride than walk this crap

8/8/03

100 - the barrel huts

8/8/03

101 - inside a barrel hut

8/8/03

102 - preparing for the walk up the snow

8/8/03

104 - meet Sonia

8/8/03

105 - going my way

8/8/03

106 - walking uphill

8/8/03

107 - an invitation to sunburn on my leg

8/8/03

108 - the hut is up there somewhere

8/8/03

110 - home at 14,000 feet ASL

8/8/03

111- the outhouse smelled really bad

8/8/03

112 - home for 4 days

8/8/03

113 - nearby tent camp

8/8/03

119 - sonia, my date

8/10/03

120 - Darren in hut

8/8/03

121- Rick in hut

8/8/03

122 - Tim in hut

8/8/03

123 - Eric in hut

8/8/03

124 - Nikolai in hut

8/8/03

125 - Bob in hut

8/8/03

126 - Mike and Harry Potter in hut

8/8/03

127 - dinner in hut

8/8/03

128 - nearby tent camp

8/9/03

129 - Bulgarian national pride

8/9/03

130 - climbing

8/9/03

131 - at 15,500 feet ASL

8/9/03

135 - it's cold and windy at 15,500 feet

8/9/03

136 - Bob and the view

8/9/03

137 - great weather we're having

10/20/03

138 - cold and windy, 15,000 feet ASL

8/9/03

140 - dinner in the hut

8/9/03

141 - Olga in hut

8/9/03

142 - sleeping quarters in hut

8/9/03

143 - our team at dinner

8/9/03

144 - olga's team at dinner

8/9/03

145 - bob pays for cheating at cards

8/10/03

146 - the summit from 14,000 feet

8/9/03

147 - a clear shot for a few minutes

8/9/03

150 - clear views for about 1 hour

8/10/03

151 - a view of the summit

8/10/03

153 - a chance to fraternize

10/20/03

155 - the weather stinks

8/12/03

156 - the weather really stinks

8/12/03

157 - the weather really really stinks

8/12/03

158 - sunset in the caucasus

8/10/03

159 - sunset

8/10/03

160 caucausus mountains at sunset

8/10/03

161 - back in Terskol, weather is fine

8/13/03

162 - local fauna

8/13/03

165 - Bob and Mike

8/13/03

166 ice cream in town

8/13/03

200 - st isaac cathedral (st petersburg)

8/14/03

201 - canals in St Petersburg

8/14/03

202 - view of the 4 horses bridge

8/14/03

203 - all the buildings are beautiful

8/14/03

204 view from the canal

8/14/03

205 - st petersburg is lovely

8/14/03

206 - boat tour on canals - a high point

10/20/03

207 - hanging out in St Petersburg

10/20/03

210 - cathedral at night

8/14/03

211 - hoodlums in St Petersburg

8/14/03

212 - eating rabbit at fancy restaurant

8/14/03

213 - the Hermitage

10/20/03

214 - Hermitage at night

8/15/03

225 - silly boys

8/15/03

226 - watermelons

8/15/03

227 - all the shoes are SO pointy

8/15/03

230 - Bob at Cafe Idiot

8/15/03

235 - Hermitage at night

8/15/03

236 - on top of the Hermitage

8/15/03

237 - Hermitage at night

8/15/03