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Bengelchen (aka Cindy) came up with the idea to climb a massive ridge close to the Ararat.
It was a fantastic hike with big climbing sections. I don’t know if I ever climbed something that steep before without a harness etc.
But it felt super good. But at one point, in the middle of our descent, I had to take a break to center myself again. For a moment I had felt pretty lost or stressed.
You can see the tour on Komoot.
After Van Lake, we went to the Ararat Mountain. What a mountain it is! I’ve never seen one like that before. It just looks so impressive and majestic. I can’t describe it and the photos can’t deliver it. It’s just a huge mountain in between nothing.
We parked Thor and Rosinante at its foot and just enjoyed looking at it. One day we went up as far as we could without crampons or snowshoes but turned back when a thunderstorm approached. But still we had a super good time going up and down.
And even in the most isolated places, where you don’t see anybody else for hours, when you start to have sex outside, a shepherd appears from nowhere and asks for fire 🤣
And I love to make some dust with Rosinante. I don’t know why, but I just have to. And the small dirt road down from the Aragats is perfect for it 😁
Oh, and if you want to go there as well, go to this spot: see it on Google Maps. The other road more to the east is located on a military restricted area and you need an permission to enter.
You can see our tour on Komoot.
Yolo was doing very well after Cindy had saved her from starving a couple of weeks ago. Taking her with us was not really an option and so Cindy said that maybe we would find a new home for her at some point.
During our time at that nice spot at Van Lake, every day a young cow shepherd came along. He was a very nice guy and loved playing around with Yolo. Sometimes Yolo was even running around with him while he was taking care of the cows.
After some days we thought that maybe he would be a good friend for Yolo and asked him if he would like to keep her once we left. He got excited about that and after we made clear that we wanted a really nice home and friend for Yolo and that he would have to take care of her for a long time, we left Yolo with him and the gang of cows he was taking care of.
It was a bit sad to leave Yolo because we had such a great time with her. But at the same time it felt absolutely right to leave her with the nice shepherd to have a proper home and family.