During the winter, the Kaçkar Mountains are very quiet and calm. Almost all plateau settlements and high villages are evacuated in winter, both due to the difficulty of the climatic conditions and the wildness of the landscape. Altıparmak (aka Barhal) Village, which is in Yusufeli district of Artvin province, is the highest and the biggest village livable both in summer and winter. It is on the Barhal Stream, which gives the best approach in the south of the Kaçkar Mountains.
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Towards the end of the breeding season in February, we set out to watch wild goats in their natural environment. We walked from Barhal in the direction of Hevek (Yaylalar). Our guide was also our friend "Bekir Akıllı", one of the best professional hunting guides in the region, whom we have known for years. The weather was (-19) degrees the night before. We hit the road. It was really worth coming and got frozen. We saw dozens of goats and he-goats with long horns.
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However, in this video, with our two friends in Barhal, where you will see them, with our guide Bekir Smart, our old friend Mustafa Delioğlu,always we stayed always at his pension, passed away one after another. I dedicate this video to their memory. May they rest in peace and within the lights ...
7 сен 2024
