The history of our trip to Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc was not given.
First, I am a fatalist.
Someone will say: "Well, everyone has their own cockroaches in their heads. "
Someone will say: “We were preparing poorly” (we won’t say, but it’s clear to everyone who).
My cockroaches say to me: “You can’t climb, don’t torture....” But the stubborn nature tormented that very one....at the most reluctant. And mind you, not from evil, but from the natural breadth of the soul!
Folk sign: The wider the soul, the worse the priest.
We got up at 7-00, washed ourselves, put food in a backpack, answered the phone, had breakfast, got dressed / put on shoes.
The flight is normal.
At 8-15 we got out, got on the 14 minibus, and exactly at 8-59 we were at the suburban station at the box office number 1. Olga was asked to take a seat in the car, tickets were bought without a queue at the box office in the basement. At 9-11 minutes we boarded the train. The flight is normal.
Let's go, we were constantly preparing for the trip on the way: We discussed strategy, tactics, the availability of water sources, escape / approach routes, the distribution of duties in the group, the route, emergency situations, the psychological climate, initial training, first aid techniques, emergency numbers, orientation to localities, coordinated the menu and the distribution of snacks by day, overcoming obstacles, group and individual equipment (their disadvantages and advantages), organizing halts and overnight stays, acclimatization, route tactics, passing various terrain, methods of insurance.
So three hours flew by unnoticed, we left at 12-46 in Zlatoust. We bought additional water without gas at the station.
We went through the city to the dam.
At the very beginning of the trail there was a large map with all the roads, we carefully studied it, and went.
The abundant influx of oxygen caused amnesia and dementia in the author of these lines, all preliminary conversations lost their logic and strength. The map and compass were ignored as uselessly carried items. I tear out the last hair on my head and sprinkle ashes on my head, I admit that my mistake almost became fatal.
The upper path was the prettiest of all, and we went along it.
Moreover, the nearest left path was marked only after 0.5 km. According to the internal GPS, she was heading north. The first warning signs came when the trail turned steadily east. We walked for some time along it, until the female GPS took everything into its own hands: (the situation, compass and map) first headed northeast, but after a while the road turned south, then a river came across to the left of the road.
We decided to go back, but did not find the place where we entered this path. After walking for some time along this path, we came to a power line. Having abandoned playing Indiana Jones, the decision was made to leave the unfamiliar area along the azimuth of 247 °, using the trail, it did not pass and 140 minutes went to exactly the starting point.
The training went well. In flight, 2 aerobatics were performed: a barrel roll and a slide.
Double two passed routinely. The tamers of the Lisapeds, who met in the middle of the road, happily announced: there will be 3 streams ahead, the last stone one. In confirmation of their words, they confidently poked their GPS in the face and reported a special set of numbers. What could not but elevate them in our eyes, I thought: why are there so few monuments to such courageous and advanced people in the country? ! At the same time, adherents of two-wheeled carbon horses reported that we were not going to Mont Blanc, but to the third rocky ledge of small Taganay, but Mont Blanc, this is the place where we were on the last trip.
Impressed by what we saw and heard, thanked the knights of electronics and carbon, we happily continued on our way. Having confidently passed three streams: the first one was stone, we went towards adventures. After another 2 km, the internal GPS began to doubt the hi-tech a little. Just in case, at the last small stream, they asked the group standing there: “Is it far to the stone stream? ”
They replied that there was no further water, this was the last stream. The project of the monument to cyclists has undergone a slight change: I have thrown the GPS off the steering wheel as an object of worship. We returned about 87 meters back, and then the terrain forced the author to rummage through the bushes on top of the path: this is how a quite acceptable deep stream was discovered, which dived underground in front of the path.
I will accept, carefully made just for us by attentive tourists, our inattentive group, in full force, safely missed.
Next, the slope was examined for a camp. Soon a suitable clearing was found.
We were somewhat tired, so after setting up the camp and having dinner, it was decided to have a good sleep. It was quite warm at night, so we did not lose anyone by morning.
Having collected an assault backpack, they ate breakfast with appetite. Gathered and moved to the "assault" of the summit. A few years ago, Lena and I slipped past the turn to Mont Blanc, so we climbed another peak of the middle Taganay.
The tradition was not broken this time either. Despite the big signs (an A3 poster and a blue plastic plate nailed to a tree), they slipped through this time as well. The nature of this turn blinded the eyes of all three members of the group.
The spinal cord felt trouble. To our delight, there was a small group standing just around the corner. So we were convinced of our mistake, and turning sharply to the north, we began to climb the mountain. When we got out of the green, we realized that this was again the middle Taganay. We climbed. It was impossible to miss this view. Unfortunately, today half the sky was covered with low, torn clouds. Somewhere in the West it was raining heavily. The response cloud is half closed, Kruglitsa is completely closed, Far Taganay is closed tightly, Itsyl, like a float on the waves, then emerges, then disappears again. Nature itself, solemnly majestic, opened its face to the heavenly elements.
After admiring the surroundings, we decided to climb Mont Blanc at all costs. In azimuth we descended from the top of the middle Taganay, passed through the forest, climbed Mont Blanc, the error was 10 m. From Mont Blanc we saw the beginning of Miass and Zlatoust.
A huge black cloud ran into Otkliknaya, and mercilessly watered it; now it turned around and went towards us. Lightning flashed intermittently in the cloud. I had to go down.
Just went down to the sole, the first large drops of rain flew. Nothing followed the first drops! ? The cloud suddenly turned around and went to water Chrysostom.
We took azimuth 255° to the trail.
A little distracted from the essence, I wanted to tell you about the key. Officially, there is no water in this place, but once there was a castle in this area, and near the castle there is a small spring with water. There has been nothing for a long time, and the key is overgrown in the depths of the forest. Finding it is almost impossible. But it's impossible on purpose. And by chance we went straight to it! I never tire of being amazed at Providence. Here it is - the key!
Then providence wiped our nose, once again: we went onto the path that we had missed. At the turn we saw a poster, a plate, and a carved cross! Where were our eyes before?
On the way, a view of the rocky ridges of the middle Taganay opened up. But today the main part of the program has been completed, but there was no desire to separate. We returned to the camp. Rested, had dinner.
Last day. After breakfast, we got ready for the road. We rode to the pond on Tesma in 1.5 hours (that's what it means to work out! ) On the pond, we sunbathed, washed our shoes, changed into clean clothes. I did not miss the opportunity to swim in Tesma. By the time we arrived at the station, the train was delayed for an hour, so we managed to read a book. They returned tired but happy.
1) You can't relax.
2) Navigate, navigate and navigate!
3) Prepare physically.
4) Eliminate "unloved" jobs: (Lena needs to learn how to make a fire, in any situation, and I have to force myself to pack my backpacks).
5) Equip without show-offs: (some do not take boots on an easy hike, and then, with great pleasure, wallow in puddles)
6) Face technological progress (buy and master GPS)
7) You can not write down small conclusions!
