ElbrusRace

All is well safely down at the Barrel refuge!

Filipino guy - also safely lowered down!

VII Elbrus Race has finished  - You can't race any higher in Europe!!

Chief Marshal , Honored Master of Sports Vladimir Shopin (see photo) now is able calmly, slowly tell to television reporters all about how our regular Elbrus Race was carried out on Elbrus ... And in general - what it is and why do they race ...

We are going to publish the results a bit later.

Vitaly Shkel: “I appreciate Kilian Jornet's great fight”.

Elena Laletina: You are dark-horse of speed ascents, aren’t you? Just within several years from unknown Vitaly Shkel you became the Champion of Russia in skyrunning and one of the strongest contenders for Mount Elbrus speed record. When did you start to participate in International Elbrus Race? Which part of your soul led you to this start? The Excitement? Curiosity? Ambition?

Денис Урубко, участник и рекордсмен International Elbrus Race 2006, сейчас вновь на Эльбрусе. Поднимаясь 19 августа рано утром по косой, он вспоминал то сентябрьское утро  2006, и свои эмоции участника соревнований. "Спасибо вам за то, что сумели тогда все организовать", - написал мне Денис.

2 Elbrus Race champions Anton Proshchenko (2h 28m 02s) and Aggey Skopin (2h.31min) (preliminary results) are already down on the Barrel!

The other participants continue to go down, Marshals from the top and the Saddle and 4 elbrus race participants behind - they descend down sick (mountain sickness + suspected cerebral edema) Filipino climber