Azerbaijani climbers to conquer Kazbek

14.08.2013 [22:46]
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Baku, August 14 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani climbers have started to scale the 5,033-meter-high Kazbek Mountain located in the Caucasus mountain range.

The Azerbaijani expedition group, led by President of Azerbaijan Mountaineering Federation Israfil Ashurlu, includes members of Nikoilbank and Gartal clubs.

On August 10, climbers of Azerbaijan`s Irbis club conquered Kazbek Peak.

Mount Kazbek is one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Kazbegi District of Georgia and North Ossetia. It is the third highest mountain in Georgia (after Mount Shkhara and Janga) and the seventh highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains. The summit lies directly to the west of the town of Stepantsminda and is the most prominent geographic feature of the area. The name in Georgian, Mkinvartsveri, translates to “glacier” or “Ice Mountain”. Mount Kazbek is associated in Georgian folklore with Amirani, the Georgian version of Prometheus, who was chained on the mountain in punishment for having stolen fire from the gods and having given it to mortals.

Azerbaijani climbers to conquer Kazbek

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