Mount Elbrus Russia. The name "Elbrus" is a metathesis of "Alborz", which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. It is derived from Avestan "Harā Bərəzaitī", which is a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. "Harā Bərəzaitī" reflects Proto-Iranian *"Harā Bṛzatī", which was reformed into Middle Persian as "Harborz", and into Modern Persian as "Alborz". "Bṛzatī" is the feminine form of the adjective *"bṛzant" ("high"), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian "bærzond" ("high", "peak"), Modern Persian "barz" ("high"), "berāzande" ("elegant"), and "boland" ("high", "tall"), and Modern Kurdish "barz" ("high"). "Harā" may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from
Elbrus Race Piotr Hercog, Tomasz Brzeski, Leszek Rzeszotko, Alexandra Stodolak, Anton Brichevsky, Leszek Pleskasz, Gabor Horvath, Alexei Pshenichnikov, Andrei Gurin, Ade Wahyudi,and many, many others (sorry that not everyone could be listed here) The fastest known time to climb Elbrus (from Azau 2400m till West Summit 5642m) was fixed by Andrzej Bargiel on September 21, 2010 and is 3h 23m 37s. Since 2008 Red Fox started his race event at Elbrus using Elbrus Race name in not fair way. Part 1 starts from abour 2400 m near new cable car station — finish near refuge Barrels on ~3708 m. Goes from refuge