"Like thousands of climbers and hikers before me, I could have carried up a tent, along with food and stove, to pitch on the treeless alpine meadow in the shadow of Kazbek, a dormant stratovolcano that straddles the Georgia-Russia border. At 5,050 metres, it’s the third-highest mountain in Georgia. But I came to visit something new for Georgia, an alpine country not necessarily known for its alpine culture. A hut."

Mike Eckel, 2022