alexander is a master photographer with thirty years of experience a brief workout and a glass of hot tea help keep warm in the wind the temperature here is twenty degrees celsius below zero or minus four degrees fahrenheit alexander has everything. 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. i love them so much i see nothing extreme about being here i don't feel the rig is a fly from this place 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 is 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 bests 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 bests. 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 eighteenth 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 without safety equipment each generation improved climbing techniques and skills in accordance with 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 all competitions. with faster faster we need to see who wins anyone between the ages of sixteen and sixty is allowed to take part in rock climbing contests in this extreme sport 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 founder 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 is 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 but that 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 with a rubicund remark from time to time a tourist from time to time. what do you think about the entrance fee payment for the entrance i didn't know it was during to get 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 of these funny for example is called the old man most 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 a single girl and some people like to see what they want to see still dislike to say people need to. cultivate their imagination other than what. the store nature reserve is besides. 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 for. thought 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 all with the snow in the mountains is very deep now and sometimes avalanches occur it's hard for roe deer to keep steady up there so they come down to the river . or didn't see it again and 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 dear 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 go and come sing 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 parrot. humans 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. traditional inhabitants of siberian forests such as. with exotic animals from africa.

such as. marvelously to the rigors of the siberian climate. 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 in every way possible just a short while ago she followed a female cop. tatiana thirteen. she is a foster mother for many of the charges now she is nursing. her mother died during labor three other at the same time. we hadn't seen the last yet we only knew it was them that if we could touch it we didn't expect it to leave. but when we saw it we realized it was

a knife. was beaten although she was not breathing. she was placed in intensive care for five minutes and was saved in the end. but the life of the female became jeopardized again she was in desperate need of breastfeeding. just given birth to play the role of an adopted mother. cannot survive out in the cold in winter time. is one of. you know if you can stand to back legs. something and looking very tall sometimes. people want to run and he likes to get an indiscriminate. deep in water.

sometimes people even cannot find him. african. leaves the reserve keepers were hard pressed to find placement. and aspen leaves in crowds the winter lasts for six months and don't have access to fresh leaves during the short summer workers have to. leave. the entire winter. for the full. face to face with.

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scores of caves around the nature reserve they present challenges of different complexities to those who venture 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. helmet and most importantly extra flashlights are needed to study the caves. people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulations. if you fall from a height of only one metre or a metre and a half you could get seriously hurt but you need to keep that in mind and keep training to avoid such situations. are the most experienced especially

ologists they're the first to go down once they're. they take care of science with equipment and food. just like that you've been 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 caves layout is very involved many of the tunnels have not been explored but it's not so easy to reach them deep vertical clefts called chimneys and just a 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 measure it directly i don't know what's there further in. it takes nearly eight

hours to cover one hundred meters a cave changes people's sense of time and space any careless step or jump might be the last one the clubs are so deep a torchlight cannot eliminate the opposite wall. at the same time a cave is completely vulnerable to human impact this balloon way which no one 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. 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. with ramifications which have not yet been explored. examined. there's a passage up there and chances are. interesting room. one hundred forty.

to take pictures. and have a rest before the. having a heart is an absolute must when. you really just need it after all the exertion. this expedition has not been crowned with complete. passages have turned out to be. a lot of unexplored out of the passage of. time is running out spring. there is. no ground. it was one meter in ten centimeters a few years ago one of the record levels fell through in this place. it was quite a job. difficult for the director of the meteorological station. to reach

a faulty sensor and to adjust it the station is working automatically all materials are registered by a computer there was practically no thawing in the winter just a strong wind that's why deep snow would stay in the reserve till late spring. deep snow is a. snowboard for sports enthusiasts from all over. to participate in the freestyle competition. and extremely difficult stunts. equally impressive. but those who've come from far and wide with thirty three thousand dollars up for grabs in the competition prize fund.

competitions are held in the park for. situated on the border between. the mountainside. and the snow is just what it should be. hundreds of extreme sports. snow and cold weather make even. more exciting the most experienced prefer to practice their winter time. special. instead of summer footwear complete the climbers wear. this is the climbers know how. to maximize is the fingers grip on wrong 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 test themselves you can only test. take risks risks. that's how it's always been and will always be people will always. a leg. a professional mountain climber he climbed the highest mountains in the world his first climbing skills he acquired here on vee's rocks today helps his friend photographer alexander coots off take a few photos for a future book. first climbed a mountain thirty five years ago the parity of rock 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. practice rock 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 of. climbing the almost sheer cliff called it 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 and. it's located on the border between. reserve. preparations start immediately are fixed and extended the gap. the border lies in your head you concentrate on the technical aspect of your. 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 if the tension is one meter more the. five meters longer. crashed. i think. everything's ready. to continue its preparations. working independently from. one of them snaps the other. which is exactly what it's supposed to.

alexander the preparation for jumping on ropes checked properly seventy five meters. can do this many other people to try it. were. still believe is one of the most famous nature reserves in russia although it is one of the smallest that 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

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