Dykh-Tau

The Dychtau (Russian Дыхтау, also Dykh dew, dew or dikh Dycktau ) is a mountain in the Caucasus. Unless one the Caucasus north of the main ridge to Europe is, he's with 5,204 m height after Elbrus is the second highest peak in Europe.

The mountain marks together with the six kilometer eastern Koschtantau ( 5,152 m), the " brothers of Besengi ", which form the western end of the northern chain of the Besengi. The Dychtau in 1888 climbed by Albert Mummery and his Swiss mountain guide Zurfluh for the first time; in the same year was followed by an expedition from John cockin, Holder, H. Woolley and Ulrich Almer.

The used during the first ascent route is now considered the easiest ascent ( difficulty 4B in the Russian scale). The ascent of Dychtau is considered challenging task in dealing with the Seven Second Summits, so the ascent of each second highest mountains of all seven continents.