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
Mount Garmo The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use called "Tajikistan, the Lofty Fastness of the Pamirs" (November 2001) claims: In 2008, a number of sources continued to identify Garmo with the highest mountain in the Pamirs, or else to give it a height above 7,000 metres. Mount Garmo was one of six mountains in the game "Alpiner", made for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A personal computer. Mount Garmo Mount Garmo (Tajik: Қуллаи Гармо, "Qullai Garmo", Russian: пик Гармо, "pik Garmo") is a mountain of the Pamirs in Tajikistan, Central Asia, with a height reported to be between 6,595 metres