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Up we go
30 July 2005    
Todays cloudy skies did little to dampen our spirits set on getting out and up a little today. But even before we left the hotel, the skies brightened, and the sun came out for the rest of the day.
Everyone did well on snow school topics, like how to stop a fall with your ice ax, and how to walk across a steep slope without falling too far!

Afterwards we rewarded ourselves with some hitchin, a local dish of potato and meat all fried up, and then back to the hotel to jump in the pool! Tom's bags even showed up, so all is well here in the valley.
Climbers should always have it so good!

Till tomorrow.
Luis and crew

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The gear game begins    29 July 2005
Everybody finally made it to the valley this late afternoon no worse for wear. Tom is still missing his bags but hopefully they will turn up soon, we say better to have Tom than his bags!

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Elbrus part deux starts off with Metro run in moscow    28 July 2005
greetings everyone and welcome to Elbrus part deux!
The gang arrived today minus one, Tom Winter, who got delayed in Helsinki and should be here tonight.

Everyone else went out for a quic

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Good bye to Elbrus grupo uno    25 July 2005
Well bags are packed and the guys are outta here tommorrow. We have done a great bit of seeing the sights and are off to dinner as we speak. Please stay tuned for more fun and adventure from grupo dos

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