
| Shkhara this year is not very kind to climbers... From the camp on the snow Pillow (4100)where we spent two days waiting for the weather we tried the Ridge but have to turn back somewhere 4800 because first of very tricky snow ridge conditions - snow blades everywhere, 70 sm deep fresh snow. And then the weather changed, visibility got worse, snowfall and strong wind began. We scarsely had the time to reppel down to the camp before the real hurricane begins - terrible wind, thunderstorm and heavy snowfall. So we got down |