The ascent of Mount Ararat (5,137m / 16,854ft) August 2007

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Great & Little Mt. Ararat from hotel - 21 Aug 05:30 Paul, Ruth and Mt. Ararat at breakfast - 21 Aug 08:11 Unloading equipment at 2,000 metres - 21 Aug 10:35 Approaching a hailstorm at 2,600 metres - 21 Aug 12:20 Cold and wet on arrival at Green Camp (3,300 metres) - 21 Aug 14:40 The rest of the party arrive at Green Camp - 21 Aug 14:42 The shadow of Mt. Ararat on the plain below as seen from Green Camp - 22 Aug 06:08 Breakfast at Green Camp - 22 Aug 08:17 Acclimatising at Camp 2 (4,150 metres) - 22 Aug 12:26 Back at Green Camp - 22 Aug 16:44 Elegant underwear seen at Green Camp - 23 Aug 07:28 Arrival (again) at Camp 2 - 23 Aug 11:16 The view from Camp 2 back down to Green Camp (the white dot slightly right and above the centre of the picture) - 23 Aug 11:41 Our tent at Camp 2 following the night's snowstorm (no summit attempt today!) - 24 Aug 05:33 Waiting in our tent at Camp 2 due to bad weather on the summit - 24 Aug 12:04 Our tent's posh entrance hall (yes, the white stuff on the ground is snow!)- 24 Aug 12:05 Pack horses at Camp 2 (though not ours) - 24 Aug 12:20 Bored at Camp 2 (we should have been on the summit today) - 24 Aug 13:03 Breakfast at Camp 2 before the summit attempt - 25 Aug 02:18 After 3½ hours climbing in the dark, daylight at last and our first view of the summit - 25 Aug 06:38 Over to our left, a massive ice cliff - 25 Aug 06:38 The Germans are following us - 25 Aug 06:39 Sunrise over the summit - 25 Aug 06:51 The "football field" half an hour before the summit (the most level part of the climb but still much steeper than it looks here). Beyond the snow you can see the vallay floor 3,300 metres (11,000 feet) below - 25 Aug 07:17 On the summit (5,137 metres) - 25 Aug 07:53 Ruth and Paul relaxing on the summit - 25 Aug 07:53 Looking across from the summit to Little Mt. Ararat (3,700 metres) - 25 Aug 07:54 The Germans seem to be getting close (but still 20 minutes away) - 25 Aug 07:54 Ruth resting on the summit - 25 Aug 07:54 Anne rejoicing on the summit - 25 Aug 07:54 Paul & Ruth on the summit - 25 Aug 07:55 Paul & Ruth again - 25 Aug 07:55 Next morning back at the hotel after the previous day's ascent of 1,000 metres and descent of 3,100 metres - 26 Aug 05:35