USHBA
Late season 2017. Samuel Anthamatten, Markus Eder, & Leo Slemett head to Svaneti Georgia to hopefully climb Ushba and make a first descent on skis. This mystical 4710m mountain in the Caucasus Mountains is very remote and must be accessed on foot. Before the ascent the crew gets to warm up the legs and experience some of the best skiing they have ever had in a wild heli-ski session in epic conditions.
Mt Ushba in Svaneti, Georgia, dji
A clip recorded with dji drone at village Mazeri in Svaneti region of Georgia, on a horse riding trip to Shdugra waterfall, amazing glaciers and magnificent peak of mountain Ushba. Day of filming was sunny but quite strong wind.
Mestia – Magnificent Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia ????????
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GEORGIA DOS. MESTIA.
Días de descanso en las montañas de Mestia.
Salir de dominguero y sin quererlo, subir un 3300 para poder ver la montañota Ushba de 4.700m. con su glaciar y todo yyy en buena compañía...eso no tiene precio.
Ushba, Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia, Earth
Ushba, Clouds, Mestia, Zuruldi, Svaneti, Hatsvali, Georgia, Earth
2017 - Georgia Hike (Mestia to Ushguli)
This was by far one of the best trips I've ever had! Seven of us escaped the heat in Dubai towards the end of June 2017 to do this promising 4-day hike between the town of Mestia and Ushguli. Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. If you haven't visited the country of Georgia and like to hike, I fully recommend this trip as it offered beautiful landscapes, glaciers and historic villages; this place was timeless!
At the end of each day we were able to find accommodations within the villages with a chance to eat the local foods which was quite welcoming after a long days hike. This hike is very popular and we had the chance to meet many people from various countries also visiting Georgia to do this particular hike. We were like one big family after a while as you started to see the same faces after a while.
I have to take my hat off to my wife as she was over 3 months pregnant during this hike. We had already planned the trip and booked our flights when we then found out she was pregnant. She was a little slower than usual, but she finished the hike like a champ.
Cameras:
Camera: Sony HDR-AX30
Go Pro Hero 4 (for the time-lapses)
Phantom 4 drone by DJI
Mount Ushba - the Queen of Caucasus
Panoramic views of the most impressive mountain of Caucasus - Ushba, shots from the MCS AlexClimb annual Ushba Challenge climb.
Ušba mäe jalamil / Georgia Svaneti Mestia Ushba mountain 4K Drone DJI Mavic Pro
Video: Reisiportaal.ee / Ivar Soopan
Music: Shen Khar Venakhi – “You are A Vineyard”
See on Kaukasuse mäestiku üks ilusaimaid paiku. Gruusias Svanetis, Mestia linna lähedal asub Ušba kahe tipuga mägi, mille pilvedele lähim punkt on 4700 meetri kõrgusel.
Wikipedia:
Ushba (Georgian: უშბა) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the Matterhorn of the Caucasus for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather[citation needed], Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus.
Ushba's south summit is slightly higher than its north summit, which has an elevation of 4,690 m (15,387 ft). The north summit was first climbed in 1888 by John Garford Cokklin and Ulrich Almer, while the south summit saw its first ascent in 1903 by a German-Swiss-Austrian expedition led by B. Rickmer-Rickmers.
Ushba's north summit is more accessible than the south summit: the standard route, the Northeast Ridge, ascends from the Russian side of the range to a high plateau and thence to the summit. (Hence a summit ascent on this route technically involves crossing the border.) The route is graded French AD+ or Russian 4a. Routes on the south summit, from the Georgian side, include two routes graded French ED.
In August 2012, thunderstorms made the ascent of Ushba treacherous. One climber died and another, Andranik Miribyan, was stuck near the summit for four days after becoming trapped on a ledge by heavy snowfall. Due to high winds, rescuers were unable to reach him by helicopter and Andranik made the decision to descend the mountain, despite having no ice axe after his broke while clearing snow.
Climbing Northern Ushba - one of the most difficult ascents in Caucasus mountains
Ushba is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with Russia, so technically our base camp was located in Russia.
Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the Matterhorn of the Caucasus for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather some consider Ushba as one of the most difficult ascents in the Caucasus.
It took us 31 hours of non stop climbing to summit it from the base camp and get back. Sure we're not the fastests mountaineers, but we've made it. Here are some video fragments of the endevour.
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More on the climb:
It takes ~two days of hiking and climbing the glacier to get to the plateau, where we made a base camp (4000 m). Getting there was rather dangerous, with shooting stones and crevasses. One of the fallings rocks barely missed our heads as it ricocheted horizontally from the mountain. I literally saw the world in bullet time like in the Matrix movie and dodged the incoming rock. I guess we were lucky.
The summit itself had a large section of steep wall of ice. While it was not so vertical and technically difficult as some frozen waterfalls might get, still it was very long and exhausting, not to mention the effects of being in 4500+ meters heights. A falling stone cut one of our ropes down below, so instead of 60 meters we only had ~45 meters rope left. Thus we had to make a lot of stops and it tooks us at least 10 pitches of iceclimbing alone. To make matters even more challenging, the most experienced teammate had some problems with his crampons, so I had to lead most of the pitches. Initially I was really happy with that - I love ice climbing. But after 10 hours of climbing nonstop, my energy resources were rapidly depleting and I really had to put lots of effort to concentrate and continue.
Even though the ice wall required way more time than expected, we decided to continue our ascent through the ridge, totally aware that we will not make it back down before dark. Weather forecast was good, visibility clear, we had headlights, so we continued. We were going up and down several times along the ridge for another ~4 hours. Eventually we summited (4694 m.) ~16 hours after leaving the Base Camp, and got back to BC after 31 total hours of climbing.
Ушба | უშბა | Ushba, Georgia
Всё о Грузи. Спуск с горы Ушба. Ушба - гора-сказка, гора-мечта и гора-смерть. О вершинах Ушбы мечтает каждый альпинист, но восхождения туда сложны, и несчастные случаи на склонах горы случаются в целом чаще, чем при восхождениях на другие вершины.
Слово “Ушба” в переводе со сванского - “гора, приносящая несчастье”
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Georgia: Trekking in the High Caucasus
Georgia sits astride the mighty Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas and offers a breath-taking variety of landscapes and habitats. The range of flora is absolutely astounding. Following the bloodless Rose Revolution of 2003 and the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, it is becoming a very popular trekking destination due to its beauty and the rich cultural heritage it offers. Wild camping is permitted almost everywhere, and rustic homestays in authentic mountain villages provide a great way to meet the local people. Our film was shot in July of 2017 and features some of the best trekking areas of Kazbegi, Khevsureti and Svaneti. The settlements featured include the highest permanently occupied village group in Eurasia - Ushguli. Read our Georgia travel blogs:
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Mestia - Trekking pod Uszbą - Uszba - Ushba - Becho - Tvebishi - Mazeri - Gruzja - Georgia
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Ushba in winter
Attempt to climb Gabriel Khergiani route on Ushba in winter. Ushba is a mountain in Caucasus, Georgia. We bailed our attempt at 4200m due to a 60hour's snowstorm.
Music:
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Simon Levick - Sail (Awolnation Cover)
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FROM MESTIA TO USHGULI – Trekking in Svaneti | Graded with FilmConvert
Some impressions of our hike from Mestia to Ushguli in Svaneti (Georgia)
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