Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in Russia and Europe. It’s the dormant volcano rises 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level. The mountain is covered with snow year-round. Mount Elbrus has 22 glaciers that feed three rivers - Baksan, Malka and Kuban.
I did not conquer Elbrus, I just rided by bus and three cableways in succession to the maximum height of 3850 meters allowed without special training.
Even with 5 adaptive stops, at the top of the route my oxygen saturation dropped to 87%. For those who have not experienced COVID-19, I would like to point out that a saturation below 92% means the need for urgent resuscitation with an artificial ventilation.
Not far from Elbrus there is the Narzan Valley located, a place with many mineral springs. Narzan - from the Kabardino-Circassian language means the drink of heroes, what makes them stronger. There you can buy such exotic things - this is local honey with nuts, fruits and even fir and pine cones that you can eat.
Grazie per la condivisione @SergeySud hai vissuto un’esperienza incredibile. Non sono mai salita così in alto, immagino che, a parte le difficoltà di adattamento fisico, le sensazioni che si provano siano incredibili, tocchi il cielo! Com’era la temperatura li? Non molto freddo guardando il tuo abbigliamento… Complimenti per le foto sono molto belle. Adoro i costumi tradizionali della prima foto
Thanks for sharing your story with everyone! Your photography skills are fascinating and one can feel the places you talk about. May I ask what device you are using to take photos?
Looking forward to reading more about your travels.
P.S.: It was also quite interesting to read about the “Narzan” drink. In Bulgaria, we also have money jars with nuts and we believe eating it is quite good for the body.
Thanks for the positive feedback. Unfortunately, I have to compress high quality photos down to postage stamp size to meet the demands of this interface.
Indeed, it was not very cold (+10°C roughly), this is because you are close to the sun, and without a special cream you can get severe sunburn very quickly. However, I was at the top point for no more than 15 minutes and already felt not only oxygen starvation, but also cold, because of cold wind. BTW, I was the only person in the T-shirt. It’s just a feature of my body - for a short time I can be dressed like that even in the cold. But only for a few minutes. Of course, just in case, I had a windbreaker jacket and thermal underwear in my backpack.
I shoot with a Nikon 7100 camera with an 18-105mm lens. I do shoots in RAW, and then process the photos at home on a computer using Photoshop. I also use a Pixel 3 smartphone camera. For example, the mountain panorama in my post was taken on a smartphone.
As I wrote above, I have to significantly degrade the quality of pictures for posting on Connect.
About Narzan. Narzan is a common name for many different mineral waters in the North Caucasus. Neighboring republics jokingly argue about which mineral water can really be called Narzan. Some springs are quite tasty, others have a very strong mineralization or a strong smell, and such water is drunk for medicinal purposes or out of great curiosity.
Grazie a te per la risposta e i dettagli @SergeySud . Riguardo alla pubblicazione delle foto qui su Connect penso che tu possa caricarle direttamente da Google Foto utilizzando il link così non dovresti avere problemi @ErmesT potrà spiegarti meglio
OMG!! Your photos are great @SergeySud , and I love the whole post. The area is incredibly beautiful, and is amazing to see you in the middle of the snow, in a so high area.
Regarding the quality of the photos, the size in Connect is limited, as you know already, for giving to all the users the possibility to add their photos. Generally speaking we can say that, as the maximum visualization size in Connect is the “Full screen” it is not necessary to upload photos larger than 1920 pixel.
But, as @PattyBlack (grazie per il tag) says, you may have different portions for sharing a Full Resolution photo with us:
Share with us a photo, or an album, stored online (e.g. in Google Photos)
Embed a photo stored online, by following the procedure explained here: Uploading a photo on Connect? Read these guidelines first . Just make sure that the photo are not “private” , before sharing them. Also remember that a shared photo, as it is not stored in connect, will not use your space of 1000 photos
These flowers are very small, no larger than a match head, but bright spots are visible from the cabin of the cable car on the slopes of Elbrus, at an altitude of about 2500 meters.
sono molto belle. Adoro i costumi tradizionali della prima foto 
