UIAA YOUTH COMMISSION
Union of Mountaineers and Climbers of Russia
Youth Center of Mountaineering and Climbing of Ekaterinburg

International Youth Camp in the Urals

ON THE ROCKS OF THE MIDDLE URALS
Draft programm

15/07/03 - 28/07/03

THE SHORT GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

The Urals is the mountain country and natural, geographical border of two continents - Europe and Asia. The Urals mountains are stretching above 2000 km from North to South. They are in the territory of Russia. The greatest city of Urals - Ekaterinburg is located in the Middle Urals nearly 1500 km to east from Moscow - the capital of Russia. Ekaterinburg and Moscow are connected by regular air and railway transport.
The Urals is the peculiar mountain region. On the one hand it is the center of metallurgy of Russia for about 300 years, and on the other hand there are many wild places: the rocks, the lakes, the forests, the mountains, which are very interesting for rock climbers, mountaineers and tourists.
There are many fantastic granit rocks with the vertical and overhanging walls in the Middle Urals. The most known of them are Chertovo Gorodishze, Seven Brothers, Shikhan, but the most picturesque are the rocks located on the sides of famous Urals river Chusovaya. Their height reaches 100-120 m, wild forests surround them. There are many routes (from easiest to very difficult) at the granit massifs interesting for beginners and for advanced rock climbers.
Our camp is for those who likes climbing, calm rаfting, adventures and nature.
Dear young people!
If you come to the Urals, you will get the opportunities:
- to climb on the fantastic rocks;
- to raft along the picturesque Urals river Chusovaya with visiting, climbing and 100 m dulfers to the water from the tops of riverside rocks;
- aquaint the cultural and historical memorials of the Urals;
- to meet new friends and know about life of the different nations.

Union of Mountaineers and Climbers of Russia and Youth Center of Mountaineering and Climbing of Ekaterinburg invite young people to participate in International Youth Camp "On the rocks of the Middle Urals"

Date: 15-28 July 2003
Place: the Urals, Russia
Participants: ages - 16-25 years old, it is desirable to have the vaccination against the encephalitic tick
Highlights: Rock climbing, training, rafting along Chusovaja river with acsents on the famous river's rocks, songs, excursions, meetings of friends
Accommodation: refuges, tents
Meals: full board
Transfers: by bus, by feet, by train according to the program
Guides: guides of the Ekaterinburg Youth Center of Mountaineering and Climbing
Equipment: clothes for warm and cool weather, clothes against the rain, trekking boots, climbing shoes, group and individual climbing equipment (tents, ropes, karabines, rucksack, helmet, sleeping bag etc), bathing suit, remedy against mosquitoes, electric torch
Arrival: July, 15th. The participants will be met by representatives of org committee at the airport "Koltzovo" or railway station of Ekaterinburg
Departure: 28 July
Price: 200 USD for the participants from Western Europe, for other participants minimal price will be precise in the future. In any case the travel expenses to Ekaterinburg and back have paid by the participants (or maybe partly by their federations). The price of the tickets on train from Moscow to Ekaterinburg is near 70 USD there and back (~25 hours in the way).
Registration term: ending April 30th, 2003. Please send the applications to the mentioned below numbers:

Primerov Vitaly, Youth Center of the Mountaineering and Climbing
28b Moskovskay str., Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620014

Tel: +7(343)2127677, E-mail: vprimerov@mail.ru

Preliminary program *

July 15th Arrival to Ekaterinburg. Accomodation of the participants. In the evening the official opening of the Camp "On the rocks of the Middle Urals".
July 16th Transfer to the rocks "Chertovo Gorodische" near Ekaterinburg by bus or by train. Acquaint with the historical and natural memorials and climbing. Ecological action. Accomodation in refuge or tents.
July 17th Continuation of climbing on the Chertovo Gorodische . Trekking to the Peschanoe lake (7 km). Bathing in the lake. Return to refuge or to tent camp. In the evening Russian sauna and alpinists songs near fire.
July 18th Transfer to the rock massif "Seven Brothers" (or "Shikhan")by train and by feet (8 km). Organization of the tent camp and rock climbing (high of rock near 35-40 m).
July 19th Continuation of climbing the routs of different difficulty. In the evening - party "National games".
July 20th Bouldering. Rest near the lake, bathing and swimming.
July 21st Transfer to the Ekaterinburg. Cultural program: visiting to museum of geology and other. Preparation of rafting along the Chusovaya river.
July 22nd Transfer to the place of begining of rafting (v. Ust Utka) by train and by feet (10 km), assambly of katamarans.
July 23d Boating, swimming and climbing on the Omutnoy Kamen.
July 24th -26th Continuation of rufting and boating, climbing and decsents by dulfer from the tops of the highest rocks of Chusovaya.
July 27th Finish of the boating in v. Kiun. In the evening - the departure to Ekaterinburg and farewell party.
July 28th Departure.

* The unimportant changes in the program are possible.

Rocks of Ural

International Youth Camp "On the rocks of the Middle Urals "
Russia. The Urals. Ekaterinburg. (*.doc, 190 kB)