Hiking matters #706: Five-day climb up Mt. Ararat (5137m), the highest in Turkey
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – I have always wanted to climb Mt. Ararat, not so much because of its Biblical significance, but because
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Hiking matters #707: Four-day ascent of Mt. Kazbek (5054m) from Stephansminda, Georgia
TBILISI, GEORGIA – After a successful five-day climb up Mt. Ararat in Eastern Turkey (see Hiking matters #706), I went
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Hiking matters #458: The ascent of Illiniza Norte (5126m) in the Ecuadorian Andes
AVENIDA DE LOS VOLCANES – Having acclimatised for five days, with 4698m my highest point thus far in this trip,
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