Holy crap! We were caught in some incredible storms today! We were wandering around at 3000m when I looked up and there were about 10 falcon type birds coming towards us, and behind them the sky was black. A few minutes later it started peeing it down and there was a flash of lightning and an almighty crack of thunder. I swear my heart was racing so much I thought it was going to burst out my chest. I was bricking it! I looked about to see that we were on a plateau and with 2 guys shorter than me, I was the tallest thing in the field! Suddenly I developed a stoop....We had lunch in a dry spell and laid everything out on a nice big flat rock. I was just tucking into my second sandwich when the sky went very dark and the thunder and lightning started again. As the rain got heavier we all bolted for the car apart from Gagik who decided to stay and finish his lunch. Then the hail started and he was in like a shot!! The storm lasted a good 20 minutes. The land rover was was of 5 people, 2 of them big guys, and it was rocking like mad in the wind. Ahead of us just a little bit down slope the sky was split with an incredible fork lightning and something on the ground burst into flames. Did a cow get hit? There are no trees....
We slid our way back down the mountain, as the roads are all dirt tracks and the land rover tires are old and have no tread! Having spent the last 10 or so days driving like a suicidal maniac, my hopes weren't that high of us getting off the mountain in one piece however Gagik managed it no problem and showed he is actually a very good driver!
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