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 For today, in Russia the tendency of increasing the interest to active,
sport kind of life is obviously seen. More and more people come to such kinds of sports as mountain climbing, rock climbing,
ice climbing. It is painful to speak about that, but with this popularity the quantity of accidents, sometimes tragically ended,
increased strongly. The reason for that is here: the mass media advertising of extreme did not cause the developing of the other,
far more important, though less appreciable on the first sight part - consumer culture in the aspect of dangerous kinds of activity.
There are many examples for that. Under avalanches perish young snowboarders, the inexperienced climbers decide to challenge the
mountains out of their competence and pay high price for that, many travellers are lost in wilderness who has not the basic ideas
about navigation. And for the completeness of my picture, it is necessary to add some more black paint, mentioning the pitiable
condition of russian rescue service and its inability to render help in the most of cases.
In the countries, which are more advanced comparing to Russia, and which are not so prone to the global changes,
the problem described above, was solved a long time ago. For example, in the extremely popular mountain areas of northern
Italy the quantity of accidents is much smaller in comparison, for example with Caucasus.
..... We were in a cafe in a settlement Elbrus in Caucasus, discussing details of our recent climb of the highest
mountain of Caucasus. Attracted by the sound of English (my friends were from Australia), three gays from Austria came to
our table. We became acquainted. There was, among our new friends, one aged man - professional mountain guide, experienced
in the climbs all around the world. Everybody was surprised, when Valter (it was the nave of this person) has asked me,
could I be his guide on Elbrus.
- For what you need a guide here, on such an easy mountain as Elbrus, if one year ago you climbed
Everest!? - somebody asked him.
- Yes, I did climb Everest? and I am going to tell tales about that to my grandchildren
for a long time, therefore I would not try Elbrus alone by the route I don't know.
It would be stupid and useless risk! - it was the answer of austrian climber.
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