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Elisabeth

20-05-2009 12:54

Dear Yulia,

We are back home from Sunday evening and I wanted to tell you that we are very satisfied of our stay in Caucasus and in Moscow too. Everyday was sunny, Viktor was a nice, efficent and very attentive guide, Nina was a very good cook, and the stay in the barrels with Gallia was pleasant too. And we had very good conditions to climb to the summmit of the Elbrus. We did not have any problem, either with planes, luggage, equipment, transportation or weather.
Sincerely yours
Elisabeth

Answering TST:

Thank you and see you next years!

Christer Johansson

Sweden - 14-04-2008 15:27

Hi
Your e-mail account is full and will not receive any new e-mails.
Please contact me about a trip to Mt. Elbrus
Best regards
Christer

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Dear Christer,
we so much sorry for delay with an answer, but your mail to our Guest
Book on www.slope.ru ; was blocked with our System Administrator as we
have too strong antispam filter, so we found out this mail only today…

So if it's not too late we can send you our proposals for Elbrus. Just
tell us how many people in your group or you are individual, and
preferable time and duration of visit.
Nearest trip is from 12 to 19 September, special offer for individuals
- 990 Euros, you have a chance to climb Elbrus and to see Elbrus Race,
annual speed climb competitions organized by our company every
September. More info about this trip please see on our web site
http://www.slope.ru/...18&katitem_id=price
More info about Elbrus Race please see here: www.elbrusspeedclimb.com
Please see also our standard 8 and 15 days programs for Mt Elbrus 2008:
http://www.slope.ru/...#AMP###m=menu1&l=en
Hope to hear from you and please very much sorry for our delay!

Sincerely yours,
Yulia Chunosova.

Andre Prudhomme [send message]

25-03-2008 21:45

Would like to know what skis best used for climbing Elbrus. Light touring (e.g fischer xtreme 165cm ), or normal skis (Atomic Nomads - 170cm). My height is 177cm and weigh 75kg

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Dear Andre,
we so much sorry for delay with an answer, but your mail to our Guest
Book on www.slope.ru ; was blocked with our System Administrator as we
have too strong antispam filter, so we found out this mail only today…
Hope it's not too late to answer to your question.
Both skis is possible to use!
When I used to climb up I always happy to use light touring skis
(actually that is my selection!!), but when I used to ski down I always dream about big and wide normal skis!!!.
But I saw a good few skiers who preferred to use normal skis for
climbing Elbrus (like Bandit 2xxx or 3xxx e.g.) — they are stronger
than me I suppose :)
So the final decision is very personal.
I was very much impressed seeing last springtime new touring skis K2 that seems to meet both requirements : they are VERY light but are big and solid
enough to enjoy skiing down .
Please tell us if you need more info about our trips to Elbrus. Our
standard tours you can find on our web site
http://www.sklon.ru/...#AMP###m=menu1&l=en

Sincerely yours,
Nickolay Shustrov,
General Director

Jean-Marie GUIAN

29-03-2007 18:01

Dear Yulia,
Just a quick note to let you know we had a very pleasant trip in Caucasus. The scenery is fabulous, the organisation went very well despite our missed flight the first day.
Viktor has been very nice and professional.
So thank you and Nicolai for organising this trip.
I'll tell my friends about Top Sport and hopefully they will want to come next year.
As far as i'm concerned, I would be interested in skiing in Tien Shan or Kamtchaka another time!
Best regards,
Jean-Marie

Answering TST:

Dear Jean-Marie, thank you for your kind feed-back! hope to see you and you friends next years in Russia. Yulia.

Mark Synnott

USA - 09-08-2006 17:58

Irina,

sorry for taking so long to get back to you. things have been a little hectic since our return. just wanted you to know that the trip was fantastic and I was very pleased with how everything worked out. We made the west summit and skied from the saddle. It was a great experience. We loved Nick and he did a great job of taking care of us. I will wholeheartedly recommend Top Sport Travel to anyone interested in exploring the Caususes.

Best of luck with business and life.

Mark Synnott

Miquel Caminal

07-04-2006 22:57

Hello!
The final part of our trip was much more successful then arrival, there was no problems with baggage and other unpleasant surprises.
Anyway thank you for your treatment so exquisite that we had in St. Peter. The appearance of a «protective angel» Konstantin Gradusof in the airport of St Peter made everything much more easy: first, processing the reclamation for the loosen baggage, later in Toksovo trying by all possible means to find material to be able to participate, we didn't have rubles but he lent us money, he always accompanied us, he worried about us and finally, although not all dared, we could participate in the race, with a material not very competent but we could give a turn for the circuit. A 10 points for Konstantin and another for Yulia. THANK YOU.

Other thing, the Toksovo ski marathon.
A test that we saw in Internet gave us the sensation of a test of the level of other Euroloppet but unfortunately in live it was not the same thing. The landscape was beautiful but the quality of the layout and the organization could improve, it is not normally for a marathon to give two turns in a circuit, it was programmed as a circuit of 53 Kms with provisioning each 10 Km aprox. But in the reality it was not exactly this way, a single small provisioning on the 8 Kms and another in the arrival.
All this must to be improved because the area is very attractive and ideal for these races.

Grateful for everything, and charmed with the city of San-Petersburgo, it is a marvelous.
We will return.

Nikolay http://www.slope.ru

Russia - 23-03-2006 19:21

>> Hello!Please give me some advice about what kind >> of boots to use under the race!

I participated only once in the race at 1990 . That year race had the biggest number of participants. Mainly they used usual climbing boots — e.g. I ran in Koflach boots with light Saleva Messner crampons on. Anatoly Bukreev (the winner, with 1h 47 min from Refuge 11 till East Summit) used light leather trekking looking like (but still climbing) boots with some kind of very light and fragile crampons on. 2 mountain runners from USA (do not remember names, 2-nd and 7??-th result) used specially disigned for them NIKE boots, wich looked like running shoes with spikes. But on automn 1990 there were plenty of ice on Elbrus slopes!!! So for sure the choice of running boots will depend considerably on snow/ice condition of slope!!! I can imaging running/walking with no crampons till saddle as it was during last race.

Surely making the choice of shoes one should remember that Elbrus is not a just big stadium but a Big Mountain despite its rather easy slopes.
Nikolay Shustrov (5-th result of 1990 race with 2h12m)

john falkiner [send message] http://johnfalkiner.com

switzerland Australia - 06-09-2005 11:07

Just wished to thank top sport for so many fantastic adventures since 1989, Kahn Tengri,Yakutia, Kola, Altai, Caucasus, Each trip has been a great adventure and learning experiance, the beauty of the country and generosity and hospitality of the peoples living there not to mention the skiing shall keep me comming back for more ... .thank you Nikolay and Alexei and all the team..from John

Twan van Bakel [send message] http://www.baikalbelukha.com

Russia - 13-07-2005 15:03

Hello,

Is it possible to hire ONLY a guide to climb Belukha. Now we are in Kyzyl, Tuva on our way during our Baikal Belukha Expedition and seek a guide to climb Belukha, end of August, beginning of September. What would be the price for the guide for the climb only?
please reply on our email and have a look at our website,
kind regards,
Twan van Bakel

Answering TST:

I repplyed with e-mail. Good lack to You in your loooongue trip!

Nick Parks

Great Britain - 02-06-2005 18:42

Hi Nikolai!
Quick email to say a big thank you for everything you did to make the Mountain Tracks Elbrus trip so successful. We are very keen to continue working with Top Sport travel and when you have a chance please send me details of the trips we discussed; Bezingi valley, Kola Peninsular,Kamchatka, Tien Shen etc. I will be contacting the British Foreign ministry to discuss the wording of their advise to travellers in the Elbrus region.
Once again, many thanks
Nick

Claude Jaccoux

France - 28-04-2005 14:32

Irina, Marina, Alexei et les autres,
je tenais à vous remercier pour l'ensemble du voyage à la Péninsule de Kola que vous nous avez organisé ces jours derniers. Même si je ne l'ai pas montré suffisamment sur le moment, toujours réservé, et un peu inquiet de ce qui va arriver, en particulier quand il faut prendre un
train ou un avion. C'est un défaut de responsable de groupe et je vous prie de m'excuser si parfois j'étais un peu tendu.
Mais en fait tout s'est bien passé, hormis le temps, qui aurait pu faire un effort pour être un peu plus beau. Malgré tout les participants ont été vraiment contents et m'ont tous dit qu'ils avaient été enchantés de ce voyage. Je dois particulièrement remercier Irena, très efficace à St Petersbourg et Le guide Alexei, excellent sur le
terrain. Et de plus les remercier tous deux dans le traitement apporté au problème des skis perdus par Air France. Alexei parce qu'il a su trouver de bons skis de remplacement, ce qui ne paraissait pas évident, et Irina parce qu'elle a su nous les faire parvenir dans les meilleurs délais, ce qui est un exploit. Bravo et encore merci à tous deux.
Et merci aussi à Top Sport Travel, qui nous organisé un voyage qui n'était pas simple, surtout pour des occidentaux habitués à vivre dans un confort sans nuances. Nous en conserverons tous un excellent souvenir et je ne manquerai pas d'en faire de la publicité auprès de mes amis guides.

Merci encore et amitiés à tous

Claude

Philippe Zucchini [send message]

France - Nice - 23-04-2005 12:51

Bonjour a toute l'equipe TST,

Un petit mot pour vous remercier de l'organisation PARFAITE de ce trip de 2 semaines (1er-16 Avril 2005) dans le Caucase (Ullutau - Elbruz - Bezinghi) pour un séjour de ski de rando.
Tres grand merci a Victor et Alexey (guides) qui nous ont fait partager leur amour pour ces montagnes du Caucase et le ski plaisir...
Un trip inoubliable dans des vallées reculées, ou nous tracions au fil des jours des pentes sublimes, en ski ou telemark.
Souvenir egalement inoubliable de l'accueil a Ullautau par Nina et ses petits plats typiques.

Ullutau : vraiment bien adapté au ski de ski de rando
Bezinghi : plus orienté alpinisme. Toutefois de belles pentes, malgré des approches «plates» sur les immenses glaciers. Sauna operationel et a ne pas louper.

Je reviendrai, je ne sais pas encore quand, mais je reviendrai c'est sur....

Philippe Zucchini - France - Nice

Hello TST team,

Few words to thank you about the PERFECT organization of this 2 weeks trip (April 1st-16th 2005) in Caucasus mountains (Ullutau - Elbruz - Bezinghi) for a back-country ski tour.
Big thanks also to Victor and Alexey (guides) who shared with us their love for these Caucasus mountains and the ski...
An unforgettable trip in isolated valleys, where we made our own daily ski tracks on sublime slopes, in (traditional) ski or telemark.
Unforgettable recollection, also, about Nina's welcome in Ullautau and her tasty and typical meals.

Ullutau : really well adapted to backcountry ski.
Bezinghi : More Alpinism oriented. However some beautiful slopes to ride, despite some flat «start» on huge glaciers. Sauna is working, do not miss it.

I'll come back, do not know when, but I'll come back for sure...

Philippe Zucchini - France - Nice

Sharpes family

UK - 19-01-2005 16:20

Dear Mr Shustrov
We are tourists from the UK who stayed in Adyr-Su valley (Caucasus) last spring.
We have a comment regarding one of your local ski-touring guides - Mr Viktor Komarichev.
This Christmas he visited us in the UK. We offered him to stay longer, found him a job, promissed full board accomodation, love and care, but he would not stay.
He went back to the Caucasus to train and get fit for the coming ski-touring season work with the words: na chto mene vasha Anglia bez ski-tura...
He is a really amazing person and good Guide.
So, please do not forget to send him congratulation with his birthday - 20th January!
Thank you in anticipation.
Sharpes family.

fred serin [send message]

france- northern alps - 22-12-2004 21:31

Kak Diela? Schto Nova?
Sdiece, Sivodnia mnoga sniega v'Meribel.Sniek pouschisti, lourgkie.trassa klassnaya.But...Astarojna!Vniet trasse,Vnimania na eti kamnie!
Zavtra boudiet sniek!
Minia zavout fred Serin, Yia llijni instructor.Yia rabotaillou y yia jivou v'Meribel. Yia pro snowboarder - free rider-
Ti loubish katatcia na llijar?
Davaii! Yia vam pakajou kak eta dillat!
Kaliena vpiriot - sagnitie nimnoga nogie - Rouky vpiriot - Najmitie golegniou na yiazitchok botinka-
Viprimitiess! Nagnitiess nimnoga vpiriot! rasslabtiesse!
Davaii! Idiom na krasnouyou traccy...
Padnimitzie vnoutriniouiou llijou!Razdvintie lija dla ravnaviecia! Da Da rhalacho, rhalacho, eto rhalochaya pazitzilla.Llije parallelna. Voui minia poniali?
Davaii, itcho rass!
Kantralierou?lltier skorest!Astanavitiess vnizou tracce!
Iest problema?
kouda mi idiom?
Izvinitie pajaoulsta,atkrita llijnayia stanzia, y yia sigda gatove to welcome you in the 3 Vallees!
Yia jelayou chtchaslivava novava goda!
et peut etre a tres bientot a Meribel...
Pacca.
Dla minia, y dla ski sensations ski school y office de guide,scivo vam dobrava!

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