Three on a stove bench, one on a table
the Campaign «the Highest tops of Ukraine» from June, 20 till June, 25th, 2010.Group structure - 3 tourists plus a conductor Alexander Kushnarev. Have got to the strong bad weather, two days have stayed in a small izba (on local - kolyba), therefore from planned were in time a little - Petros and Goverlu.
The campaign has left strong impressions, there was all - both a heat, and a cold, both the beautiful nature, and descent with Petrosa in a fog in the rain. Instead of interesting, but a predicted route, the extreme-round full of unexpectedness has turned out. I remained is very happy.
Route choice.
In April of this year there was an accurate desire to descend in a campaign. Any special requirements to a route at me was not, it would be desirable to escape izgoroda and to receive good physical activity - so that the head was cleaned.
I already had an experience of a campaign with OutdoorUkraine. Impressions have appeared the most positive. Therefore the question on search of new travel agency did not arise. On terms - second half of June - to me approached pair of routes in Crimea and one in Carpathians. Across Crimea I resembled fairly, and hot there in etovremja, and in Carpathians was never. Therefore «the Highest tops of Ukraine» have been chosen practically at once.
Physical preparation.
Somewhere from the middle of May has started to leave on small cross-countries - that to the campaign beginning to type the any physical form. As has shown further, the decision it has appeared correct on all hundred.
Equipment.
As I go to campaigns though and is not frequent, but for a long time almost all equipment at me already was. As it has then appeared, absence of rubber boots has appeared a unique puncture.
In this campaign sluchshej the parties the raincoat which covers the person together srjukzakom has proved to be. Also there was claimed waterproof a jacket and trousers.
For the first time it was bought by special tourist clothes - instead of old jeans and T-shirts. Also remained very happy. Modern fabrics - etoochen it is good. Strong, easy, quickly dry.
Trekingovye sticks - must have - essentially raise comfort at movement. You are tired less, safety increases, there is a pleasant possibility more to look around.
The usual Chinese light-emitting diode small lamp for hundred roubles has appeared is very practical, the complete set of spare batteries remained not used though the lantern was suspended under a ceiling of an izba and stars in the evenings till some hours.
Group.
The group consisted all of four persons: a conductor of Sasha, dizajnervalja from Kiev, I and my son Egor of thirteen years from Moscow. As has told to us a conductor later, three more have refused at the last minute because of weather. In something ihmozhno to understand.:)
Conductor.
Conductor we had Alexander Kushnarev. The person it the sociable, inveterate traveller, at various times was fond parkurom, a rock-climbing, even the break danced. Being the zoologist (or the biologist?) by training, has brought down on me weight of the interesting information about animals and plants. It wanted to re-read the zoology textbook.:) with pleasure I descend with it in a campaign eshcheraz.
Directly campaign.
The campaign beginning was traditional - gathering on zh-d station, moving to a point of start, small transition in the first day, spending the night.
For the second day lifting on Petros has begun. Till a dinner bylozharko. After a dinner pokapal the rain also has stopped. The sun then has again looked out, has not for long lighted and has hidden. Already definitively, on two with polovinojdnja. The fog has gone down, has charged a rain, we continued to rise. To top of Petrosa krossovki have got wet completely, all the rest is more or less successful zashchishchaldozhdevik. At top of barrels a strong cold wind to be late there there was no desire, therefore having made pair of pictures, we have started descent. The fog was such that a footpath for descent have found only minutes through ten. Have gone down. Below the same fog, a wind, a rain. It was obvious that tents here a little. Have started to search for small houses of shepherds. Minutes through forty have found. Have occupied the empty. The board izba of metre three on four, is not present windows, the oven does not work, about one wall - a stove bench, about another - a table. Have somehow settled down, have stopped up cracks, took upastuhov boiled water, have welded on a torch a supper. Life began to be adjusted. Have gone to bed - three on a stove bench, one on a table.
Day the third. Weather has not improved. Have passed in new kolybu, in the size it is more. Transition has occupied about an hour. Again all feet wet. On a new place were arranged almost with comfort - have kindled an oven and hardly razvesiliodezhdu on drying. Day has imperceptibly passed in conversations, game in "fool", gathering of fire wood, preparation and dinner and supper eating. On sensations, temperature vozduhana to street - degrees twelve.
Day the fourth. The same, as yesterday. Sometimes the sky brightens also a rain abates, but through a quarter of hour all renews. The thought that it is necessary to leave from kolyby, causes murashki on a skin.
Day the fifth. At night the rain has ended, the beginning raspogozhivatsja. We leave on Goverlu. The more close mountain, the better weather. It having appeared at top, we arrange perekus, with interest it is considered the big group of tourists of pension age of Slovenia which has ascended simultaneously with us. Till the evening we have time to walk on a ridge to one top (the name I do not remember), to go down and reach village Goverla suburb. Have talked over with the local. Having learnt, chtomy have gone down from above, they were interested: «instead of whether snow has dropped out there?, bolnosilno has become cold...». Tents, a supper, a dream.
Day of the sixth. Moving to Ivano-Frankovsk, farewell.
Impressions.
I do not know, I would go to this campaign if foreknew that so all will turn out, but now, after its termination, I can tell absolutely definitely - it was pleasant to me. Absolutely unexpectedly for myself I have appeared vuslovijah which have demanded full pressure of all forces - and physical, imoralnyh. And it was healthy. Thoughts and feelings are cleaned on time. For these five days it was possible to have a rest as for usual two weeks.
Very beautiful nature, beautiful and pacifying. There was a desire to return sjudaeshche time, to remove a small house in village and to take a walk, attentively examining all around.