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Mount Ararat summit climbing (5137 meters)
Mount Ararat summit climbing (5137 meters)

Day 1: After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we get on our vehicle to move towards Mount Ararat. By vehicle, we first go to Çevirme Village, and from there, we go up to the altitude of 2200 meters, where our vehicle can go. Here, we get off the vehicle and walk up to 3200 meters for 5 hours and reach our base camp at 3200 meters. On the second day, we leave our camp at 3200 meters after the cafeteria from our main camp and reach the camp site at 4200 meters after a difficult climb. Today is the day of acclimatization to adapt to peak conditions. We go to bed early and get ready for the summit hike tomorrow. On the day of the summit.. We get up at around 01.00 and have our breakfast and start the hike to the summit of Mount Ararat. According to normal weather conditions, we reach the summit with great difficulty at around 06.30 o'clock. Despite the 4 days of August, it is -8 degrees and a windy morning. We take a short break at the summit and return to our camp at 4200 meters, and from there we descend to the base camp at 3200 meters and spend the night here. 3rd day. On the 4th day, after breakfast, we leave the camp at 3200 meters and go down to Çevirme Village. We get on our vehicle waiting for us and return to our hotel in Doğubayazıt and spend the day resting.

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Taken on: August 3, 2023
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