Elbrus Race Anatoly, Valery and Alexandr gone as well and Elbrus Race of the first edition has stopped. Taking into consideration the increase of the popularity of extreme sport and mountaineering in Russia, the accommodation convenience in Elbrus region, the experience in organization of sport events, Russianclimb.com and Top Sport Travel (high venture travel company, led by Nikolay Shustrov (Master of Sports in mountaineering, member of Balyberdin climbing team, 1990 Elbrus Race participant with 5-th result -2h12min, Camel Trophy 93 participant) decided to reborn the tradition of speed climb competitions to the highest Europe point. So since 2005 second edition is going
Qaflankuh Mountain Range metres, Mount Sendan Dagh is the highest mountain of the range which is located in the southeast section of this mountain range. There are some mineral hot springs containing sulphur in different parts of this range. Geologically, Qaflankuh Mountain Range was formed during the Tertiary volcanism and plutonism and is made mainly of the Eocene volcanic rocks with very small sections of intrusive rocks in the northern and southern parts of the range. Qaflankuh Mountain Range Qaflankuh or Qaflankuh Mountain Range (Persian: رشته کوه‌ها‌ی قافلانکوه / Reshteh Kuh-hā-ye Qāflānkuh) is a mountain range that is located about 20 kilometres north