The 65-year-old citizen of Gyumri Gagik Muradyan and chief editor of “Tourist Armenia” Yelena Shuvayeva-Petrosyan climbed Mount Ararat accompanied by the members of Armenia’s federation of alpinism and mountain tourism.

The citizen of Gyumri dedicated his expedition to the 25th anniversary of the Spitak earthquake.Gagik climbed 4,100 meters barefoot, Yerkramas newspaper reported.

He did not manage to climb the peak barefoot, as it is impossible to climb the area covered by ice without special equipment. Therefore, the man put on special shoes and climbed the peak.