rock climbing
Rock climbing on the Basalt Columns of Armenia is banned
Considering the fact, that rock climbing on the Basalt Columns of Armenia causes a negative impact on their natural state, the birdlife on them an... Armenian team at Flatanger Climbing Festival
This year our club got involved in Youth in Action projects and we started with representing Armenia in the event “Experience the Eldorado of ... America to Armenia
Phhh. Our car stalls in the Zvartnots airport parking lot just as the third member of our climbing team, Marius, reports he “knows how to driv... Dancing the vertical and horizontal lines of Armenia
Before reading an article in Rock & Ice and watching Sam Bie’s excellent film on Armenian climbing, we virtually knew nothing about this littl... D-3, World Climbing Championship, Arco
Mio amico Ale has checked out by internet that the busses Verona-Arco work till 10pm. So when I arrived to Verona from Val Pellice at about 9:30... D-2, Climbing in Tuscany and Val Pellice
After
Mt Weissmies
I got back to Florence to my friend Ale, Dani, Lau and nice guy Giacomo. The next days it was supposed to join Ale... Afterfest...
With the end of the Festival our motivation didn´t end! We saw so many lines, still unclimbed that we decided to spend one more week in...
rope jumping
New jump from Davidashen bridge(100m high) - 40m free fall, 55m fall depth
We decided to perform it on 22 of June, on Sunday, but it started raining at that moment and so that the ropes didn’t get wet I decid... Swinging Rope Jumping 01.12.07
Since I saw Erik Perlman’s film ‘Masters of Stone 5’ in which Dan Osman performs his mad tricks of rope jumping I couldn’t stop thinki...
backcountry skiing
The old guides' ski-tour in Armenia
This time we were honored to host the iconic mountain guides Jaccoux Claude and Alberto Re in Armenia. Despite their pretty solid ages a group of ... Ski touring in Georgia
During the ski tour program in Armenia last year, Philippe Descamps, with his group of skiers, was interested in the ski tour trip in Georgia for ... "Eagle Ski Club" ski-touring in Armenia
“Eagles”, the way “Eagle ski club” members call themselves here, were the most cheerful group I have skied with! They said Bruce Goodlad, ... "Fox Mountains" ski-touring
Dani and Miriam Domingos were just purchased their Black Diamond ski-touring equipment, and we had to find an appropriate destination to “celebr... Heliskiing in Armenia
On March 17-24, the program of heliskiing in Armenia run with sunny weather and good snow. With our guests from Austria, Germany, Holland ... French Ski-tour in Armenia
From Feb 25 to March 5, a French group was hosted by Up The Rocks for ski-touring program in Armenia.
Among our honourable guests was th... Ski-touring in Armenia and more
Mystic basalt columns and limestone had been the initial motivation
to travel to Armenia, but the potential for outdoor adventures took us...
mountaineering
D-1, Mt Weissmies 4027m
The stories from series ”D” are about one of my Dreams that came in true: I mean that’s the first climbing trip of mine In Europe. The au... Expedition on mount Alamkouh(4850m), Iran
On the 14th of Aug the team arrived at Tehran. After lodging at our friend Arayik’s place and having a rest along with Sourik we set of... News about the climbing action on mt Alamkouh’s north wall. “French route” was chosen, 600m, A1 6c
The team of climbers is going to set out for Tehran in the morning of 13 of Aug. After getting to Tehran in the afternoon of 14th and stayin... Aghvan Chatinyan (Armenian hard man)
Aghvan Chatinyan was born on December 14, 1927 in Vardapluri, a village in Stepanavan, Armenia. In 1945 graduated from Kirovakan Agricultural ... Freaky Kazbek expedition
At the beginning of August, 2007 our Armenian friends from Iran Sourik Stepanian and Araik Jahanian came to Yerevan to set off for Georgia, K... 
