in the company of mountaineers

trying to climb into it. First he tried scratching at someone's door, then he started trying to scramble up into a window. It was very funny to watch him. Then there was some clattering from the back side of that same tent. In the morning I found out that at that very moment he had bitten through someone's pot of porridge, leaving several people without breakfast. )) Fortunately, the she-bear didn't come to me, and the night was calm. This was my first encounter with a bear where I not only heard it but also saw it, and it could conditionally be called a rehearsal. Before what awaited me next… In the company of climbers

In the morning I decided to visit the "Big Fisht Glacier," whereas last time I had only managed to visit the "Small" one. The guys I had been drinking tea with yesterday and taking selfies with the bear cub invited me along…

The hike was magnificent. We reached the glacier and almost even started climbing up it. After trying a few meters, it became clear to us that without climbing gear there was no way to get up onto the glacier, and we headed back toward the camp. On the way back I broke away from the group to make it out of the reserve today.

I got out of the reserve quickly, in just 2.5 hours. Last time, by the way, it took me twice as long.

Endemics…

All told, I covered about 20 km today. There was still roughly the same amount left if I wanted to reach the stanitsa today...