Trekking round beauty Demerdzhi

Written by Наталья Рековец a Trekking tour on a route "Round Demerdzhi" for the Constitution day of Ukraine (June 2010).
Trekking tour - a rare place where it is possible to feel the person ©
I will tell at once, do not go to campaigns because it tightens. It as "drug" :) Having tried time then you can not will stop. I would like to get to Crimea in the summer and to see the wild nature in the distance from a civilisation and many-storeyed panel houses. I long could not will dare, will ask for leave from work, to get tickets etc. But have dared and there is nothing I am not sorry.
1st day of Acquaintance and opening

The meeting of all group has taken place at station in Simferopol. Where we were met by head Victor Semenovich Telnyj. All of us it have got acquainted and has appeared that we in group have Natasha from Odessa, Ira and Alexey from Kharkov, Irina, comes from Simferopol and Nikolay from Kiev, Nastja and Natasha from Penza, and we with Seryogoj. Here is how it is original, where and as it is possible to collect people from such different cities and with such different kinds of activity, after all among us there was also a physicist-mathematician, economists, experts in marketing, experts on is information to measuring systems and even the landscape designer. As it has appeared further, all participants took the most important and necessary - this good mood in a campaign. Therefore we joked and laughed all campaign.



Our campaign has begun with the Angarsk pass, which height of 752 metres. The first halt was at a monument to builders of the Crimean roads. Already the first joke «in the beginning has sounded For what have killed builders of the Crimean roads?» ;) On what our instructor has answered us that this monument has been put in gratitude to builders, that they have redesigned roads so that was possible to reduce quantity of turns. And further we have gone through wood, to depth from a civilisation. On the way to a place appointment, even was possible to us nasobirat mushrooms: white and lisichek. Mushrooming in Carpathians I also did not guess that they are in Crimea. Now I know that here on peninsula it is possible to find not only the sea, mountain and the beautiful nature, but also mushrooms. As I the inveterate mushroom picker will tell that on road to us there were still milk mushrooms, russulas and fly agarics.



Also we nasobirali «grassy tea»: chabrets, zveroboj, a yarrow etc. So the supper at us was rather original and found: macaroni with house tushenkoj (which Nikolay has kindly offered) and grassy tea with a rahat lakoum brought from Penza.



As speak, each person is the separate not learnt world of what I was once again convinced during this campaign. In the first evening me has very much surprised that one of uchasnikov our campaign took a marching hammock instead of tent, and another took a blanket for the lack of a sleeping bag :)
2nd day Beauty of the Crimean nature

All night long there was a rain. And in the morning, as well as Victor Semenovich promised, we woke up under beautiful singing of birds. But I will tell fairly, it would not be desirable to leave tent in «a wet reality of the wild nature».ja thought what to have breakfast we at all we will not be because to kindle a fire from crude fire wood in tokuju wet weather it is impossible. But our instructor with long-term tourist experience has appeared the wizard since when we have dared to leave tent, the breakfast was already ready, and on a fire water for tea was warmed up.



The fine mountain lake with the original flora and fauna was the further purpose of our route. Here we also have met other travellers, truth, they were on horses, motorcycles and jeeps. Then our route went on top jajly Demerdzhi. What here the beautiful nature, it simply not to transfer words. Various grasses and flowers. We saw the Crimean edelweiss, wild garlic, hummocks chabretsa and set of other mountain vegetation. I very much love such rare moments when possibility to pass on not oblique field drops out, under singing of grasshoppers and a wonderful smell of wild flowers.

Main objective of this day as it has appeared, was to climb up fine top with which the unforgettable review on all valley and all nearby peaks of fine mountains opened. This sensation - to stand between clouds as between heaven and earth, remains unforgettable. And being at top, looking around, itself you catch on thought that here it is true, pure beauty which was created by the nature.



The footpath has got us in wood. The rain drizzled and in crude wood was not too cosy. But the nature here on the fantastic, only seemed to all that hardly here is elfy. More likely wood seemed a bit frightening and mrachnovatym. Therefore we have asked Victor Semenovicha to pass further and have stopped near a fine clearing. Nearby there was a pure equipped source. The monument to guerrillas of Crimea has appeared sight.



The beginnings the rain amplifies and the instructor has advised to all of us to put as soon as possible tents, than we and were engaged. Then, having dressed dozhdevichki, have gone to collect fire wood, it is not enough believing that in such weather it is possible to kindle a fire. But as it is not surprising, it was possible to Victor Semenovichu also we at first were warmed by warm tea, and have then waited buckwheat cereal. It would Seem, the miracle, but it that and was.
3rd day Greatness of falls of Dzhur-Dzhur

The rain and has not ceased, therefore all have fallen asleep under its music this evening. In the morning, having risen late enough, hours at 9.00, we have understood that we have survived after cold night and that life is fine, if morning begins with grassy warm tea. Despite a nasty weather we had a buffet table: sandwiches with sausage, paste, sprats, sausage cheese, cookies, suhariki, Chocolate, dried fruits. It became visible to the sun interesting, and it at last has come to us at breakfast. The rain has ceased.



Having had breakfast, we enough crackling pace have moved towards falls of Drur-Dzhur. On road passed by a source Ah-aleksy (St. Alexey). As Victor Semenovich has told, the given source has remained almost in a primordial form. Having typed «curative voditsy», we were put forward further in a way. The road was hard, and we did few halts as to me, as well as some other participants of a campaign, it was necessary to be in time on a train on 19.00 to Simferopol. Thanks all children that have sustained rate and were, nesmotrja there is nothing, in optimistical and high spirits.

Having passed wood, beaten road, sypuchkoj, road «from a dirt» and having got under one more rain, we at last left in falls of Druzh-Dzhur. These falls are considered the deepest and one of the most beautiful in Ukraine. All were delighted with the seen. Splashes reached people standing on the bridge. Both music and a kind of falling water were simply unusual. Here one of the most beautiful photos of our campaign have been made.



Then we have gone down in village General. Here we were waited by a civilisation from which we have weaned for 3 days and svezhevypechennye pies.
Here our campaign also has ended, we have said goodbye to children who did not hasten to leave home and very much wanted to bathe in Black sea and have left in even big civilisation t.e to Simferopol.

P.S. It would be desirable to thank all participants of a campaign, povrete, without you there would be no here such original story.

Separate thanks Victor Semenovichu and firm outdoorukraine for the fine organisation of a campaign.



As they say, the Command is a community of people, which through uniform destiny find uniform character (), therefore all of you will not suffice me children.

Irishki with its cheerful both romantic character and to genuine interests to mushrooms. Nikolay with its remarkable, original stories from life. Iry which is masterful knows how to cook sandwiches and not only and after that a campaign will create own author's grassy teas. Alexey who is capable to notice the most beautiful landscapes of the nature. Natashas and Anastass who have gone to the first campaign both have quickly got skilled at to put tent and have shown all the original sleeping bag-coat - a blanket:). Original Nastiny boots remain in my memory still for a long time. Natali from Odessa with its genuine optimism and sense of humour.



P.P.S. Probably, in the given story there are any discrepancies, opiski and typing errors. In advance I ask a pardon from all reading the given account.

Natalia Rekovets