rock climbing

Our member Vadik won the Moscow championship in speed climbing

Our member Vadik won the Moscow championship in speed climbing On February 13-14, 2010, the Championship of all age group climbers was held in Moscow, on the great climbing walls DDS(Youth Sport Club. ...

Long expected meeting with Alexey Trubachev at the Spitak rescue bouldering section

Long expected meeting with Alexey Trubachev at the Spitak rescue bouldering section Early morning on Sunday, November 22 we started our training. Me, Luca and Tatevik headed to the usual training spot – bouldering section un...

Training for begginers

Training for begginers On Sunday my dad drove: me, Mkhitar, Tatevik, and Vardan to Noravanq to go rock climbing. I woke up at 7:30Am to meet Mkhitar and Tatevik at a b...

"Doudouk" 5.10d

At the evening of July 24, we found a lovely camping area near the river in Garni gorge. July 25 was the day of Garni gorges basalt columns res...

“Arpa” 5.8, 30m, FA

“Arpa” 5.8, 30m, FA The project of “Arev” Armenian First Ascent Open Festival July 18, we took the equipment and went about 2 kilometers up by the gorge to e...

“Eagles aren’t at home” 5.8 A0, 28m, FA

“Eagles aren’t at home” 5.8 A0, 28m, FA The project of “Arev” Armenian First Ascent Open Festival July 17 was a calm day and with all the team we went up by the slope to the ...
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rope jumping

New jump from Davidashen bridge(100m high) - 40m free fall, 55m fall depth

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

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

Ski-tour on Mt. Aragats 4090m

Ski-tour on Mt. Aragats 4090m Andranik Miribyan, John Clintob and me set off to the village Aragats. The destination was to explore a new Ski-tour route for Geographic Trav...
mountaineering

Expedition on mount Alamkouh(4850m), Iran

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

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 (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

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...