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Sorting our equipment	Upward in the fog	Hmmm, wasn't it summer now?!?	Punta Indren (3260m)
Sunrise at Punta Indren (3260m)	Mysticism	Our camp and Piramide Vincent (4215m)	Ski facilities in the rocks
The glacier on the way to Rif. Citta di Mantova (3470m)	Traverse towards the rocks	On the fixed ropes	Rif. Gnifetti (3647m)
Rif. Gnifetti rock ridge (3647m)	Lys glacier	Glacier crack	Piramide Vincent ice wall (4215m)
Biv. Felice Giordano al Balmenhorn (4167m) /up right/	200m below Piramide Vincent (4215m)	On the ice edge	Cracked Lys glacier
Emergency helicopter	Lyskamm (4527m) sunrise	Crowds up Lys glacier	With ready backpacks at Rif. Gnifetti (3647m)
The big backpack and Tzveta	Traverse below Rif. Gnifetti (3647m)	Rif. Citta di Mantova (3470m)	Mont Blanc massif (4810м) in the distance
On the glacier toward Punta Indren (3260m)	Natural paved road at 3000m	We, Lyskamm (4527m) and Piramide Vincent (4215m)	The lift and Tschaval valley
Erciyes (3917m) from Kayseri	Erciyes ski center (2200m)	Toward base camp	The weather is deteriorating...
Sunrise at 2900m	Beginning of the East ridge	Find the tent :-)	Side crater of Erciyes volcano
Erciyes close-up	The "camel hump"	Traverse on the right side of the "camel hump"	Scree to the ridge
View backwards to the crater and the east ridge	Erciyes (3917m)	View towards the ski center 1600m below	Small Erciyes
The loose final meters	The final 6 meters (it's so close!)	Tzveta in front of the rock church	We and Erciyes
Start of the scree	Odd shapes	On small Erciyes with our Turkish friends	Man and mountain
Road fork to Demirkazik village	Our aim - Demirkazik (3756m)	Village houses in Turkish style	Çimbar vadisi canyon
In the heart of the canyon	Mountain beauty	Tzveta is not to be trifled with!	Sighthole
Canyon exit	A representative of the scarce flora	Last water spring on the way up	The rock over the spring
The valley towards base camp	Summits in the end of Çimbar vadisi valley	Tzveta and Demirkazik (3756m)	View around
Sunrise over Demirkazik (3756m)	East wall at sunrise	Scree towards the col	Rock climbing towards the col
Next scree in a row	Last meters before the col	The summit is far away	Scree and rock sections to the summit
Looking down	Ridge climbing	Piton	Camping place beneath the very summit
Yes! We made it!	Erciyes in the distance	Aladaglar mountain from its highest point	On the summit of Demirkazik (3756m)
Downclimbing	Feel the slope angle	Up on the rock	We are almost on the summit...
What now? How to downclimb this?!?	Our "straw" system	Demirkazik North wall (3756m)	Demirkazik village
Open-air fitness gym	The mountain house and Demirkazik (3756m)	First beams over Aladaglar mountain	Underground city under Kaymakli village
Emo in a corridor	A stone door	Ventilation shaft	Kaymakli village
Rock dwellings	Frescos in a rock church	Rock sanctuary	Rock church ruins
Rock dwellings	Göreme in the evening	Kapadokya sunset	The ceiling is really low
Our room in the rocks	Stairway to the light	Large rock hall	White rock pyramids
Valleys around Göreme	Rock tunnel	Color lines	Color lines
We and Göreme valley	Frequent view - pumpkins!	The Blue Mosque	Obelisk beside the Blue Mosque
The dome of the Blue Mosque	In front of the Blue Mosque	St. Sofia church	The Meka direction
The sultan's spot	Sultan's library	Huge marbel jar	Dome
Christian frescos in St. Sofia church	Topkapi palace entrance	Swords in the armoury	Place for a rest
In front of Bosphorus	Spherical fountain	One of the many Kemal Atatürk monuments	Istanbul from Bosphorus
Wedding ship	Bridge over Bosphorus	Someone is bored...	Bridge over Bosphorus
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