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 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 though i love them so much i see nothing extreme about being

here i don't feel the rigors of 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'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 bests in cries mask the word describes a subculture and the 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 on these pictures give us an idea of what the early crabs they are 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 almost oldest competitions. with faster faster we need to 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 this 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 feeling a particular 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 like that 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 every weekend

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 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 looked to me at the of the response 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. obviously girl some people like to see what they want to see still be slanted to say people need to. cultivate their imagination other than what. the stall 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 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. gates guards 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 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 out of time wardens said again and maxine say they are lucky if nothing happens while they are on duty. you know what you 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 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 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 their have adapted marvelously to the rigors of the siberian climate given again rachel is the pride of all park when she was brought here in two thousand and one was only three months old for some eighteen months we walked around the pole contender in 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 jobs died at the same time. we hadn't seen the last. we only knew it was them we could touch it we didn't expect it. but when we saw it we realized. i. was not breathing. she was placed in intensive care for five minutes and was saved . the life of the female. jeopardised again she was in desperate need of breastfeeding. time.

you know if you can stand to back legs in his front legs on something and looking very tall sometimes he attempts jumping. but when he's done running he likes to get him in the swimming. pool he sinks deep in water leaving just. what sometimes people even cannot find him. african. 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 . the. entire winter.

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if. there are scores of caves around the nature reserve. challenges of different complexities to those who venture to explore 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 planned to go down to the bottom of. one of the reserves most beautiful and least explored. the team are finalising their route and checking their equipment a strong. and most importantly extra

flashlights are needed to study. people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulation which doesn't 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. 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. just like that you've been given your places where nobody has ever set foot when you go there you realise 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 and many of its tunnels have not been explored but it's not so easy to reach them deep

vertical cleft cold 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 or sixty meters if you measured 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 a movement at the office of 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 if you will 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 along the rocks there is 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 is. no ground. it's more than a metre deep here it was one metre in ten centimeters a few years ago one of the record levels fell through in this place once it was quite a job. 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. snow board 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. situated on the border between. the mountainside. is just what it should be. hundreds of extreme sports.

snow and cold weather make even rock climbing more exciting the most experienced 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. this is the climbers know how. each one's hands. 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 these rocks . a leg. professional mountain climber he climbed to the highest mountains in the world his first climbing skills he acquired

here on these rocks today helps 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 of. climbing the almost sheer cliff. usually takes all. however right now he

moves as slowly as possible so that his friend alexander can take a few good shots. makes each move very carefully one of the climbers rules is not a risk. without safety equipment. that. it's very important. on the edge not only for rock climbers but. jumpers as well. think that climbing is not enough rope jumpers attach themselves with a system of ropes and jump into a gap for the sake of a few seconds of free falling. up the cliff for three hours and.

it's located on the border between. reserve. preparations start immediately ropes are fixed and extended the gap. lies 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 double show every single element of the jump. the cliff is ninety meters high. jumping requires precise calculation. the. five meters longer. a crash to the earth. whether everything's ready.

suddenly there are strong winds that can turn into a snow storm it threatens safety but the team decides to continue its preparations . working independently from. if one of them snaps. which is exactly what it's supposed to. mean while alexander finishes the preparation for jumping. ropes checked properly seventy five meters and. do this many other people to try it free. will.

is one of the most famous nature reserves in russia. it is famous not only because of. the nature reserve it is a. city that has resulted in a place where. people who take pride in calling themselves.

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i'm glad the democrats and republicans came together to approve my top national security priority for this session of congress the new start treaty. arms reduction deal between russia and the u.s. goes ahead in both countries after washington's political games threaten to stall. and in other news this week tensions fly high on the korean peninsula as pyongyang spread and so you say great nuclear war and many warned the storms brewing in earnest. more so questions russia's findings in

a plane crash which killed a former polish president but experts say moscow has conducted a thorough investigation. and the rants which shape the year with the russian president dmitry medvedev shares his candid views of the country's leading t.v. channels. i am of the russian capital you're watching r.t.r. marina joshua into the program this week the new nuclear deal between moscow and washington was given the nod in both countries the lower house of russia's parliament voted on friday to give initial approval to the agreement which will slash the sides nuclear arsenals by a third it was approved for ratification by the u.s. senate a few days earlier following months of political wrangling but russian lawmakers will continue their debate on the new year over the ratification documents.