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 So why is it mountain climbing? This question many times was posed to me recently. I am going to try to answer it briefly. On the first hand,
mountain climbing, as it seems to me, is best way to find out the one's personal possibilities, to test one's own self. Simplicity and beauty of
the goal does not leave to men any chance of shirking or running away... The summit. It is not abstraction and not illusion,
it IS absolutely real purpose. But to achieve it - it is possible only with mobilization of all spiritual and physical resourses.
We are to leave below such habitual for us things as vanity, egoism, greediness, vanity. Only throwing off the fetters of all these
"stratifications" of the civilization the man is capable to perform impossible things, to step over the Limit..., -
and to feel himself as the new born, to contemplate the world by eyes, unshrouded from the commonness, to feel unusual
inflow of forces and efficiency, to be charged by the energy of eternal space, to see from the inaccessible height
indescribable beauty of this world - all this is the tiny part of the great award, which the Worthy person receives.
Are many capable of this? I think that yes. But there are quite few who guess their abilities...
There is an opinion, that mountain climbing is "extreme" kind of sports. I strongly object to this.
In extreme kinds of sports the public with the purpose to gulping of adrenalin is engaged. Such way is inadmissible
in the mountain climbing, where the most complex tasks are put before the sportsman, and the success and security
depend directly on the earnestness of intentions and on the readiness of internal progression.
The basic concept of my activity consists in helping people to believe in themselves and to unveils their's
potential, to do it with maximum of effectiveness and safely. It is not very important where it takes place - on
eternal snow of the Himalayan summit, on a steep rock wall or just on the cosy Moscow indoor gim - all this has only
one purpose - to become convinced and to believe, that the borders of human potentials are much wider, than it is
usually considered. My function as guide / instructor consists in helping to avoid uncertainty, annoying slips, mistakes,
which always accompany beginners, to concentrate an attention on the proper, actual tasks, not distracting on the secondary
details, and to ensure safety of a trainings.
Many people think, that mountain climbing is very dangerous kind of sports. It common error. The danger is only in incompetence
and excessive self-confidence. 90 % of all accidents in mountains occur because of neglect or ignorance of the elementary safety
regulations.
One more standard error is that the complex and interesting climbing routes are destiny of professional climbers only.
I can state that it is not so. For an ascension with the professional Guide, the only thing that is required of the client
is the adequate physical condition, desire to test himself and climb the mountain. All necessary technical skills can be
received from the teacher in several days of theoretical and practical exercises. Of course, not every mountain admits that,
but the professional always can help you to make your choice, to explain, to pick up an appropriate route. On this web-page
you will find ready programs, for participation in which high qualification is not required. Do not be surprised! Except for
this ready variants, the drawing up of the individual programs of any complexity is possible, according to your wishes!
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