Seven Summits: Elbrus

SEVEN SUMMITS SPOTLIGHT: Elbrus August 1 - 11, 2002 Summit Date: August 8, 2002 Normal Route TONY VAN MARKEN

Elevation - 18,510′

Elbrus Fun Facts

Dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia Elbrus has two summits - west summit is 18,510' and the east summit is 18,442' First summit was in 1874 by Florence Crauford Grove, Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker, and guided by Peter Knubel and Ahiya Sottaiev Formed over 2.5 million years ago and the last eruption was in about AD 50

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