Super excited for Graham who recently climbed what is now the hardest known route in #Armenia!!!
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His words below, reposted from @hiveclimbing 💙
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One of my goals during #projectarmenia was to climb the hardest route in the country.
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Due to a patch of bad weather in #Dilijan where our expedition is focused, we drove south across the country to #Noravank. Noravank Canyon is home to the highest concentration of existing climbing in Armenia.
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I'm super happy to have been able to get the FA of the open "Hair" project during our short visit, which I'm calling "Khosrov Kotak" (8a/5.13b). I chose the name in honour of a king in the region who established one of the first protected areas in the world, nearly 1800 years ago. "Khosrov Kotak" is currently the hardest known ascent in Armenia.
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It was an especially cool experience because we were joined by Luca (@foxyluca) and Mhkitar, two locals who are helping to drive the climbing scene in Armenia, and both of whom had encouraged me to try the route.
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This morning we head back up to Dilijan to continue developing the crags we've been working on over the past couple weeks. Can't wait to climb all the cool routes we've created as well!
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📸 @val_ismaili
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