Not only is the mountain high and treacherous, but wild animals, intense storms, local bandits, and government opposition have been very real impediments. These trips have met with danger and varying success in helping to narrow the field of search. I’ve journeyed thirteen times to Ararat, as others have done, including the now-deceased Apollo astronaut Jim Irwin. While our group of five strong climbers and photo-graphers didn’t find the Ark, we gathered new climbing details and an abundance of photographs and notes regarding the topography. The newly formed Institute for Creation Research sponsored my first expedition in 1972. Soon several expedition teams trekked to Mt.
His 1972 book Noah’s Ark: Fact or Fable captivated the imagination of those who read it. He and colleagues made several trips to Ararat to explore and study this remote mountain in the Muslim nation of Turkey.
The modern search for the Ark actually commenced with Eryl Cummings in the 1940s when he began to gather anecdotal evidence of sightings. Ararat, which is traditionally thought to be the landing place of the Ark, is located in eastern Turkey near the border with Armenia and Iran. Yet excitement continues today, fueled by hopes of discovering a mostly intact ship-or at least indisputable remnants-high on this or another mountain in the Ararat range. Many questioned Navarro’s find, but in 1969 a carefully planned expedition, with Navarro as a guide, discovered only another controversial piece of supposed wood. Most notably, French explorer Fernando Navarro claimed in 1955 to have discovered wooden timbers in a glacial crevasse, stimulating even more interest among Western Christians, including me as a little boy. Reports in the twentieth century of wood being found high above the treeline fueled intense interest in new expeditions. Adventurous mountain-climbing Europeans first conquered the 17,000-foot (5,182-meter) summit in 1829. In recent centuries, interest in the mountain and the huge wooden boat that may rest there has spread. The Armenian people, who have lived at the foot of Ararat since before the time of Christ, maintain a strong attachment to Noah and the Ark. Ararat, which traditionally has been accepted as the landing place of Noah’s Ark. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus mentioned that religious pilgrims journeyed to Mt.
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