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sjarelkwint wrote:i would like to summit from the valley but with a nice slow acclimatisation ... rather be there 4 days longer than not summitting ...

I second you here. Now that I've seen it live I'm willing to try clean trek to the summit. The only problem is that the road up (ski tracks) is full of large trucks, and is dusty as hell.

sjarelkwint wrote:i'm sure there is a short-cut

OKie dokie - I'm willing to try.

sjarelkwint wrote:somewhere on this site i've found the short-cut pics ...

http://www.summitpost.org/image/306531/No-rock-climbing-on-Elbrus-.html

sjarelkwint wrote:that's the one! doesn't look like trucks will pass by there!

Definitely not . let's get "rocked" then