largest city and a major industrial center. a unique nature reserve called the. the pillars can be found only four kilometers away from the city here thousands of rocky cliffs lie scattered in the siberian tiger people in central siberia centuries ago revered the place with special devotion. here the hardy braves at 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 help him 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. yes. since i was a child i live by them you say though i love them so much i see nothing extreme about being here i don't feel the riggers if life in 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 question i ask is still 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 talk. 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 a time where they spent several months on them and these pictures give us an idea of what the early crash climbers looked like they climbed to the top of ranks with 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. be faster and faster we need to see who wins anyone between the ages of sixteen and a 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 fan of the pill is here. 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 preserve 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 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. i. 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 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 it was during the. 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 most you can see a man's profile with the news and i am to be hurt that other acts 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 dislike to say people need to. cultivate their imagination other than what. the store nature reserve is beside krasny arsk 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 all with 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. gates guards the reserves 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 rove 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 saying 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 snowmobiles. quite often patrol wardens come across injured beasts birds or parrot 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. traditional inhabitants of siberian forests. and. live side by side with exotic animals from africa animals from hunt 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 every way possible short father to

female cop. tatiana thirteen. 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 at the same time. we hadn't seen the last yet we only knew it was them because we could touch it we didn't expect it to leave. but when we saw it we realized there was a life. 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 soon became jeopardized again she was in desperate need of breastfeeding it was suggested. that had just given birth to play the role of an adopted mother.

cannot survive out in the cold in winter time in nearby pens. by the name of it is one of. our ballerina you know if you can stand up to back legs resting his front legs on something and looking very tall sometimes he attempts jumping over fences with people when he's done running and hugh likes to get him in the swimming pool he sinks deep in water leaving just his trunk outside or what sometimes people even cannot find him. african giraffes to have adapted to their new home normally they feed on a cot leaves the reserve keepers were hard pressed to find a replacement out of all the local plants giraffes prefer maple and aspen leaves in crowds the winter lasts for six months and giraffes don't have access to fresh

leaves during the short summer workers have to stock up fodder the siberian tiger stocking more than a tree leaves. the entire winter. washers the same. to. yes on the brink after a less than successful election. organ trafficking and. that are killing innocent kids. and that's never a. cosco . i think of it every day. to memory. a long time. ago. i

was ashamed that i didn't. i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero. or i think. that i was a good. holder on the other side and i think i'm just. there are scores of came around the nature reserve. challenges of different complexities to those who ventured to explore them this is a favorite venue for people who like the silent beauty of nature rather than the cries of birds and animals. just 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. 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 stay. not even caves it isn't the people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulation it's. 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. it's like that you can go to 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 clefts cold chimneys and spill the all just jargon pose the main threat another is fear compounded by darkness. only now. 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 cliffs 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. to examine every. we're going to go. there's a passage up there and chances are we'll stumble into some interesting room. one hundred forty. the group home 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 water. there. it was one meter in ten centimeters a few years ago one of the record levels fell through in this place once it was quite a job deep snow makes it 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 blessing for mountain skiers and snowboard fans sports enthusiasts from all over . to participate in the freestyle competition impressive jumps and extremely difficult stunts. equally impressive. but this doesn't stop those who have 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. it is situated on the border between.

the mountain sides are well equipped for skiing and the snow is just what it should be. hundreds of extreme sports enthusiasts to the bark. snow and cold weather make even rock climbing more exciting the most experienced and still prefer to practice in winter time a warm fleece hat and special boots instead of summer footwear complete the climbers wear. this is the climbers know how. each one's hands. and maximises the fingers grip on rock with the rock cracks 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 of

a test that's how it's always been and will always be people will always climb of these for all costs. 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 climb the mountain thirty five years ago the pair 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. 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 even say they're between target 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. of the cliff for three hours and the support team . it's located on the border between. reserve. preparations start immediately 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 double show 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. safety. to continue its preparations. working independently from. if 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.

this. is one of the most famous nature reserves in russia one of the smallest it is famed not only for. similar. national park it is famous not only because of its. interesting sights inside. the fact that the nature reserve is a. city that has resulted in a place where. for six generations of people who take an immense pride in calling themselves.

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also you stop stories this hour stalled the debate start the boat the u.s. senate finishes discussing the landmark nuclear cons deal with russia setting the stage for its possible ratification if possible plunge the two countries deployed nuclear arsenals by their. russia and india secure a multi-billion dollar deals and a trip to new delhi by president medvedev a stall the so-called bric nations command relations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment or just some of the agreement steal. from mr putin needs good bovine representatives and ones that help to eliminate extremism following recenter right away in violence after at the top moscow father was killed

by a dreidel. in poland with giants moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and somber meanwhile the late leaders brother who's the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. there is the headline stay with that for the kind of the report where max keiser and stays ahead but discount the rise of financial activists.