Only mountains can be better than mountains,

Which I haven't been to yet...

Vladimir Vysotsky

There are many poems, songs and stories about mountains. Still, everyone who has ever seen the mountains will remember their greatness and beauty for life. Many try to conquer them, and many just look and admire this splendor and wonder of nature...

We present you a small photo selection of some of the most famous, majestic and beautiful mountains of our planet ...

Armenia

There are many mountains and extinct volcanoes. most high mountain on the territory of modern Armenia is Aragats, whose height is 4094 meters.

Mount Ararat is an ancient extinct volcano, the last eruption of which was in 1840. It consists of two mountains that have merged at their bases: Masis (Great Ararat) and Sis (Small Ararat) and this is the highest point of the Armenian Highlands.

Ararat is famous not only for its natural beauty and grandeur, but also thanks to biblical legends. It was on this mountain that Noah's ark ended up after the waters of the Flood left.

Altai mountains

Altai is a land of incomparable mountains, magnificent in its beauty. The Altai Mountains are a system of the highest ranges in Siberia.

For more than a century, the harsh and beautiful peaks have attracted scientists, travelers, tourists, photographers, artists, climbers, and pilgrims, as many of the local mountains are local shrines.

The Alps are located in Central Europe and are found in northern Italy, southern Austria, the southern half of Switzerland, and eastern France.

Switzerland

The Swiss mountains are, first of all, of course, the Alps, majestic and fabulously beautiful, sharp peaks covered with snow, and slopes with green meadows.

In addition, the Swiss mountains are a real oasis for skiers, snowboarders and other winter sports enthusiasts.

Italy

The Dolomites is the name of a mountain range in northeastern Italy. Its length is more than 150 km, and the height is more than 3300 meters.

The presence of dolomite in the structure of the mountains gives them a special charm - in the rays of the rising and setting sun, the rocks acquire unusual shades, from cream to pale pink.

The mountain system of the Carpathians stands in the center of Europe and belongs to the northern branch of the Alpine folded belt.

The Ukrainian Carpathians are located in the western region on the border with Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. On the tops of the mountains there are meadows - alpine meadows, where you can see many types of plants.

Africa

In the northeast of Tanzania, in the desert plain, is the highest peak in Africa - the incomparable Mount Kilimanjaro. It is located above the Masai plateau.

The top of a dormant volcano in a snow-white cap that sparkles in the rays of the bright sun of Africa.

Perhaps that is why the locals called it Kilimanjaro, which means “sparkling mountain” in Swahili.

In the old days, the tribes inhabiting this area, who had never seen snow, thought that it was covered with silver.

Caucasian mountains

Mount Fisht

Fisht is one of the most famous and beautiful peaks of the Western Caucasus. In clear weather, it can be seen from Krasnodar, Sochi, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Armavir and Timashevsk.

The extraordinary Mount Elbrus, which attracts climbers, skiers and active rest actually a volcano.

Scientists call this mountain a stratovolcano, which means that from time to time lava flows erupt from the vent, which, due to their density, do not spread over long distances, but freeze near the place of the eruption. Therefore, Elbrus “grows” every time and today is considered the highest mountain peak in Europe.

Alaska

McKinley is a two-headed mountain located in Alaska and is the highest peak North America. It stands in the center of the Denali National Park.

Chile

Mountains occupy 80% of the Chilean territory. These are two parallel ranges - the Main and Coastal Cordillera. Chile's highest mountain point is Ojos del Salado.

USA

Mountains, canyons, hills and celestial peaks, the Sierra Nevada mountains surround the center of the California Valley, protecting it from hot desert winds.

California has the lowest geographical point in Death Valley and the highest mountain peak in the United States - Whitney.

Logan is the highest mountain in Canada. It stands in the Kluane National Park in southwestern Canada in the Yukon in the mountain range - St. Elias Ridge.

Canadian Rockies, Appalachians, Long Range, Carlton, Cordillera, Colonels, Mackenzie - this is just a small part of the mountain splendor of Canada.

Tajikistan

The Fann Mountains are located in the southwest of the Pamir-Alay near the Zeravshan and Gissar ranges. Fans are attracted, first of all, by excellent sunny and stable weather in July - August.

The main wealth of the Fann Mountains is, of course, the lakes. There are more than thirty of them. Big and small, deep and shallow, legendary and lost in impregnable gorges.

Himalayas

One of the most famous incredible wonders of the world are considered Himalayan mountains. The point is not only in the greatness of this creation of nature, but also in in large numbers unknown, which these gigantic peaks contain.

The Himalayan massif passes through the lands of five states - India, Pakistan, China, Nepal and the Kingdom of Bhutan. The eastern foothills of the range border the north of the Republic of Bangladesh.

Japan

Despite Japan's dense population, large area occupied by the masterpieces of nature - the mountains of Japan. They took the 3rd part of the country's surface. Here you can see the most amazing reliefs - from the lowlands of the forests to the mighty highlands.

In addition, Japan is famous for its volcanoes, of which there are more than 200, 160 of which are considered extinct.

The undisputed symbol of the country is the sacred Mount Fuji. This is the most beautiful and famous mountain in Japan, which was sung in ancient legends and tales.

In addition to her, the mountains Ontakesan, Hakusan and Tateyama are also highly revered.

"Okoyomy Przemysl"

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In his "History of the Russian State", in the second chapter (narration according to the Nestorov Chronicle), the outstanding Russian writer - sovereign, mentor, that is, Pushkin's spiritual father Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin very clearly described the origin of the Slavic tribes.

« Many Slavs- considered Karamzin, - people of the same tribe with the Poles, who lived on the banks of the Vistula, settled on the Dnieper in the Kyiv province and were called glades from their clean fields. This ethnic group has disappeared ancient Russia, but his name became the common name of the Poles, the founders of the Polish state». « From the same tribe Karamzin wrote, there were two brothers, Radim and Vyatko, the heads of the Radimichi and Vyatichi: the first chose a dwelling for himself on the banks of the Sozh, in the Mogilev province, and the second on the Oka, in Kaluga, Tula or Oryol. The Drevlyans, so named from their forest land, lived in the Volyn province. It is still accepted as such. And the neighbors of the Vyatichi tribe on the east side of the basins of the Oka and Zhizdra rivers were a tribe of skillful Krivichi».

On the map of the modern Russian Federation, the territory Kaluga region with a multi-petal carnation sewn into the mosaic of the Central Federal District between 54 and 55 degrees north latitude and 36-37 degrees east longitude. About 4 percent of the area of ​​the region is occupied by the territory of the Przemysl Territory, located on the banks of the Oka River to the south of the regional center.

According to the map of the modern Kaluga province, the location of the municipality "Przemysl district" is in the east of the region. Vostok and delight are words similar in sound structure in Russian. Sunrise in the east of the sky gives delight to the farmer. Therefore, the eastern edge of the earth is the most beautiful. So it is in the land of Kaluga: its Przemysl region is enthusiastically beautiful!

The author of a magnificent book in 1998 about Przemysl, a quiet regional town in the Kaluga region, was Sergei Fyodorovich Pitirimov, a man of active modesty, wise, and therefore a lyrical poet alien to any rhetoric and PR. He spoke with sincere love about his cultural predecessors. This is the forest professor Tursky, the playwright and translator Lyubimov, the son of the chief of police and the most educated encyclopedist of Diamonds.

In 2004, I participated in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region in the Przemysl constituency. During the pre-election period, as a campaign material, he wrote a documentary essay "Blue-eyed Oka - Russian Shores", published in 2004 in the form of a propaganda brochure by the printing house "Polygraphinform". The book “Okoyomy Przemysl” is the fulfillment of a “candidate's” duty to voters from the banks of the Oka.

In this narrative, I tried to supplement my senior comrade and friend in the Kaluga Writers' Organization, S. F. Pitirimov, who has been in Eternity since 2000. My contribution is information about the modern administrative structure of the municipality, a story about Tsiolkovsky's travels on a bicycle to the village of Korekozevo, as well as personal memories of the outstanding lyricists of the Oka - Sergei Pitirimov, Anatoly Kukhtinov, journalist and poet Alexei Zolotin.

Chapter 7

Traveling in Przemysl

Moon on the right side

Alexander Pushkin left the Russian people not only brilliant poems, but also wonderful prose: dramas, novels and traveller's notes. In the first chapter " Traveling to Arzrum" he wrote: "From Moscow I went to Kaluga, Belev and Oryol, thus making 200 miles extra, but I saw Yermolov».

Perhaps, passing through the Przemysl fields, the poet once again indulged in the sadness of loneliness among the boundless expanses, and verses sounded in his heart:

I went to you: living dreams
A playful crowd followed me,
And the moon on the right side
Accompanied my run zealous.

The stay of A. S. Pushkin in the vicinity of Przemysl is not noted anywhere, but he could not bypass them on a trip in 1829, because his path ran along the old Kaluga-Kozel highway.

The brothers Kireevsky, Ivan Vasilyevich and Pyotr Vasilyevich, N. V. Gogol, A. K. Tolstoy, F. M. Dostoevsky, V. A. Zhukovsky, F. I. Tyutchev, A. N. Maikov, A. A. Fet, A. N. Apukhtin, M. M. Prishvin, who visited the Optina Monastery. L. N. Tolstoy stayed in Przemysl, making a trip to Shamordino and Optino.

The memory of the warm earth

The remarkable Russian writer I. S. Sokolov-Mikitov called his homeland, the Przemysl Territory, “warm land” and always recalled it with the deepest tenderness:

« The modest nature of the places where I spent the first years of my conscious life did not shine with magnificent beauty. There were no majestic mountains and rocks surrounded by clouds, spectacular, seductive for artists, stunning panoramas. It was the usual Russian expanse: fields, forests, villages with thatched and wooden roofs overgrown with velvet moss, with dim little windows from which the pale faces of people looked out. You drive, you drive, it used to be tens of miles, and no matter how it changes, the landscape around you hardly moves.».

« From my mother, a Kaluga hereditary peasant woman, I borrowed love for the word, anxiety of character, from my father - love for nature, the lyrical warehouse of the soul.

Trips with my father, walks in the forest, fishing in a quiet pond overgrown with water lilies, every cherished corner of which I still remember, the stories and fairy tales of my father left an indelible impression. Together with dreams of travel, my father awakened in me a passion for hunting.».

“In the fate, tastes of every person, his childhood, the environment in which he lived, was brought up and grew up, is of great importance. The words that we hear from our mothers, the color of the sky we saw for the first time, the road running away into the distance, the overgrown river bank, the curly birch under the window of our home forever remain in our memory.

Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov lived a long and difficult life. He was born on May 17 (29), 1892, and died on February 20, 1975.

distant birds

In August 1950, the poet Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava arrived in these parts. In Shamordino, in a rural school, he taught Russian language and literature, many times he visited Przemysl and the surrounding villages. Impressions of staying on the banks of the Oka were vividly reflected in the first book of the poet "Lyrika", published by the Kaluga book publishing house in 1956.

Bulat Shalvovich says:

Creative meetings with prose writer Vladimir Koblikov, poets Valentin Ermakov, Mikhail Kuzkin are memorable for the workers of the region.

Oka-Russian

Khakass by nationality came from the banks of the Yenisei to the banks of the Oka to live, serve and write poetry. Mikhail Kuzkin-Voronetsky spent the last years of his life in the village of Andreevsky, where for many hours in all seasons he stomped along the high coastal terrace, mesmerized by the sublunar view of the Oka valley. He loved this land with all his heart and sang it.

Kuzkin is a wonderful master of the lyrical description of the nature of the Kaluga region and passionate attitudes towards women.

... We sail to Tarusa along the big Oka,
And stays behind us
Kaluga - a little alien in the distance -
Overwhelmed by hot forests.

The bend in the sun is so sharp
And the shore recedes so gently...
It creeps among the oaks like the smoke of a fire,
Winding narrow road.

... The river distance is bright and deep.
And the world is so open today! Right,
I never thought that Oka.
It is so full and majestic.

I look at the shores from under my hand
And in a daze, I think for a short time:
How would you live, Russia, without the Oka -
With one Volga?

... I remember how by the end of summer in the very
at the height of the day, when the heat has grown stronger,
Behind the yellow Oka forests
The shifted steppe opened up to the sky.

The field road attracted me ...
Down on a stone under a pine tree
I sat there for a long time remembering
How the heat flowed around the hills.

... And it is clear that this world is a steppe to tears
I care because I will soon
green swirl of solar birches,
running along the highway on the slope.

And now, when forgetting about the fuss,
I look at the forest - is it near, is it far, -
As if looking at the face
In which I will soon find eternity.

And so I kiss the red slope
Lands with oaks in the sunshine,
What will be preserved for the future
The mystery of my existence.

Translator Lyubimov

theater town

Przemyshlyans are justly proud of their wonderful countryman, outstanding writer and translator of fiction, Nikolai Mikhailovich Lyubimov, whose books adorn the shelves of many libraries, instill in readers a loving attitude towards the Russian word, strengthen the sense of devotion to their native land, and develop a subtle artistic flair.

In the Lyubimov family, who lived in the county town of Przemysl, there was a strong tradition - to give books for birthdays and name days.

In the biographical story of life, Lyubimov says:

« Our town has long been a theater town. From 22 to 1930, in winter and summer, performances were staged under the guidance and with the participation of a teacher of Russian language and literature, Sofya Iosifovna Melypova, who later moved to Moscow and was awarded the Order for her teaching activities. Labor Red Banner and the Order of Lenin. And almost every performance of this community of lovers became an event in the life of the town; he shook us up, enriched us, awakened both thought and feeling, brought up artistic taste. With the beginning of the performance was usually late. "Galyorka" tramples and yells: "Time!" But then the prompter darted into his booth, the curtain crawled in both directions, and before the eyes of the suddenly silent spectators, art was born, far from perfection, but genuine, in which it was impossible not to believe, the ingots of which I now pull out from the bottom of my memory. The scenery changed slowly, the intermissions dragged on godlessly, and when the audience went home at dawn, the hostesses were already driving the cows into the herd. And then for several days you live like in a dream: inner hearing with the echoes of voices, figures and faces before your eyes. And my heart is sad: I was waiting for this evening so much, and now it has already sunk. You take comfort in the fact that a month will pass - and again you will be seized by the inexplicable, like any magic, holy spells of the Theater, under the influence of which since ancient times humanity has irresistibly sought to fall.

Already the repertoire of this permanent group gives an idea of ​​its literary culture and daring. Here is a list of staged plays: "Inspector" and "Marriage", "Own people - let's settle!", "Poverty is not a vice", "Profitable place", "Forest", "Talents and admirers", "Shines but does not warm", "Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich", "Krechinsky's Wedding".

Sofya Iosifovna played mainly everyday roles, revealing tenacious powers of observation and a sense of humor. Her best role is the old witch Evdokia Antonovna in Days of Our Lives. Oh, how terrible she was!.. Especially in the third act, when persuading her own daughter to sell herself to von Rencken, she shouted at her:

- A slut! Rubbish!.. Who will buy you like that? There are hundreds of people like you on the boulevard!»

« I was given a taste in theater as a child in Przemysl", - recalled N. M. Lyubimov.

Telecommunications with the future

When in 1923 a telephone connection In Soviet institutions, a little fan of the theater began to climb into the office of the father of one of his friends, where he acted out a “conversation with Kachalov”, admired his talent, declared his love for the famous artist.

From a Moscow student, a talented provincial has grown into a metropolitan figure of culture and art, a theater critic. Translator of foreign classical literature. In his creative practice, Lyubimov maintained a close relationship with the very masters of the stage with whom he had imaginary telephone discussions in his childhood in Przemysl.

On the pages of his book of memoirs "Past Summer" N. M. Lyubimov gave amazingly accurate descriptions of the actors and their work. For example, Leonidov “permeates the audience through and through with his gaze”, Knipper-Chekhova was a “sample of internal external grace”, Tarkhanov struck with “an ideal comprehension of stage art”, Pashennaya - with “ultimate expressiveness”, Massalitinova - with “skill of reincarnation”, Moskvin - “ destruction of tradition.

The famous writer Veniamin Kaverin highly appreciated the work of the translator Lyubimov: “ Lyubimov translates in such a way that his personality is visible behind the book. You need to be a little akin to Rabelais himself, so that behind the book we see the author, his laughter and bitterness, his spiritual scope, his irony, his faith in man.».

Sage from Korekozev

Peasant intellectual

Ask any resident of Korekozev: “What is your village famous for?” The answers will be different. For example:

- It is the longest in the Kaluga region - five kilometers.

- The first post-war order bearers appeared here, and the chairman of the collective farm, Prudnikov, was a Hero of Socialist Labor.

- Buttercup Monastery - according to legend, the oldest in our area.

- The first hydroelectric power plant in the region.

- This is the only village in Russia where three members of the Union of Writers of the USSR come from.

“And for me, Korekozevo is also famous for the fact,” recalls one of them, the famous Kaluga journalist and poet Alexei Petrovich Zolotin, “that a wonderful old man, a sage, a true rural philosopher Fyodor Kuzmich Pitirimov lived here. In November 1964, the newspaper "Znamya" under the heading "Meetings with interesting people” printed my article about him “Evening at Fyodor Kuzmich”. This is how I presented it to readers:

« For a long time I was going to write about Fyodor Kuzmich Pitirimov, this "very correct person", in the words of his fellow villagers, a communist, chairman of the Korekozevsky village council. He was one of the organizers of the First of May collective farm, stood at its helm for eight years, and when the farm was enlarged and Grigory Nikolaevich Prudnikov was elected chairman, Fyodor Kuzmich honestly and conscientiously worked as a private. For the past three years, he has chaired the village council.».

The article describes one evening spent with Fyodor Kuzmich. Then there were a few more - and all are memorable. I will try to remember and convey some fragments of conversations with this amazing person. Like all modest people, he flatly refused to talk about himself: I don't have anything special. That's what you thought...» About fellow villagers - please.

Stories from Fedor Kuzmich

The memory of Pitirimov Sr. saved a lot of stories.

— Here is Strekozy Nikita Nikitich. He is older than me, but he works - he does not lag behind other young people. From the first days of the collective farm - wherever they send. It does not require awards or posts. And a man of amazing honesty. He walks the road, notices a board or some kind of rope - he is not too lazy, he will definitely take it - whether to the sawmill, to the stable ... And in general, a very interesting old man.

Or another story by Fyodor Kuzmich about fellow villager Vladimir Ivanovich Nikonov:

— Also a very, very original grandfather. I admired his diligence. After the war, he mostly worked at the crossing. Here, I remember, I was going early one morning, at four o'clock, I decided to look at the fields beyond the river. I did not expect to meet him on the ferry at such an hour, I thought he was sleeping at home. I looked into the ferry booth - and really there was nobody. I look, and he is swarming around the boat, making something. We got talking.

— And I have, my brother- Vladimir Ivanovich shared the news, - moose eat.

— What moose?

— And such. Every evening, when it gets a little dark, they come out of the forest and in this place they swim across the river. They graze there. At night they feel good there, at ease. And in the morning - back to the forest. They just swam before your arrival ... I don’t tell anyone about them: they are scared away, but they have already got used to me ...

— What quality do you value most in a person?? I once asked Fyodor Kuzmich.

— Eh, here you are inciting me to philosophy. Each person is a page of a big book - history, and they are all interesting in their own way. As the ancient Romans said, suum kuikwe - to each his own! .. In short, a person must sow good, sow "reasonable, good, eternal." It is important for me what a person gives to people, by this I judge how useful he is. And finally, honesty. That's what I appreciate most in a person...

— We often talked about poetry- Alexey Zolotin continued his story, - and every time I lost the feeling of something familiar, everyday: as if in front of you was not an elderly collective farmer who had completed five classes of an old rural school, but a specialist philologist. Fyodor Kuzmich did not just quote Pushkin and Lermontov, Byron and Heine, Horace and Virgil - he freely supported them with words with his thoughts, views on poetry and literature in general. So it is no coincidence, but according to the law of succession, one of the sons of Fyodor Kuzmich, and in total he had five children, Sergey Pitirimov, became a famous Russian poet, a member of the Writers' Union of the USSR. But Sergey Fedorovich became famous in his declining years, and in his youth he dreamed of geology and only tried himself in poetry. I must say, not without the approval of his authoritative father.

Another conversation with Fyodor Kuzmich was remembered by his son's friend and poetic peer Zolotin. With a smile of bright emotion, Alexei Petrovich, also a writer far beyond the borders of his native Przemysl region, recalls Pitirimov Sr., his old man's tales.

— Somehow I came across a book- Fedor Kuzmich shared. — It was written in the seventeenth year, even before the revolution. It dealt with very important problems - how to bring Russia out of ruin. The author - I don't remember his last name - proposed to develop the economy in the east of the country. Everything seems to be correct. But how did he propose to do it? Seek help from foreign monopolies. What would be left of Russia then? Predators would have swallowed it. That's the kind of thing - it seems that a person is baked for the interests of the Motherland, but no. Loving the Motherland is not the same as talking about this love...

It was as if this conversation was taking place today,” Zolotin recalled, “it is so relevant. Today, there are disputes again - how to raise the country's economy: with the help of foreign monopolies or independently? It seems that the first point of view wins. But it is also useful, I think, that Fyodor Kuzmich Pitirimov’s warning sounds: predators would not have swallowed Russia ...

There are some amazing feats of architecture in our world that are not just a beautifully constructed building, but something more... It will be about combining architecture and nature. Cities built on cliffs and rocks are presented to your attention.

This theme is an addition to the selection of the most beautiful cities in the world according to LifeGlobe. I think that any of the places on this list can rightfully be included in the list of the most beautiful cities in the world.

10. Castellfolly de la Roca

Castellfolly de la Roca is considered one of the most beautiful villages in the region of Catalonia in Spain. It is built on a cliff of basalt, between two rivers. Most of the buildings seem to be on the very edge of the cliff, giving the illusion that they could fall at any moment. The entire village stretches for less than a kilometer in length. The oldest parts of the village were built in the Middle Ages and are made up of narrow streets. The buildings here are made of volcanic rock.

9. Rocamadour

Rocamadour is a tiny village built on a rocky cliff above a gorge on the river Alzou in southwestern France. The buildings of Rocamadour rise step by step, towards the cliff. The village, which dates back to the 12th century, was almost left to fend for itself because of the war and the French Revolution. Today it is again popular and thousands of tourists come here every year.

8. Bonifacio

Bonifacio is a city in the southern part of Corsica. The city and its fortifications stretch along the tops of a cliff 70 meters high. The city's cliffs have been washed away by the ocean so that the buildings at the very edge of the abyss seem to hang over the water.

7. Acapulco

Acapulco - original Mexican resort town, which has taken a prominent place in history since 1950 - tired Hollywood stars and millionaires escape here. However, it remains a popular tourist destination for many people.

6. Mesa Verde

Messa Verde is located in southwestern Colorado and is home to ancient people. This is the most significant archaeological reserve Indian culture in the USA. In the 12th century, Indian tribes began to build buildings in shallow caves and under rock ledges along the canyon walls. By 1300, all the Indians had left Mesa Verde, but their place of residence was perfectly preserved. The reason for their sudden departure remains unexplained. Theories range from crop failure due to drought, to invasion by foreign tribes from the North.

5. Bandiagara Highlands

The Bandiagara Highlands is a sand cliff in Mali that rises to almost 500 meters. These cliffs are dotted with ancient cave dwellings. They carved out their caves so that their dead relatives could be buried high above the ground to avoid the flash floods that plague the area.

4. Ronda

Ronda is located in the province of Malaga in Spain. The city is located in the mountains with a height of 760 meters and is split into two parts by the river Guedalevin. To help tourists, there are three bridges that cross the canyon. The architecture of the city got its features from the Romans and Moors who once ruled the area.

3. Al Khayyarah

Al Khayyar is historical city on a cliff in the Mountains of Yemen, located west of the city of Manah. This is one of the most impressive and easily accessible mountain villages in Yemen. The village was literally built into the mountain in the course of stone mining. Al Khayyar has existed since the 12th century. Structures such as granaries and water cisterns enabled this village to withstand long sieges.

2. Positano

Positano is one of the most popular attractions in Italy. The city seems to be scattered from top to bottom, right down to the very slope leading to the coast. In the 20th century, Positano was a poor fishing village, but today it is very popular among tourists.

1. Santorini Island

Santorini is one of the Greek volcanic islands. It is known for its magnificent dramatic scenery and amazing sunsets that can be seen from the cities of Fira and Oia. Oia was built on top of jagged rocks by a dormant volcano, while Fira is famous for intertwining Venetian architecture with a number of other styles. Among the snow-white houses on the streets of these cities, there are many restaurants, taverns and hotels.

There was no majesty (1) mountains and rocks surrounded by (2) clouds; it was an ordinary Russian landscape: fields, meadows, rare villages with straw (3) and wooden (4) roofs.

Task: insert the missing letters, indicate the conditions for choosing a spelling.

She is bewitched ... and a fairy tale; this story is a mystery ... a, a mystery ... a; the investigation is confused ... about the investigator; her economy is running ... oh, scatter things ... s; linen is collected ... about in bags and decomposed ... about on the shelves; she spoke puta ... oh, incoherently; he acted scattering ... oh and the wind ... oh; he looked preoccupied…oh; the area is empty...a; the girl is spoiled ... but with attention; heroes crowned ... with glory; the queen is somewhat idealized ... but; combed hair ... s to one side; problems are investigated ... by scientists; everything is well thought out ... oh and foreseen ... oh; the problem is solved ... but; fright ... th beast; they are frightened by this; glued ... walls; they were frivolous ... s; throw on ... th scarf; throw dresses ... s on a mannequin; this is not my property ... oh; everything was unnatural…oh; organized ... rally; sheepskin ... th sheepskin coat; oatmeal ... porridge; window ... th glass; vulgar ... th anecdote; easier ... awn; empty ... awn; it is more empty...a and raster...a.

Task: do test work.

1.HH ?

Goncharov's Petersburg, as a city of "art (1) feelings, lifelessness (2) turmoil" does not accept the directness (3) awn, simplicity, naturalness (4) awn, prevailing in the wilderness.

2.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

Work in the sand (1) quarry was suspended (2) due to the increased (3) danger.

3. Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenHH ?

Those who have been in the villages near Vladimir for a long time remembered the houses, decorated with (1) wood (2) carvings, similar to fine lace, looking at which you can think (3) about being in a fairy tale.

4.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

To this day, invoices have been preserved in the archives, presenting (1) to the artist for delivering (2) oils (3) paints to him.

5.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

And thick milk pouring from a clay (1) jug, and a magnificent loaf in a wicker (2) basket, and a sliding napkin were written (3) by the artist in all details and with special expressiveness.

6.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

The store purchased (1) a batch of leather (2) shoes at lower (3) prices.

7.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

The university building, which suffered from a fire in 1812, was restored (1) and partially rebuilt (2) by Domenico Gilardi, who preserved the composition (3) of the architect Kazakov.

8.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

The house stood somewhat away from the forest, the walls here and there were renewed (1) with fresh boards, the windows were painted (2) with whitewash, a small porch on the side, decorated with (3) carvings, still smelled of resin.

9.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenHH ?

In the old big guest (1) on a spacious square, where it was quiet and empty (2), they did not expect visitors, but unexpectedly (3) a carriage drove up to the porch.

10.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenH ?

central square was framed (1) by a granite parapet with lion (2) masks and huge polished (3) stone balls.

1) 1,2 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1,3

11.Indicate all the numbers in the place that is writtenHH ?

Against the terrible (1) and formidable background of the sunset sky, the wall of the coniferous forest seemed distinctly drawn (3), and in some places the transparent round tops of the birches sticking out above it seemed to be eye-catching (3) in the sky with light strokes.

For many years now I have been collecting interesting quotes from travelers, climbers, and explorers on outdoor topics.

All this is mainly accumulated “on the table”, although sometimes it is used.

So, for example, we made a package for ours with some quotes from my collection.

But still, the bulk is “dead weight” and does not work, although many quotes, as the quintessence of the experience and views on the life of people who are great and understand firsthand in matters of travel, mountaineering, human interaction with wildlife and mountains, can be useful and interesting to many.

Some quotes can make you smile because of their naivety, for example, I liked Maurice Herzog's statement about Annapurna, and I took it to my collection. Words about the mountain were said even before the expedition to this eight-thousander began, in Russian translation they sound like this:

"As for Annapurna... this peak is easily accessible and that is why it is of only limited sporting interest."© Maurice Herzog

It is difficult to agree with this statement now, knowing that Annapurna is one of the most difficult and dangerous eight-thousanders of the planet.

Some quotes bear the imprint of the era, are the product of their time and personify the development and ideas of society, which we can look at through the prism of achievements known to us. As an example, the openly racist quote by Robert Peary

“One intelligent white man should be at the head, two whites, invited to the expedition because of their courage, determination, physical endurance and devotion to the leader, should make up the hands, and dog drivers and others locals- the body and legs of the expedition. For the peace of mind of men, it is necessary to take women on a journey; besides this, they are in many respects as useful as men, and in strength and endurance they are often almost as good as them.

But of particular value, I think, are the thoughts expressed by great travelers, climbers and investigators on issues of preparation, organization and safety. Very often, one well-aimed and strong phrase uttered by an honored person can give much more to understand the essence of the issue than voluminous articles and wordy explanations.

My favorite quote from these is by Roald Amundsen and goes like this:

"Expedition is preparation"

In just three words, the great polar explorer was able to express the main success of any business.

Quotes about mountains and mountaineering

“In the mountains, you need to depend only on yourself, on your strengths, therefore, rely on high altitude someone will help – it is immoral.” © Anatoly Bukreev

"Mountains are not stadiums where I fulfill my ambitions, they are temples where I practice my religion." © Anatoly Bukreev

“Mountains have the power to call us to their lands, this is no longer a passion, this is my destiny…” © Anatoly Bukreev

“Better mountains can only be mountains,
Which I haven't been to yet."

"Everyone needs something exceptional in an era when money can have everything." © Reinhold Messner

“A person learns through defeat, not victory, as it may seem. In order to correctly assess the situation, you need to know your limit and it can only be determined in practice. I have had failures on thirteen eight-thousanders and I want to be remembered as the mountaineer with the most failures. Records didn't interest me. If I had not failed at Dhaulagiri, Makalu and Lhotse, I would have perished long ago. I love challenges, but I know how to retreat in time. ” © Reinhold Messner

"If you go to the mountains where there is no danger, you are not a real climber." © Reinhold Messner

“Mountaineering is an archaic world, devoid of rules, and that is why the price of a mistake here is very high. The anarchy reigning around forces the climber to take responsibility for his own life. Every difficult ascent is deadly, and in that sense, mountaineering is deeply selfish.” © Reinhold Messner

“Neither am I of the opinion that a climber who dies while climbing automatically becomes a hero. The death of a climber is a tragedy. No more no less. And the only thing that can be done for the dead is to help their loved ones.” © Reinhold Messner

“For a person suffering from stress, lost in an expanding civilization, the mountains have become a kind of “playing space”, in which he can be enriched with experiences and feelings that are not available to him in everyday, everyday life. Game space, game, rules of the game. Owning them is the only condition for fully enjoying an exciting lifestyle: mountaineering.” © Reinhold Messner

“Only climbers know how much willpower and courage it takes to retreat where there is at least something that would justify moving up.” © Reinhold Messner

"I'm a happy person. I had a dream, and it came true, and this rarely happens to a person. Climbing Mount Everest - my people call it Chomolungma - was the innermost desire of my whole life. Seven times I set to work; I failed and started again, again and again, not with the bitterness that leads a soldier to the enemy, but with love, like a child climbing into its mother's lap. © Tenzing Norgay

“I hate grumbling and clashing over petty things when it comes to great things. When people go to the mountains, they should forget about molehills. Whoever goes to a great cause must have a great soul.” © Tenzing Norgay

“For the opportunity to go to Everest, I would accept any job, from a dishwasher to a yeti driver.” © Tenzing Norgay

“... I trained hard, trying to restore my form. I got up early in the morning, loaded my backpack with stones, took long walks in the hills around the city - this was my habit for a number of years before large expeditions. I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, I avoided feasts, which I usually like very much. And all this time I was thinking, planning, making assumptions about how my seventh trip to Everest would go. “This time you must conquer the summit,” I told myself, “Conquer or perish ..” © Tenzing Norgay

“Future generations will ask: “What kind of people first ascended to the top of the world?” And I would like the answer to be one that I don't have to be ashamed of. Everest: highest point not just one country, but the whole world. It was taken by the people of East and West together. He belongs to all of us. And I also want to belong to everyone, to be a brother to all people…” © Tenzing Norgay

“The summit cannot be conquered. You stand on it for a few minutes, and then the wind sweeps away your traces. © Arlen Bloom

“You never conquer a mountain. You just stand on the top a few moments. Then the wind blows your footprints away." © Arlene Blum

“For most people, mountains are something majestic, but far from everyday life, that is, perfect harmony.” © Ueli Steck

“I often get scared, although no one believes it. But when is a person not afraid? When he does not know something or overestimates his abilities. Fortunately, this - for me to overestimate myself - did not happen to me ... ”© Uli Steck

“First of all, love the mountains. You need to know the mountains, respect them and not think that you will shower them with hats. With the mountains you need to be on "you". Whether it is a peak of the 1b category or a route of the highest category. ” © Vladimir Shataev

“I can look up at a mountain for hours. It may seem strange, but I am talking to a mountain. I try to understand whether she is waiting for me or not, will she let me in or not. © Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

“Sometimes I think that's why I go to the mountains to understand how dear gray everyday life is to me. Returning to experience the taste of a cup of hot tea after days of thirst, sleep after many sleepless nights, meeting friends after a long solitude, silence after hours spent in a terrible storm. © Wanda Rutkevich

"I'm not going to conquer the mountains - they are as much a part of the world as people are. I conquer myself." © Wanda Rutkevich

“Mountains are the way, the end is the man himself. The ultimate meaning is not in the achievement of mountain peaks, but in the improvement of man. Climbing makes sense only if the person remains in the focus of attention.” © Walter Bonnati

“I think every climber has many reasons to climb the Matterhorn. But the main reason for everyone is the same: to climb the Matterhorn” © Gaston Rebbufa

“Rising to the top, a person elevates himself and his soul, his heart and his dream. As far as the eye can see, the country of snow and rocks spreads out before him in silence and mystery. Mountains are a special world, they form part of the planet, like a mysterious, isolated kingdom, where the symbol of life is will and love. ” © Gaston Rebbufa

"Tien Shan is not a place for climbing fun!" © Gottfried Merzbacher

“A woman for a climber is the main danger. We all know this unscrupulous truth.” © Maurice Herzog

“Having crossed the limits of our powers, knowing the boundaries of the human world, we realized the true greatness of Man” © Maurice Herzog

"No victory could ever justify a deliberate game of human lives." © Maurice Herzog

"As for Annapurna... this peak is easily accessible and that is why it is of only limited sporting interest." © Maurice Herzog 1950

“I live like in a dream. Death is near, I feel. What a beautiful death for a climber! How it harmonizes with the noble passion that rules our souls! I am grateful to the summit for being so beautiful today. Her silence recalls the grandeur of a cathedral. I don't suffer at all and I don't worry. My peace of mind is terrible." © Maurice Herzog 4 June 1950.

“From time to time, at least for cheerfulness, it is useful to look up. Down, on the contrary, it is not recommended to look, since the sight of these terrifying abysses can shake the firmness of the spirit of any optimist. © Maurice Herzog

“Mountains call those whose soul is their size!” © V.L. Belilovsky

© V.L. Belilovsky

“A good climber should not only be healthy, he should be quirky and cunning, guided by one thought - to survive ...” © Vitaly Gorelik

"My partners had to be strong, humble, fast and always optimistic." © Simone Moreau

“Randomness and risk are part of our lives. In love, work, sports, etc. we take risks every day of our lives. Climbing in the mountains, of course, is much more risky than office work, but I am not attracted to a safe life instead of a deep and fulfilling one ... I prefer to be happy every day of my 36 years than to be happy on Sundays for 80 years ... ”© Simone Moro

"It's important for me to come back safe and sound, whether I win or lose, although that term isn't particularly appropriate for those who come down from above." © Simone Moreau

“Even if I have to use it, I hate climbing with oxygen. These are dishonest and unsportsmanlike climbs, and therefore I go again to those mountains where I climbed with oxygen ... ”© Simone Moreau

“Easy, fast style and a small team - that's what I love about climbing. Why? This is a more athletic and fair game between the climber and the mountain. I respect, but do not like, the attack of the peaks by large teams ... " © Simone Moro

“An ice ax and crampons instead of claws, boots and clothes complement the woolen and fatty cover, a tent instead of a cave or a hole. And oxygen is a change in nature itself, the environment .... And one more comparison - about divers. Can you dive 200 meters without scuba gear? That's right - no. And no one can, however, everyone admits that it is ABSOLUTELY different types sports. And about mountaineering, for some reason, everyone is sure that there is not much difference. Paradox?" © Denis Urubko

“In general, all the most difficult moments in the mountains, however, as in ordinary life, occur in consciousness, in overcoming oneself and in relationships between people. Frost, wind, height - all this is just an attribute, the specificity of a sport, which is only a background for knowing oneself and one's friends. Everything “extreme” is changing, forgotten, but experience and feelings remain.” © Denis Urubko

“We will all be THERE ... but I want to push the deadline for leaving “as far as possible”. And for this you need to control every step, act alphabetically competently, learn from the masters. © Denis Urubko

“I believe that mountaineering should be fun, even when it gets really tight, and even when someone has to pay for the challenge. After all, if we are willing to pay such a price, then mountaineering really brings pleasure.” © Chris Bonington

“Society is very unfair to women climbers and climbing mothers. There is no such attitude towards male climbers who risk their lives in the mountains, leaving their families at home - and the public often condemns mothers who want to climb. In my opinion, both parents are equally important for the child, and therefore I do not see the difference, whether the father or mother is mountaineers!” © Edurne Pasaban

“To turn into a situation where, it would seem, there is nothing particularly dangerous is sometimes a heroic deed. Such feats are only for you. Do them. Turn back, but get the opportunity to come back here again. Not a single mountain is worth a single fingernail! © Nikolai Totmyanin

"The mountains! Their snow-white, dazzling domes against the background of unthinkable blue and deep blue - is it not in them a symbol of a human dream, the call of which has been disturbing daring souls for centuries? And isn’t each of us given his own height in the chosen work? © Mikhail Turkevich

“The higher and more difficult the peak, the more friends you meet on its slopes, in whatever area the globe she was not." © Mikhail Turkevich

“We stood on the highest peak of the planet. We climbed into this sky, overcoming frost and wind, lack of oxygen and low pressure. They climbed here, risking every minute to break, to fall under a rockfall, under an avalanche. We gave our comrades the last sip of the water so coveted here, conceded to each other in the tents the most comfortable spot, warmed our bivouac neighbor with their warmth, joked and sang songs when the wind tried to tear the tents into the abyss with us ... For the sake of such moments, for the opportunity to test yourself, to get to know your friends better, to reach the limit of the possible and look beyond this limit - for the sake of all this it's worth going to the mountains." © Mikhail Turkevich

“Fist-sized stars pulsed above us. They broke and fell to us on the ground. Fantastic Starfall! The moon hung over the very head, and it seemed very easy to reach it by hand ... ”© Mikhail Turkevich

“What a pleasure it is to contemplate the majestic mountain ranges and be above the clouds! What else in the world can be so whole, so complete, as climbing mountains. © Konrad Gesner

“Here is the concept of front-line brotherhood, there is also the concept of mountaineering brotherhood. It really is. I have a lot of teaching experience. When newcomers, after a 20-day stay in the alpine camp, begin to disperse, they literally disperse with tears. Why? People, being in harsh climatic conditions, united by a common idea, communicate, decide common task. Help, mutual assistance, just being together - unites people to such an extent that the phenomenon is called brotherhood. Like in a war, when people united under the most difficult conditions, doing a significant thing, winning, losing, fighting, dying, etc.

This is an integral part of mountaineering, it is good, it pleases. I am happy that I know all the people that mountaineering has given me. That we were united by an idea. Although it was in different years, in different areas, we have not met for a long time, but what was, you can’t erase from your fate.” © Sergey Bogomolov

“When you stand on the top, especially if it is the top of an eight-thousander, mountains stretch in all directions, as far as the eye can see. It seems that the whole world is ridges covered with eternal snow and nothing else. But we know that this is not so. There, further - the seas and oceans, forests and gardens, beautiful cities… That's how it is in my life. Mountaineering is a favorite thing, a profession, but besides it, there is family and friends, songs and books, theaters and exhibitions. All this is also very interesting and valuable to me. All this is my life.” © Sergey Bershov

“Always keep a clear head and be prepared to work in any environment and meet any surprise. To do this, you need to prepare comprehensively and constantly. And then you can enjoy the beauty of the mountains and enjoy the climb itself.” © Evgeny Vinogradsky

“I can't give you a new answer why people go to the mountains. Most still go just to climb to the top." © Edmund Hillary

“... The struggle of a person with a peak goes beyond mountaineering in its purely sporting sense. In my eyes, she is a symbol of the struggle of man with the forces of nature; it vividly expresses the continuity of this difficult battle and the solidarity of all who took part in it. … Shortly after our return from Everest, some of us had to talk to a group of students. One of them turned to me with a question: “What is the point of climbing Everest? Were you financially interested or is it just some kind of crazy?” © John Hunt

“Long attempts to conquer a difficult peak can be compared to a relay race, where each team member, having overcome his section of the path, passes the wand to the next one until the entire distance has been covered.” © John Hunt

“As long as the climber adjusts to the mountain, that is mountaineering. When he starts to adapt the mountain for his purposes, it's building work." © John Hunt

"I love peaks as a separate person, as equivalent parts of a big whole." © Herbert Tichy

"The risk must always be justified by something." © Vitaly Abalakov

“Mountaineering is a complex and dangerous multifaceted type of human activity. A rare combination of sophisticated mental and physical work in a very difficult environment. © Vitaly Abalakov

“What gives mountaineering to an individual? a prominent western climber asked half a century ago and answered like this: “He brings us back to nature, to that element with which most of us have lost direct contact. The desire to rise, boundless, spontaneous - doesn’t it take us away, as if on magical wings, somewhere far from the usual level, and with it from ordinary thoughts? © Evgeny Abalakov

“Now sparkling, joyful, calling, then formidable and angry, calling for single combat, then mysterious, with an elusive veil hiding itself and only for a moment opening with wonderful fantastic visions of a special world, a harsh, beautiful, eternally calling element of mountain peaks.” © Evgeny Abalakov

“You can be the world's greatest climber and be a selfish asshole who doesn't care about your family and friends at the same time. Or you can be the one who tries to learn something from the rivers and mountains, who gets better from there. I'm trying to be that person." © Doug Ammons.

“Climbing for me is one of the forms of knowledge that inspires me, helps me oppose my inner world to nature. It is a means to experience a state of consciousness where there is no distraction or expectation. This is an intuitive state of being, something that gives me the opportunity to experience moments of true freedom and harmony.” © Lynn Hill

“The colors of mountain sunsets are bright and unique - sometimes scarlet, purple, crimson and crimson, sometimes full of regal brilliance, when it seems that half the sky is filled with molten gold.” © Konstantin Rototaev

“Mountaineering begins where the paths end, and does not end even at the top, because it’s not enough to go up, you also have to go down. On the descent of a climber, severe trials are often guarded. © Nikolai Tikhonov

The path to the heights is open to anyone

Height who will love fearlessly

Where the ice ax rings and where the heart rings

There is born the friendship of the brave!

© Nikolai Tikhonov

“…it matters how you climb, not where you climb. You know, many years ago, we in Yosemite realized that there was nothing upstairs. You climb out, and there are stones and a path down. Therefore, even then it became clear that it was important not where you climbed, but how you did it! And it is this process of “how?” compromises the rampant use of bolts. Or take, for example, Everest. The most terrifying example of the "dead end" of mountaineering development! Dozens of almost permanently installed aluminum stairs, kilometers of railings... Having climbed up, you climbed “something”, but not the Top of the World – Everest.” © Yvon Shoinard

“What matters is what you do here and now. It is important to climb the route having fun and it is not at all important to leave a mark for centuries. Who needs it, this footprint of yours on this rocky wall that mankind does not need? © Yvon Shoinard

“What space! What a charming beauty in all these snow giants, towering up to the sky! What a variety of colors and tones in these fabulous cliffs an endless chain of mountains, lost somewhere far, far away. How deeply all this touches the soul and heart of man! He is seized by such a feeling of delight, which is beyond human strength to describe. © Sergey Kirov

“I only fear bad weather in the mountains. This is the only thing in the mountains that does not depend on us.” © Junko Tabei

“You have to go to the mountain. It is difficult, but we must go forward, the mountain itself will not come to base camp." © Vladislav Terzyul

“There, at a height, closer to God, a person becomes purer and nobler” © Vladislav Terzyul

“Mountains, mountains! What magnetism is hidden in you! What a symbol of tranquility lies in each sparkling peak! The most daring legends are born near the mountains. The most human words come from the snowy heights. Some people are afraid of the mountains and claim that the mountains choke them. Aren't these people afraid of big things? © Nicholas Roerich

"Mountains are the only place where I can rest." © Igor Tamm

“Untouched nature brings incomparable spiritual peace. Added to this is the deep satisfaction of overcoming obstacles. In the mountains, friendship with comrades, sealed by dangers, is born, remaining for life. © Igor Tamm

"High-altitude mountaineering is the closest sport to astronautics" © Terman Titov

Everest is the highest pole of the earth. Getting to the top on foot, relying on my own feet and on the power of the mind, turned out to be only a little easier than landing a man on the moon. Only 16 years separated these two events. ©

F.M. Sveshnikov

“Mountaineering is a sport of difficult decisions. In the mountains you can't hide behind an empty word, here only deeds are valued. A person in mountaineering is worth exactly as much as he is worth in reality. © F.M. Sveshnikov

“At any age, you have to keep dreaming. You must try to make dreams come true. I know well that if you have a strong heart and take one small step after another, you will reach the top of the world.” © Iyuchiro Miuro

“Believe in yourself in the face of death. Fear won't do anything to you. Whether you are alive or dead, your heart beats faster than 100 beats per minute. Fears go away when you just start climbing.” © Iyuchiro Miuro

“I realized very early that someone who walks with a strong partner may never know the very essence of mountaineering, and in any case will receive only part of the emotions from climbing ... After all, he is only a follower ... if he is in the lead, he takes responsibility for the success of the enterprise, then something more opens up to him ... I see no reason why women could not lead in serious ascents ... but I also realize that if a woman takes on this role, then the participation of men in the project cannot to be out of the question." © Miriam O'Brien Underhill

"He who does not get lost in the snowy mountains will not be afraid in battle." This is the slogan of the Soviet climber. Cowardice is a lack of confidence in oneself, in one's knowledge. Such qualities as caution, attentiveness, accuracy, sometimes slowness due to careful control of the path, protection and self-protection should not be confused with cowardice.
A brave person is one who, having weighed all the difficulties and prepared accordingly to overcome them, resolutely, energetically fights for the implementation of the task, who does not get lost in difficult times; who calmly, patiently seeks the path to victory, he will always find it .. ”© Physical training of climbers I. Yukhin, 1939.

“The only way to compensate for your inferiority, your lack of confidence in own forces involved in mountaineering. Surrendering to it completely was the only salvation for me. Now the natural course of events in my life has become the conquest of one peak after another - first in Japan, and then abroad. © Naomi Uemura

“Mountaineering is more of a mental sport than a physical one. If you really, really want to do something, then what is a little more pain for you? Just go with it." © Mark Inglis

“The call of the high mountains… Maybe this is part of man’s eternal quest, some excess of that vital energy that drives humanity from century to century in its attempt to always reach an ever higher peak of human aspirations? .. Even if the conquest of Everest becomes an ordinary event, always there are higher Everests; even if in the distant future our Earth becomes a place without secrets, there will always be other peaks to climb and other worlds to explore. For those who are ready to venture fearlessly into uncharted seas and into the unconquered peaks of human aspirations, there will never be a lack of adventure for mind and body.” © Jawaharlalu Nehru

“Let them not, however, think that climbing highest peaks- just hard, tedious work. There are no words to describe the impression made by these giants, or to convey the feeling of the climber, who found himself on the verge of a dead kingdom, where violent wind, scorching sun and merciless frost, as well as rarefied air make all life impossible. © Evans Charles, Inviolable Kanchenjunga, M., Physical Culture and Sport, 1961

“What made both man and animal aspire to these barren heights? Dr. James Chapin, who devoted many years to studying the birds of the Congo, once found the skeleton of a Gamlin marmoset on the top of Karisimbi, many miles from its native forests. And recently I read an interesting article about a pack of hyena dogs that was seen in the glaciers of Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of almost twenty thousand feet. Perhaps man is not the only creature in this world who climbs a mountain just because she is standing in front of him. © George Schaller Year under the sign of the gorilla. M., Thought, 1968.

“... As soon as he crossed the ridge to Georgia, he abandoned the cart and began to ride: he climbed the snowy mountain (Krestovaya) to the very top, which is not at all easy; from there you can see half of Georgia as if on a silver platter, and, really, I do not undertake to explain or describe this amazing feeling; for me mountain air is a balm; to hell with the blues, the heart is beating, the chest is breathing high - nothing is needed at this moment; I would sit and watch like that for the rest of my life.” © Mikhail Lermontov

“I am far from self-praise, far from ambition and rivalry, I just want to say that mountaineering should be considered as a wonderful game in which every accident is either a mistake or negligence, and death is a real tragedy. In order to avoid a demonstration of heroism, I, like most of us, believe that it is better to wait than to rush and take risks, it is better to slow down than to suffocate, it is better to sing than to shout ... ”© Jean Franco“ Makalu ”

“We have entered into a grandiose and wonderful battle with nature, we are investing all our physical, mental and moral strength in achieving victory. In a few weeks, the battle, which took place in an atmosphere of passionate intensity and brotherly friendship, raised us above human mediocrity. © Jean Franco "Battle for Jeanne"

“When you look from the height of Pobeda Peak, it seems that the rest of the peaks squatted down.” © Lyudmila Agranovskaya

“Mountains are made in order to show a person how a dream can look like ..” © Yuri Vizbor

“Life is a continuous ascent along an untrodden path that winds along the mountain slopes ... I stand on a white mountain and look into the blue distance of the roads traveled. Ahead rises a peak under a blue hat of snow. If I manage to climb it - I will see new distances ... ”© A. Keshokov story View from the white mountain

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet..." - William Blake

“Something inside me is killing interest in playing at low limits. For me there is either a high rate or nothing. And it's eating me up." © Jerzy Kukuczka

"Mountains are a place where you can exchange life for endless bliss." © Milarepa Shepa Dorje

“Mountaineering in my life was not just a sport that gave me a good mood. This is a worldview that affirms simple truths, glorifying good things: courage and camaraderie, the desire to learn and the desire to help, devotion to the goal, the meaning and joy of daring, sensitivity and amazing courage. © Boris Delaunay

“To love is not to look at each other, but to look together in the same direction. Comrades are only those who, holding on to one rope, climb the mountain peak with common efforts and in this they find their closeness. © Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Winter high-altitude climbing is a sophisticated way of suffering in the mountains." © Wojtek Kurtyka

“Winter expeditions are the only mountaineering without the struggle of the “stars”, rivalry, competition with each other. The mountain is so difficult in winter that everyone rallies for a common goal in an atmosphere of partnership, mutual assistance and goodwill. Such an atmosphere is now preserved only in speleology and in winter Himalayan ascents. This is no longer possible to find in the summer in the Alpine ascents. © Wojtek Kurtyka

“The essence of winter Himalayan ascents is overcoming one's own pain caused by cold, discomfort and other reasons. You can trust me, it is. I believe that winter Himalayan ascents have little to do with the essence of real mountaineering, which begins where ordinary tourism ends, and a person is forced to overcome technical difficulties with the help of hands. In winter, you cannot take off your mittens, so there is no question of difficult technical ascents. The combination of very low temperatures and 8000 m makes real mountaineering impossible.” © Wojtek Kurtyka

“The maxim that about the deceased is either only good, or nothing, plays an extremely negative role in understanding the catastrophe. The unadorned truth of what happened is the last gift of the departed to the living. We often ignore it (the gift), supposedly for moral reasons. And this is really immoral.” © Igor Komarov

"Freeride is a martial art where life is at stake." © Igor Komarov

“To go first is a special job. Here you are alone with the wall. Comrades mentally with you, but no one is around. Only the rope pulls down a lot, connecting you with the world of people, and the rock hangs over your head. Often the next section of the route seems impassable, and there is no longer confidence in success, and anxiety hangs over the wall like a cloud. Then, as for a convenient shelf, you grab onto the thought: you made up your mind, accepted the challenge - so drive away doubts, turn off everything extraneous from your mind, focus on the goal, you have to go through ”© Vitaliy Bodnik

“Victory in mountaineering generously gives a person the joy of victory over himself. And she also makes a comrade in a bundle your brother, and this male brotherhood is stronger than granite ”© Vitaliy Bodnik

“Many are afraid of mountains, but this is from their ignorance. The unknown is always scary. The mountains, of course, are formidable, but not insidious and not malicious. Hurry up to the mountains! You are waiting for the discovery of pristine nature. You will discover yourself.” © Vasily Kovtun

“The Caucasian mountains are much more beautiful, their peaks are pointed; the abysses separating the peaks from each other give the impression of immeasurable depth. © Douglas Freshfield

“The strongest fear arises in those moments when you realize that you are still alive and well, but you are already finished ... that is, the brain has time to fully realize that you have practically no chance of surviving.” © Valery Rozov

“I have no respect for people who walk tightrope using belay. I don't really like the fact that if you fall, you die, but that's part of what's called tightrope walking." © Philippe Petit

“The snow is hiding and waiting. Waiting for our oversight. One has only to cut the layer, maybe even shout loudly - and the slope will disappear from under the feet. We know how it happens: first a soft crack, then a rustle, and then a roar. Just a second. Before you have time to look back, you will be buried under many meters of cold and heavy snow, like cast iron. © A.Kuznetsov “Bottom of Svaneti”

“... From edge to edge, along the entire horizon, in glaciers and snows, stands the great Tien Shan system. All of it burns with golden-orange and red tones of sunset, and Khan-Tengri floats from above, like a giant faceted ruby ​​set in a dark turquoise sky. © Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.

"The forces of the untamed nature - wind, clouds, storm and cold - find their strongest expression on the tops of the mountains, endowing the heights with the aura of wilderness in its most extreme and undisturbed state." © Bernbaum Edwin

“Snow is snow wherever it falls, and avalanches speak the worldwide language of violence…” © Montgomery Waterwater

“... After all, as long as there are mountains, there will be traces on their slopes, there will be notes on the peaks ... This is the law of a person’s struggle with mountains. And in everyone's life, sooner or later, there comes a moment when he must meet nature face to face and feel that man, even in a small number, is stronger than her. Humanity has existed for twenty thousand generations, of which nineteen thousand eight hundred generations - ninety-nine percent - have struggled with nature without the help of electricity, machines and science. In the current generations, there is still a decent amount of disturbing blood of ancestors. The word "feat" means an action that not everyone is given to perform. But those who go to the mountains, as a rule, do not think about the feat, dreaming only of enjoying the incomparable feeling of the pioneers, they want to see entire countries lying at their feet under the clouds, so that the shadow from the hand extends hundreds of kilometers and the purple sky is towards them. a little closer than to other people ... And let the voices disappear from the whirlwind for a while and leave people alone with the mountains. For mountains and people are a continuous battle. © Evgeny Iordanishvili

“I only know three real sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and car racing. The rest of the sports are games." © Ernest Hemingway

“In the struggle with the summit, in striving for the immensity, a person wins, acquires and affirms, first of all, himself. In the extreme tension of the struggle, on the verge of death, the Universe disappears, ends next to us. Space, time, fear, suffering no longer exist. And then everything can be available. Like on the crest of a wave, when, during a violent storm, a strange, great calmness suddenly reigns in us. This is not spiritual emptiness, on the contrary, it is the warmth of the soul, its impulse and aspiration. And then we realize with certainty that there is something indestructible in us, a force that nothing can resist.” © Lucien Devi

“In the mountains they do not walk with their feet, in the mountains they walk with their heads.” © folk wisdom

“A bad road is one from which the traveler will surely fall, and his body cannot be found. The good road is the one from which the traveler falls, but his corpse can be found and buried. And the beautiful road is the one from which the traveler may not fall ”© folk wisdom

“Remember, traveler, in the mountains you are like a tear on the eyelash of Allah.” © folk wisdom

"Everest is a bird that has flown higher than other birds."© folk wisdom

"The man who is on the very top of the mountain did not fall there from the sky." © Confucius

Quotes about travel, expeditions and wildlife

"An expedition is a preparation" © Amundsen Roald

“Willpower is the first and most important quality of a skilled researcher. Only by knowing how to control his will, he can hope to overcome the difficulties that nature raises in his path. © Amundsen Roald

“What is still unknown to us on our planet puts some kind of oppression on the consciousness of most people. This unknown is something that man has not yet conquered, some permanent proof of our impotence, some unpleasant challenge to dominance over nature. © Amundsen Roald

"Forethought and caution are equally important: foresight - in order to notice difficulties in time, and caution - in order to prepare in the most thorough way for their meeting." © Amundsen Roald

“It’s bad to linger at one fire for a long time: your eyes get tired of looking at the same thing, your ears go deaf. Need to go. Turbidity does not hold in fast water ... "© Ulukitkan

“When people ask me why I go on this or that trip, I usually answer: I don’t know, b it really is. After all, if I knew what awaits me, I would not set off on the road. © Jacques-Yves Cousteau

"Only impossible missions succeed." © Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“Dark cold night, wrapped in a blanket, I sit motionless on the shore and listen to the fountains of smooth whales. They are very close. Although it is difficult to distinguish their massive forms in the dark, I know that they swim close to the coast, sometimes touching the bottom with their belly in shallow water. But they jump out about two hundred meters from me. Their huge bodies with a terrible noise fall into the water. In the intervals between bursts, deep breaths of whales are heard: for me, this powerful choral concert is the most beautiful music in the ocean. This is how my first night in Patagonia goes…” © Philippe Cousteau

“I believe that there are neither heights nor depths that a person with the help of Reason could not reach.” © John Hunt

“Polar night, you look like a woman, a delightful, beautiful woman with the noble features of an antique statue, but also with her marble coldness. On your high forehead, clear as pure ether, there is not a trace of sympathy for the petty sorrows of the human race, on your pale beautiful cheeks - not a trace of feeling ... I am exhausted by your cold beauty, I crave life, warmth, light! Let me come back either a winner or a beggar - It's all the same to me! But let me come back and start living again.” © Fridtjof Nansen

“We should agree with our experience that you cannot get real wealth with the help of an army, you cannot win it with the help of a sling or a bomb that can fly around the world fifteen times and hit us in the back of the head, and not just our enemies. The real treasures are on enemy soil and not in a bank. You can’t put them on the scales and you won’t see them with a simple eye, because you have to look for them inside your own head. What is stored in the soul cannot be taken away. © Thor Heirdahl

"Boundaries? Didn't see one. True, I heard that they are in the minds of some people. © Thor Heirdahl

“Really, why make a fuss about something that has been done? I never only reminisce about the past. There is too much to do in the future!” © Edmund Hillary

“Many of us in our youth try to prove to ourselves that we are capable of overcoming unusual situations. For me, such a situation was an autonomous life in the forest. Soon I realized that I can kill an animal or a bird, use mushrooms, berries, but why? Everything turned out to be a more difficult task: you need to shoot what you see, turn what you see into visible images. So I shoot nature all my life. ” © Vadim Gippenreiter

“Romance is essential in human life. It is she who gives a person divine powers to travel beyond the ordinary. © Fridtjof Nansen

"Victory awaits the one who is doing well, and this is called luck." © Roald Amundsen

“Winter is not an enemy, it is a great helper, throwing bridges over the seas, covering the bare stones of the mountains and smoothing out the clefts. And as soon as the sleigh ride makes the trip possible, you are irresistibly drawn into the distance, new plans are born, and you are just waiting impatiently for the frost to get stronger. © Knud Rasmussen

“... if water is more important than food, then hope for a person is more important and more necessary than water.” © Alain Bombard

“Let's thank those who did not believe us! Without them, we would never have known the joy of victory!” © Alain Bombard

“Victims of legendary shipwrecks who died prematurely, I know it wasn’t the sea that killed you, it wasn’t hunger that killed you, it wasn’t thirst that killed you! Swinging on the waves to the plaintive cries of seagulls, you died of fear. © Alain Bombard

“One intelligent white man should be at the head, two whites, invited to the expedition because of their courage, determination, physical endurance and devotion to the leader, should be the arms, and dog drivers and other local residents should be the body and legs of the expedition. For the peace of mind of men, it is necessary to take women on a journey; besides this, they are in many respects as useful as men, and in strength and endurance they are often almost as good as them ”© Robert Peary

“The romance of distant wanderings, contemplation of the surrounding nature, immersion in it are combined in me with the desire for sports records” © Marina Galkina

“Traveling alone without means of communication is an exciting thing. It is without means of communication, I emphasize. There is an undoubted share of risk in this and the sharpness of sensations, the fullness of life are guaranteed. Everything depends on you, on your strengths, your skills, dexterity. You are given the right to choose any path, you have the last word. You feel real freedom. Only in such a journey do you completely break away from civilization, merge more closely with nature, understand your insignificance and defenselessness ”© Marina Galkina

“Frankly speaking, a traveler needs to be born, and one should set off into the distance only in the years of full strength” © Petr Kozlov

“The most favorite place both in Russia and in the world is Kamchatka. There unique nature. In general, I am more interested in traveling around the country than abroad .... a person cannot love without knowing. All our lives we love the place where we grew up, because we absorbed it from childhood, grew up with these trees and this grass. Russia is very little known - I myself discover it anew for myself every time. © Yuri Senkevich

“Rivers are a gift to us. Water is a metaphor for the flow of time, and everyone has their place in the flow. © Doug Ammons.

“In order to see the stars, every year you have to go farther and farther from home ...” © Yuri Vizbor

“My worst enemy on the way to my goal is fear. I am a very cowardly person and, like all cowardly people, I strive to conquer my fear. Victory over fear makes me happy….. I want to be stronger than my own fear, for this I look for danger again and again.” © Reinhold Messner

“I am Sisyphus, that all my life I can roll up my stone, that is, myself, without reaching the peak, since there can be no peak in knowing oneself.” © Reinhold Messner

“I don’t remember when I freed myself from religious feelings, I know only one thing: since then it has become more difficult for me to convince myself that I am not alone in the world, not abandoned.” © Reinhold Messner

“I am my own homeland, and my banner is my handkerchief” © Reinhold Messner

“A minimum of superfluous, but vital - in double quantity, this is my motto” © Reinhold Messner

"I do everything with passion - except bureaucratic affairs, which I hate" © Reinhold Messner

“Adventure gives us joy. But joy, after all, is the purpose of life. We do not live to eat or earn money. We eat and earn money so that we can be happy. This is the meaning of life, and this is what it is given for. © George Mallory

“I traveled the world to ski. Fly with the wind. Laugh with the gods." © Iyuchiro Miuro

"People give up when it's hard, dogs give up when they die." © Naomi Uemura

“Deep diving is always solo, it is comparable to climbing eight-thousanders and all responsibility lies only with you. Complete self-sufficiency." © Pascal Bernabe

“Travel was, is and will be. And in a hundred years, and in two hundred, and in a thousand. They will change - they will become different, only the word will remain the same. You can no longer be like Miklukho-Maclay or Sedov. Now they do not open the continents or islands. You open your spirituality." © Fedor Konyukhov

“For a true traveler, there is only one goal - overcoming difficulties. And only one desire - to break through the horizon. © Nick Tendy

Why do people love wild places? For the mountains? They may not be. For forests, lakes and rivers? But it can be a desert, and still people will love it. The desert, the monotonous ocean, the untouched snowy plains of the north, all the deserted expanses, no matter how dull they may be, are the only places on earth where freedom dwells. © Rockwell Kent

“The sparkling immaculate whiteness of high-altitude snows, untouched, and perhaps unattainable; the beauty of the mountains, covered in a misty haze, because of which you can’t distinguish whether it is the earth or a cloud; distant, clear, passionless mountains - all this symbolizes the highest aspirations of the spirit. The universe appears to people in all its glory and majesty, they are seized with anxiety, the craving for adventure inherent in their ancestors wakes up in them, and they leave ... It is not at all a conscious choice that makes people change comfort and safety for adventure and adversity - most likely, there is an impulse more deeper and stronger than conscience and reason" © Rockwell Kent

"Speleology requires a lot of patience, and not impotent patience, but perseverance of prolonged effort." © Norbert Castere

“A climber can study the mountain of his dreams, looking at it through binoculars, and outline with his eyes the path of climbing among the paths and rocks. The speleologist, while making assumptions, is almost always mistaken due to surprises and incredible difficulties. underworld. Alas! All his hypotheses are broken, faced with insurmountable obstacles. Collapses of arches, impenetrable cracks, dead ends, lakes, siphons every now and then ruthlessly stop the caver on his way. © Norbert Castere

“Underground is uncomfortable. Everything is harsh, sometimes ominous, always majestic and full of threats. Of course, this is why man and animals instinctively avoid and fear the underworld. Only a few adapt to this realm of death and have an interest, even passion, in its exploration. These are speleologists.” © Norbert Castere

“Abyss, you almost destroyed me and maybe you will still become my grave! But how many sublime moments of happiness you gave me among all the suffering! Here I knew the delight of searching and the intoxication of discoveries. © Michel Sifre

“There are no more vast white spots on geographical maps, and virgin lands are no longer to be found. Only three areas are still of interest for research: space, but only a select few have access to it, then the ocean, which provides unlimited space for scientists, and finally the bowels of the earth with their caves, grottoes and abysses. This is my world." © Michel Sifre

“For a speleologist, the most sticky, viscous, unsteady and all-covering clay is never just dirt, but always remains a noble substance with which he is completely saturated, which covers him from head to toe, and sometimes turns into ice, but which in the end account to such an extent inevitable and habitual that it becomes, as it were, classical, feature caves. All smeared with clay, this time, let's say, just mud, doesn't the caver have the right to proudly say, like Cyrano de Bergerac: “I am morally elegant!” © Norbert Castere

“All extreme activity is a tribute to life. After all, how can you say “I love you” to your life if you have been lying on the couch all of it? © Den Osman

“I have always been different. People look at me and say "you're crazy!" . But what I do, I do for myself, for no one else. I'm not suicidal. When you sit on the sofa with your eyes fixed on the drawer, you die. I feel most alive when I am face to face with my fear.” © Den Osman

“A man goes to the mountains again and again, just as a man goes again and again to the stormy sea, because only in the wild nature can a person challenge his deep abilities, as our ancestors did in ancient times. Modern life is a kind of artificial existence. Most of the real qualities are simply turned off as unnecessary, and most of us do not even imagine what they really are, do not know the full power of our own capabilities. And it's in the wild that everyone's true nature comes out." © Abram T. Collier

“What is the point of buying a car to drive on asphalt? Where there is asphalt, there is nothing interesting, and where it is interesting, there is no asphalt.” © Brothers Strugatsky

“When a journey aims to explore a country that is difficult to access, when it introduces us to nature that was known only from superficial and inaccurate descriptions, then the difficulty disappears ...

A person is able to overcome many of the inconveniences of life ... he will find a black rusk soaked in spring water, tastier than the best dishes, if only he is inspired by curiosity, if the goal he wants to achieve excites a keen interest in him.

© M.A. Kovalevsky, " Geographic definition places and magnetic observations in the Northern Urals. St. Petersburg, 1853.

Quotes about ecology

“We float pesticides and all sorts of garbage into the ocean, like a negligent housewife sweeps garbage under the carpet.” © Thor Heirdahl

“We do not notice the air, but without it we suffocate. So it is with wildlife. Only when we lose it completely, then we realize that we have lost ... ”© Nikolay Sladkov.

“At the beginning of the 21st century, a reckless belief in progress seems like a utopia. We know that the resources of our planet are partially depleted, we know that we are disrupting the balance of both the climate and the subsoil, and now we ourselves, in comparison with those who lived before us, are also depleted in our own way - we cannot, like them, endure pain, endure hardship, work tirelessly. © Leonid Kruglov

Running Quotes

“I ran at night once or twice a week because after working as a bricklayer, I didn’t have the strength to train at all.” © Pasang Dawa Sherpa

“Daily running is not a luxury, but a way of life. And I can't refuse it just because I'm busy up to my neck with other things. If other things were reason enough for me, I would have stopped running a long time ago. The reasons that prompt me to run are one or two and counted, but the reasons to end this occupation are a wagon and a small cart. The only thing that remains for me in such a situation is to continue to cherish and cherish those who are “one or two and counted.” © Haruki Murakami

"Suffering is everyone's personal choice." © Haruki Murakami

Quotes about the Urals (Ural Mountains)

“The Ural Mountains are the most noble in the entire Empire and, by vocation, are understood as those that the first describers called Hyperborea and Repheus. The Tatars call them the Urals” © V.N. Tatishchev, 1744

“... stretch to the very shores of her highest mountains, the tops of which ... are completely devoid of any forest and almost even grass. Although they are in different places have different names, but are generally called the Belt of Peace. And in the possession of the sovereign of Moscow, one can see only these mountains, which probably seemed to be ancient Riphean or Hyperborean. © Sigismund Herberstein 1549 (Indicator of the way to Pechora, Yugra and the Ob River)

“Stone rivers of immeasurable depth flow, of which solid drops make up huge blocks” © P.P. Anosov