Mount Elbrus climbing & skiing experience in crystal clear full High Definition.
Directed, Produced, and Edited by
Simon Straetker & Milo Zanecchia, exclusively for Russian Mountain Holidays
Starring
Vitaly Stegno (RMH Owner and Senior Mountain Guide), George JOSE Bushuev (RMH Ski & Mountain Guide), Salim Nakhushev (RMH Ski & Mountain Guide, FWQ Athlete, and Judge)
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Mount Elbrus, Caucasus Mountains, Russia – HOME of the RMH Mountain Guides
About This Project
PLANET ELBRUS – An Award-Winning Documentary Film by the East Road Media House & The Black Forest Collective. A London Mountain Film Festival Winner. This film gives us an insight into the story behind the local family-run mountain guiding company Russian Mountain Holidays through the googles of its owner and senior Mountain Guide – Vitaly Stegno, and takes us to the most beautiful mountains on the planet, to the legendary Mount Elbrus Region in Russia, deep in the heart of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range.
“A reflection on perceptions, exploration, and freedom. Russia’s Elbrus region as seen through the eyes of an Elbrus local mountain guide Vitaly Stegno – presenting a wholly different reality to the international governments’ warnings of the area” – Milo Zanecchia – a Swiss-American adventure filmmaker and photographer, East Road Media House Director & Producer.
Directed, Produced and Edited by
Simon Straetker & Milo Zanecchia, exclusively for Russian Mountain Holidays
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Mount Elbrus / The Great Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
Russian Mountain Holidays is a local Mount Elbrus Guiding Company which was unofficially founded by Stegno family 6 decades ago in 1953, now owned by Vitaly Stegno – one of the very few local Interntional Mountain Guides on Mount Elbrus. The RMH family has 65+ years of ultimate Elbrus guiding experience and proudly specializes in exclusive guided climbing expeditions to Mount Elbrus and signature backcountry adventures in the North Caucasus Mountains since 1953.
“#PlanetElbrus I call it. Because it truly is. It’s a whole another Planet to me. My own one. It’s different from anywhere else. This is my home. This where I grew up and learned to live in the mountains and understand them. This is my paradise. My land. My people. My culture. Guiding international guests on Mount Elbrus on the highest western guiding standards, showing you our Caucasian culture, this magical beauty of the Great Caucasus Mountains, and make Planet Elbrus the center of the world for myself – that was my biggest dream and my ultimate goal since I was a little kid. I always knew I was born for this. I knew this is my destiny and I knew my heart is on Elbrus. I always followed my heart and I always had the vision of where I’m going. ” – Vitaly Stegno (RMH CEO, Owner & Lead Guide).
Directed, Produced and Edited by
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Mount Elbrus / The Great Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
“The Russian Odyssey” is an award-winning film that was going global in 2020 rocking on the World Tour as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival 2020
Spawned from the desire to do something different, “The Russian Odyssey” follows a small crew of snow-enthusiasts as they explore the Caucasus Range of Russia. From Mt Elbrus, one of the world’s Seven Summits, to Sochi, home of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Motherland did not disappoint, offering an experience that belied their preconceived notions, and gave the team a healthy dose of adventure.
Directed, Produced and Edited by
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Mount Elbrus / The Great Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
Planet Elbrus – that’s how we call it. This is HOME for us at Russian Mountain Holidays. The place where we grew up and learnt to move to the mountains.
Mt. Elbrus and the Great Caucasus Mountains is definitely one the most unique and still unexplored and extremely wild places for the world’s best backcountry skiing on the planet.
This video shows only 4 days of #Elbrus backcountry experience of 3 Canadian amigos: William Binamé (one of the Sherpas Cinema), Ben Osborne (MountainLife Media BC), and Jordy Norris (Whistler Blackcomb Helicopters) who came to ski-tour Mt. Elbrus with #RMH and Vitaly Stegno.
Directed, Produced and Edited by
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Mount Elbrus/ The Great Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
Spawned from the desire to do something different, “The Russian Odyssey” follows a small crew of snow-enthusiasts as they explore the Caucasus Range of Russia. From Mt Elbrus, one of the world’s Seven Summits, to Sochi, home of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Motherland did not disappoint, offering an experience that belied their preconceived notions, and gave the team a healthy dose of adventure. Online release on the 19th of November 2019.
Directed, Produced and Edited by
Vitaly Stegno (Russian Mountain Holidays)
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Mount Elbrus / North Caucasus Mountains / Russia
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About The Project
“The Mountains Are Calling and I Must Go” – that’s what John Muir said. Perhaps, if you are not a mountain person you just don’t know what that feeling is. It’s unfamiliar. It’s hard to understand. And it’s hard to explain. But to those whose heart lives in the mountains, this feeling is very familiar. It feels like coming home. Because… Home is where your heart is.
Balkarian Express Couloir is an incredible place. It’s a beautiful, steep narrow line that challenges you from the start and alluring with its greatness. It is located at the foot of Mount Elbrus and is visible from the Azau glade. There are two possible options to climb to the starting point: either in the forehead or along the ridge of the North Circus of Mount Cheget. We climbed up on the forehead. The average slope is 60 degrees. There are only 6 people who have skied this line throughout history. This time there were 2 of us. Me (Vitaly Stegno) and Jose (George Bushuev). Express let us in and let us out safely. For that, we thank him.
Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor: Vitaly Stegno
Featuring: George “AKA Jose” Bushuev & Vitaly “AKA Vito” Stegno
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
February 3rd / 2018
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Mt. Elbrus / Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
During the season 2017, we were asking our guests to tell about the Caucasus and their Elbrus climbing experience with us. This is what they told. We interviewed many different people from many different countries all over the globe.
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Bradford Malt, Vitaly Stegno, and Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
February 1st / 2018
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Mt. Elbrus South Route / Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
Last season we climbed and skied Mt. Elbrus (5642 m.) with Nokia’s new Virtual Reality camera – OZO. This is the first ever full 3D Elbrus climbing video in 360º VR format. Just scroll it to look around!
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
March 31st / 2017
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Mt. Elbrus / Caucasus Mountains / Russia
About This Project
Check out who is behind Russian Mountain Holidays. We’re only a small crew of friends who fell in love with climbing and skiing in the North Caucasus Mountains, but that means that we don’t just treat you like a client, we treat you like part of the family!
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
March 1st / 2017
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Mount Elbrus 5642 m. / North Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
PROJECT7 with Eric Pilon-Bignell from Canada: Mt. Elbrus is an ideal for those looking to summit all the 7 summits, as the climbing itself often time not very technical, but still gives the climber very high altitude exposure.
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
December 5th / 2016
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Mount Elbrus 5642 m. / North Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
Mountains always attract only good and open people to each other! Every year we have more and more customers from Canada in our groups coming to Russia to climb one of the Seven Summits – Mt. Elbrus 5642 m.
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
June 1st / 2016
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Mount Elbrus Summit / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
June 1, 2016. On the Top of Mt. Elbrus 5642 with our clients from United States! For Chip and Bradley, it was the third summit on the way to the most important one – Mt. Everest!
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
February 14th / 2016
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Mount Elbrus / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
Season 2016 is open for bookings and we have some super sweet spots for ya! Hurry up to grab them before someone else does! Simply contact us right away to book your next mind-blowing Elbrus adventure!
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
October 17th / 2015
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Mount Elbrus / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
This year RMH became an official mountaineering partner of the Elevation Challenge. This is a short film about climbing Mount Elbrus with Ben and Erin from England. These guys cycled 5000 km to get here and climb it to the top of Europe.
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
October 10th / 2015
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Mount Elbrus / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
From the lowest to the highest point in Europe, fully under human power. The Elevation Challenge Official Trailer.
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
August 10th / 2015
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Mount Elbrus / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
The Elevation Challenge 2015. Full video coming soon! Check out our YouTube and Vimeo channels!
Directed, Shot and Edited by
Russian Mountain Holidays
Date
May 15th / 2015
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Mount Elbrus / Caucasus / Russia
About This Project
Mt. Elbrus still incredibly attracts people from around the world who come to explore this wild beauty of the Caucasus mountains. This video is about how we started the season 2015 on Elbrus with amazing people from many different countries!
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