people in central siberia centuries ago revered the place with special devotion. here the hardy braves very low temperatures to try to climb cliffs without safety equipment. alexander is a master photographer with thirty years of experience a brief workout and a glass of hot tea helping keep warm in the wind the temperature here is twenty degrees celsius below zero or minus four degrees fahrenheit alexander has everything he needs in his tent a bottle of water a gas burner and a kettle he also has access to the internet and even a solar battery he needs them for his work. since i was a child i live by them. i love them so much i see nothing extreme about being here

i don't feel the rigors of fly from this place here i've got electricity a notebook and everything i need it's like. this is the right place for alexander's tent this vantage point opens up a breathtaking view of the surrounding rocks alexander takes pictures of sunrises and sunsets he's about to start a new book about the. nature reserve to be illustrated with amazing pictures taken from the mountaintop. contains some thirty thousand pictures of this nature reserve because i want to share them with people who can't climb rocks they can see the beauty of this place so i want my book to show it to them and tell them about its history i think i owe a debt of gratitude to the reserve. alexander is fifty three years old he went on his first rock climbing expedition when he had just turned fifteen

people intent on solo climbing without gear and safety equipment are known as still best in cries mask the word describes a subculture and a public movement enthusiasms share a certain set of rules and traditions and a passion for rock climbing and socializing admits such all inspiring landscapes. of the soul best's. used to get their kicks from watching sunrise from iraq top. imagine the guys standing here with a girl looking at the sunrise and then going down to the campsite. movement goes back to the mid eight hundred century the early rock climbers lived in communities they built log cabins in the time where they spent several months and these pictures give us an idea of what the early crabs the climbers looked like they climbed to the top of rocks with safety equipment each generation improved

climbing techniques and skills in accordance with the rules no matter how hard it was to climb a rock it was pronounced conquered if the climber got to the end of the path without resorting to any gear however in this day and age safety equipment is a must in almost oldest competitions. faster and faster when you see when. anyone between the ages of sixteen and sixty is allowed to take part in rock climbing contests extreme sports are also held at night school it's no fun climbing rocks in the daytime in fact it would be quite boring were it not so scary as you look down there you can see a thing at night it's a good experience every single fan of the. i've been around since i came here from the urals. is a great place this real freedom. geologically speaking

the pillars are made of magma that cooled millions of years ago without making it to the surface several hundred rocks polished by wind and rain are concentrated in a fairly small area none of them is more than one hundred meters tall. some two hundred thousand tourists visiting the reserve each year leave tons of garbage behind several times a year schoolchildren garbage collecting competitions in the nature reserve each team is assigned a certain area the one that collects the most garbage in the least time is the winner. hey this is my garbage not yours we're a garbage patrol. anyone wishing to get to the reserve needs to be in good physical shape it's a seven kilometer walk uphill from the highway to the nearest rock it's too much of

a strain for some people. put is a member of the reserves staff she used to be a skilled rock climber but now visits the pillars only once in a while almost all her work time is dedicated to infrastructure development of the nature reserve is that we need to know public opinion that we polled the public on such issues as construction in the reserve the general public has the right to ban or allow something out of the streets. however the bath is packed with tourists even in winter time the nature reserve is the famous place for rest and recreation for thousands of present as residents ministration goes ahead with development projects in the reserve only after enlisting public support surveys are carried out to find out opinions. call from do visits. a remark from time to time a tourist from time to time. what do you think about the entrance fee payment for

the entrance i don't know who's daring to go to. yes. the reserves divided into several zones tourists have free access to only four percent of the total area but even the smallest zone contains more than one hundred rocks nearly all of them have names. of what looking at the of the respond for example is called the old man you can see a man's profile with the news and i am to be here it on the rocks to look like people but this is left to people's imagination. on this and some people like to see what they want to see still be slanted to say people need to. cultivate their imagination other than their words. the still bully nature reserve is beside crowds now. it's surrounded by housing on all sides its staff have not managed to

isolate the world of nature from the world of people people enter the reserves protected area whereas beasts often approach people's homes in search of food. these are tracks of a male road deer. he wondered somewhere in the morning must have been a bit frozen after the night's cold judging by his tracks he was looking for food at the snow in the mountains is very deep now and sometimes avalanches occur it's hard for a road here to keep steady up there so they come down to the river. see it again gone to the reserve against poachers he takes care of a forty kilometer border section while on duty he scrutinizes the snow to find out what animals may have appeared near the river deep snow in the forest compels road and other deer to look for food there sergey tries to make no noise he doesn't want to disturb the animals. we protect the wild animals from dogs that's

where i come seen quite handy. if a dog sneaks into the reserve it has to be shot we also catch people riding snowmobiles on the icebound river and we trail snowmobiles to. this border section requires special attention because it is very close to the city and this is where the wardens detain most of the intruders their job requires to patrols at a time wardens said again maxine say they are lucky if nothing happens while they are on duty. so just see. nothing special there were a couple of siberian grazing on the right bank didn't want to disturb them there were no trikes but what did you see any snowmobiles. quite often patrol wardens come across injured beasts birds or parent was cubs humans

bear the blame for that injured animals are sent to a nearby. there are more than five hundred species in it nearly half of them are recorded in the international red book of. traditional inhabitants of siberian forests such as polar foxes and roe deer live side by side with exotic animals from africa animals from hot climates such as by the name of they have adapted marvelously to the rigors of the siberian climate given again rachel is the pride of all park when she was brought here two thousand and two was only three months old for some eighteen months we walked around the pole contended to seem in every way possible a short while ago she found it's a female cop. tatiana thirteen and. she is a foster mother for many of the charges now she is nursing the lion's little daughter

her mother died during labor three other jobs died at the same time. we only knew it was them. we didn't expect it. but when we saw it we realized. it was not breathing. she was placed in intensive care for five minutes and was saved. the life of the female. she was. breastfeeding.

you know if you can stand to back legs. on something and looking very tall sometimes he attempts jumping fences but when he's done running he likes to get in in the swimming. pool he sinks deep in water. sometimes people even cannot find him. african. reserve keepers were hard pressed to. increase. the.

this is how many describe washington's most recent attempt to reach a peace settlement in the middle east is it time for the u.s. to drop to create. allies a call. that's never around. the song from the skull still with me i think of it every day. from memory. so much so long time i'm just here trying to tell. i was. i was ashamed that i didn't. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero why. my legs. while

i don't. believe what i was going on was or i think. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good. there are scores of caves around the nature reserve they present challenges of different complexities to those who ventured to explore them this is a favorite venue for people who like the silent beauty of inanimate nature rather than the cries of birds and animals local spread the ologists scientists who

specialize in the study of caves plan to go down to the bottom of the watershed one of the reserves most beautiful and least explored natural caverns the team are finalizing their route and checking their equipment a strong pair of overalls climbing the equipment. a helmet and most importantly extra flashlights are needed to study the caves in addition to people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulation which. if you fall from a height of only one meter or a meter and a half you could get seriously hurt but you need to keep that in mind and keep training to avoid such situations. tanya and not the out of the most experienced especially ologists they're the first to go down once there they take care of science with equipment and food. but given your places where nobody has ever set foot when you go there you realize that you're the first to reach some particular

gallery or grotto in that case curiosity ousts fear and you get real thrills. the cames layout is very involved many of the tunnels have not been explored but it's not so easy to reach them deep vertical cleft called chimneys and jargon pose the main threat another is fear compounded by darkness. how deep. it seems like we've covered maybe fifty meters i don't know sixty meters if you measured. directly i don't know what's there. it takes nearly eight hours to cover one hundred meters a cave changes people's sense of time and space any step or jump might be the last one the cliffs are so deep a torchlight cannot eliminate the office of the wall. at the same time

a cave is completely vulnerable to human impact this boom way with me you can see a beautiful formation it's not something you see in every cave these take a very long time to form much longer than a single human lifespan was when people touch these or even make them a little bit dirty that's what poses the greatest threat to them the expedition has achieved its objective the group has reached a grotto with ramifications which have not yet been explored the ologists needs to examine every crack just a vision so we're going to go up along the rocks there's a passage up there and chances are we'll stumble into some interesting room. one hundred forty meters below ground the group homes to take pictures as a memento and have a rest before the long ascent. having a hearty meal is an absolute must when you're in a cave. to get in you really just need it after all the exertion.

this expedition has not been crowned with complete success all accessible passages have turned out to be dead ends but especially ologists are no mood to give up the cave still harbors a lot of unexplored out of the way passages meanwhile time is running out spring waters may flood if. there is a record amount of snow on the ground. one of the.

snow and cold weather make even rock climbing more exciting the most experienced still prefer to practice their sport in winter time a warm fleece hat and special iron studded boots instead of summer footwear complete the climbers wear one also needs wool and mittens this is the climbers know how. each one's hands warm in frost and maximises the fingers grip on rock with a rock filled with snow ice covered stone surfaces make climbing more difficult and as a result more interesting and exciting. i think men will always skin to test themselves you can only test yourself if you're ready to take risks risks are part of the test

that's how it's always been and will always be people will always climb of the. a leg. a professional mountain climber he climbed the highest mountains in the world his first climbing skills he acquired here on these rocks today help his friend photographer alexander coots off take a few photos for a future book. first climbed a mountain thirty five years ago. is among his favorites every outcrop of the rock is well known to him climbing this rock is not for novices but it's quite easy for. climbing on the cross. in winter and in summer.

we do it without safety equipment basically there's nothing difficult about it it's a purely psychological exercise but it takes years to achieve the result. climbing the almost sheer cliff. usually takes only ten seconds however right now he moves as slowly as possible so that his friend alexander coupes off can take a few good shots. makes each move very carefully one of the climbers rules is not to risk in vain. i know that the best. strokes without safety equipment are very cautious people might even say they're between that that's why they're still alive it's very important for any climate to feel the borderline that should never be over stepped. on the edge is the motto not only for rock climbers but. jumpers as well the young mountaineers think that climbing rock faces is not enough rope jumpers attach themselves with

a system of ropes and jump into a gap for the sake of a. a few seconds of free falling. for three hours. on the border between. reserve. preparations start immediately fixed and extended the gap. in your head you concentrate on the technical aspect to. take care of the safety aspect you don't need any trouble any incidents make sure doubles every single element of the jump. the cliff is ninety meters high. jumping requires precise calculation. five meters

longer. everything's ready. to continue its preparations. working independently. if one of them snaps the other. which is exactly what it's supposed to. mean. ropes checked properly seventy five meters and. many other people to try it. were.

still bullying is one of the most famous nature reserves in russia although it is one of the smallest it is famed not only for giant rocks there are similar rocks in the us yosemite national park is famous not only because of its tiger landscapes explorers will find far more interesting sites in siberia and forests. the fact that the nature reserve is adjacent to siberia is largest city has resulted in a place with an almost cult like devotion for six generations of people who take an immense pride in calling themselves still boasts.

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