CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS
     
 
Caucasus Mountains of Eastern EuropeView of the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus", Ushba, from the slopes of Elbrus.
 
 
View over Caucasus Mts from upper slopes of Elbrus. Summer 1990.
 
The famous Priut Hut at about 4400m on Elbrus, standard route.
   
 
Craig Hollinger climbs the steep styrofoam snow of the true summit of Elbrus in swirling spindrift. Supposedly there's a less steep way.