Water hiking in Karelia

Every year we travel with our Tula club go on a short journey around Karelia. Every year we choose River 2-3 category of complexity, we collect a group and go in search of adventure and a good rest. In 2012, our first rafting on the river was Teal-Kem, the total length of the route is about 170 km. Today, I will share to you in the summer, great memories and our joy. How many photos will not know how to finish tell.

1. We traveled by train from Moscow to Murmansk. On the longest parked Svir we came out to purchase smoked fish and Karelian wickets with potatoes. And of course the fresh beer.





2. Some of us. I'm in an orange T-shirt. This year we had 11 people. From Tula, Kaluga and Queen.



3 Petrozavodsk we sent our old tradition of commemorative postcards to your friends and continued our way to the train station Belomorsk.



4. That's actually arrived. We were already there waiting for a loaf, which will take us 200 miles to the pile, ie the place of our start.



5. Somewhere in the middle of the road. Total road we took about 2 days.



6. arrived. White nights is fine. Karelia met us with rain and overcast skies.



7. While the guys are going catamarans, girls are engaged in farming and analysis of food.



8. We have already begun to alloy and lost some of their crews. I had to go ashore and alert sail by the courts. There were



9. Time 23:15



There were 10 different simpatishnye koryazhki that and want to take home with you.



11. Our catamaran for 4 persons. Called-shit Cat, then of course renamed. But in the beginning we properly collected and sail it was difficult.



12. Did you see the full moon.



13 dope herb rosemary. If you stand with tents in the swamp after night in the aroma of herbs head will ache and unpleasant whirl. We added to the tea and slightly diluted alcohol.



15 The morning greeted us with beautiful weather and clouds
Belogrivov


16 Putting the map to no longer be lost. Went on a map and sailing.



18 small snack in the street. Go back to the water.



19. In this day of interest was not in the water. Therefore, we proceed directly to an evening pancakes.



20 The first interesting Howdy threshold.



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24 in every campaign I meet hasok



25 These are the nursery of Tikshenskogo



26 Then there was a threshold curve. We did not take a photo and walked without watching. Therefore, we have a little chat in the barrel.



27 By the way, in Karelia always cold and eaten by mosquitoes



28 We also met a group of men from Kostomuksha and Peter. They kindly made us to drink vodka and beer.



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Our team of 32.



33 mattresses we had sailed on so trapikah



34 Moss moss. They are very convenient, easy, wipe.



35 Threshold Curve off a cliff.



36 Threshold takh Padun-4 grade. The most dangerous in this river. The difference in height of about 2 meters



37 evening meetings before a fire under spirtikom singing liver or poetry reading. Sometimes we are playing Twister and the mafia. But mostly ... well, it will not



38 Preparing risotto



39 caught the first pike



40 And immediately they decided to fry



41 There were mushrooms. Mainly white and aspen. A lot of.



42 Our idiocy with map



43 Just scenery on the doorstep
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I'm 44 with mushrooms.



45 Total catch



46 Our chefs



47 Then there was a lot of transitions, when we do not fotkali and rapids were not watching. Doing so special to have more dnevok. And at the end of the river, we met a forester uncle Sasha Norwegian husky Rex. He and podvisli three days. Banya, local stories ... fine.



48 On the previous picture if that is not Uncle Sasha.



49 Gribochechek



50 Many gribochechkov



51 We



52 to grab the sunset



53 Uncle Sasha declassified place for us with cloudberries.



54 Well, that's probably also come to an end. We are in Petrozavodsk. Ejected from the n. Borovoy. We traveled 13 hours by bus to flourish.



55 Train in Bologoe



56. All. All. All. We're home! Thank you for attention! If you like to tell you about our trips on the rivers Tunguda (Karelia) and the Beautiful Sword (Tula region). In general, if you like, let us next year



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