Second vacation, change in plan

The day after paying the last part of the price for the trip I get a mail from the travel agency claiming that the departure has been cancelled due to not reaching the minimum number of people required.

Shit, so I panic a little and have a talk with them. I call the travel agent that handles the Russian Visas and they confirm that it will be possible to get a new Visa in the weeks before departure (as I will be out of the country from now until then due to business trips and the trip to France), so that was quickly settled. I was more nervous about the possibilities of having my vacation moved at the office, but after a couple of nerve wrecking days my boss came back to me and confirmed that it could be done.

Yay!

The trip itself has not changed from the description in my previous post, instead the dates will be the 14th to the 28th of July instead.

This year's second vacation confirmed!

I have now sent the deposit for my next vacation this year, which more or less means that the trip is going to happen. The schedule will be the following:

21st of July

Departure from Copenhagen travelling to Moscow

22nd of July

Early morning flight to Mineralnye Vody

22nd of July - 2nd of August

Trekking in Caucasus and (as far as the weather permits) doing so by following this itinerary:

Starting in Adyl Su valley (2600m), climbing Mount Gumachi (3890m), staying a night in Terskol, continue on to Syltran Lake (3200m), over the Syltran pass (3400m), Mukal- og Mkiara valleys, Irik pass (3700m), down to Irik valley and back to the hotel in Terskol. After these days with plenty of walks and acclimatization, we start climbing Mt. Elbrus by moving towards Garabashi og Diesel Hut (4150m), continuing on to Pastuchova rocks (4800m) but spending the night down at Diesel Hut again before we make the final push to the summit of Mt. Elbrus (5642m) on the trip's 12th day. The 13th day (2nd of August) is used as an extra day if the weather has prevented us from climbing Elbrus the day before, otherwise it will be used for relaxation or climbing Mount Cheget (3600m).

3rd of August

Flight back to Moscow

4th of August

Morning flight back to Copenhagen

This is going to be a great trip - I hope I will have trained enough for this before departure as I have a feeling that it is going to be a tough one! But really looking forward to it. Reaching Europes's highest point will be great.