beautiful nature reserve. is coming up next. siberia's largest city and a major industrial center. a unique nature reserve called the crown. 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 with very low temperatures to try to climb cliffs without safety equipment. alexander cooper 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. he has. since i was a child i live by them and say 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's about to start a new book about the question i ask he is still a 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 their 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 a time where they spent several months 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 almost oldest competitions. the faster and faster we need to see when. 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. it's no fun climbing rocks in the day time 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 feeling a 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. 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 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 but some seem obvious and 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 store nature reserve is beside kranz 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 mail 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. board in the city 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 roll 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 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 and maxine say they are lucky if nothing happens while they are on duty. so i 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 me snowmobiles. quite often patrol wardens come across injured beasts birds or parrot liz 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. live side by side with exotic animals from africa animals from hunt climates such as by the name of their have adapted marvelously to

the rigors of the siberian climate. is the pride of all park when she was brought here in two thousand and she was only three months old for some eighteen months who walked around the pole contended 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 little daughter her mother died during labor three other jobs died at the same time. well i hadn't seen the last. we only knew it was them because we could touch it we didn't expect it to leaf. but when we saw it we realized it was a knife. although she was not breathing. she was placed in intensive care for five minutes and was saved. 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 a pup play the role of an adopted mother and. surroundings and cannot survive out in the cold in winter time. by the name of it is one of the. one of the most of em but. you know if you can stand up to back legs resting his front legs on something and looking very tall sometimes he attempts jumping fences but when he's done run in hugh likes to get him in the swimming. pool he sinks deep in water leaving just his strong cult site but sometimes people even cannot find him. african giraffes to have adapted to their. normal. the reserve keepers were hard pressed to find placement out of all the plants

giraffes prefer maple 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 stock up. the siberian tiger stocking. the entire winter. the club self esteem to the. way industries are rapidly developing.

now wattie goes to the homeland of those with strength of mind and body. to the land developed by cossacks in ancient times. which became a premier destination for nineteenth century political exiles. this is the on screen russia on oxy. download the official. i pod touch from the choose apps to. life on the go. video. costs and already feeds now in the palm of your. question. hungry for the full story we've got it for us the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. there

are 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 spam 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 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. people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulations it's those 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 are 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 realize that you're the first to reach some particular day. gallery or grotto in that case curiosity ousts fear 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 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 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 office of the 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. is the greatest threat to them the expedition has achieved. with ramifications which have not yet been explored. to examine.

there's a passage up there and chances are. interesting room. one hundred forty. the group to take picture. 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. spring. there. it's more. than ten centimeters a few years ago one of the record levels fell through. you know 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. no. sports enthusiasts from all over. to participate in the freestyle competition. difficult stunts.

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. between. just what it should be. hundreds of extreme sports. snow and cold weather make even rock climbing more exciting the most experienced it's still best preferred 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 more than mittens this is the climbers know how. each one's hands warm in frost and maximizes 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 man will always stand 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 these rocks. 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 couped 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 that that's why they're still alive it's very important for any climate to feel the borderline that should never be 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. it's located on the border between. reserve. preparations start immediately fixed and extended above the gap. the border lies in your head you concentrate on the technical aspects 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. whether everything's ready. to continue its preparations. working independently from. if one of them snaps the other. which is exactly what it's supposed to.

mean. ropes checked properly seventy five meters and. do this many other people to try it. were. bluey is one of the most famous nature reserves in russia one of the smallest that is famed not only for. similar. national park it is famous not only because of its. explorers will find far more interesting sites in

siberia and. the fact that the nature reserve is adjacent to siberia is largest city has resulted in a place with. devotion for six generations of people who take an immense pride in calling themselves. wealthy british stock. market. what's really happening to the global economy with. the global financial headlines kaiser reports.

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