We started by flying into London from the States. We spent 10 hours there on a layover and got to spend some time in the city. My favorite part about that was to be able to see Big Ben (the clock tower). Next, we flew over to Moscow and down to Min. Vody. which was about an hour or so to the mountain. We were on the mountain for five days. The first day we took lifts up to 11,700 feet and walked up 400 verticle feet. We slept in our tiny cabin-like huts that night and woke up early the next morning for our climatization hike. On this hike we climbed up anywhere from 14,000 to 15,010 feet. Some of us brought our snowboards and got to hit the snow the whole way down. It wasn't bad snow but it was real icy. The next day we relaxed the entire day getting ready to wake up at 3:00 a.m. It was now time for the hike. The hike for me was rewarding. It took us 9 hours to summit the mountain and everytime that I thought we were close we had another 4 hours. The way down wasn't a cake walk either. It took another 3 1/2 to 5 hours for us to get down and only a few of us snowboarded down, but only from 15,000 feet because it was too far for us to bring them to the top.. ha ha. After the mountain we got to go into a town to play soccer against kids from Russia and Chechnia (spell check). This was a lot of fun because we got to interact with the kids. After staying down there for a few days, we headed up to Moscow again. In Moscow we did some shopping and went to the Red Square. This was great because I was standing on history. Finally, we left and went to Munich, Germany. This city was amazing. Most of their transportation was done on electric trains and buses which made getting around easier. By now everyone had had a trip of their life. I know that I did. I was able to grow as a young man and improve things about me that will help out in the future. Thank you to all of you that prayed and supported us on our trip. We barely had any problems and and we appreciate all that you did.