Tag: Ushba

Not necessarily the devil in the details, but something is. It’s a season of mixed weather so far in Svaneti, ...

This mountain, my muse. He just keeps on calling out to me. I take my camera and lenses every time ...

It has been a busy few days for us at Hanmer Guest House in Etseri, Svaneti. On August 19, we ...

There might be much worse things to be gripped by and want to explore from as many angles as safety ...

Last week I began this fable about how Babua and Bebia, two prominent rock features of Mt. Ushba, came to ...

I recently photographed the famous “Babua and Bebia” (Grandfather and Grandmother) pinnacles which stick up like fangs below the south ...

Well, the hardest climb (though not the highest) in the Caucasus certainly has a personality, as much as mountains can. ...

How little can you show of Mt. Ushba, hardest climb in the Caucasus, and still have it be a) recognizable ...