Near to settlement Revival there has passed a closing ceremony of competitions « Vyborg Mikst – 2008 ». In it to year participants from such cities of Russia, as Ekaterinburg, Tver, Moscow, Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Ryazan and St.-Petersburg here have gathered.

22 May in the Chinese city Guangzhou will start 17-th championship of Asia on rock-climbing. The postSoviet space on the main continental tournament is represented by sportsmen from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Application forms for participation in competitions have submitted over 100 rock-climbers from 10-ти the countries. Favorites by tradition are representatives of Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Japan. To become successful at the Asian level alpinstu is easier, than at a stage of the Cup of the world. Therefore each of not the strongest countries-participants has a chance to delegate on a podium at least on one sportsman.

On Lvovshchine, before a new tourist season, it is opened Prikarpatsky учебно-information centre on preparation of conductors on mountains. Its founder became public association " Association of mountain conductors "Rovin" with financial assistance of the European Union. The center located in village Long in area Drogobychskom, includes a computer class, library, a conference hall and living rooms. Preparation for mountain expeditions experts of the tourist support Lvovshchiny, the next areas and will carry out the border zones having a professional operational experience in sphere of mountaneering.

The temporary interdiction from Nepal on an ascention to the Everest, has been removed after on May, 8th the Chinese climbers have made rise to Chomolungma, having delivered on vershishu Olympic fire. Representatives of nepalese authorities have declared, that on peak of the Everest eighteen tourists, nine of which foreigners have risen. During a wave of protests against the Chinese policy concerning Tibet, Nepal has forbidden an ascention on mountain to prevent possible antiChinese protests.

In China the quantity of the tourists loving mountain campaigns, ascentions increases. In this connection authorities have decided to create the first school for training conductors-climbers, under direction of the expert invited from France. Mountain area SHigunjang, that in translation with Chinese means " four girls " it is considered one of the most popular vacation spots where practise rock-climbing on the iced over falls. Under direction of Frenchman Olivier Balma, the skilled mountain conductor trained inhabitants of Tibet to mountaneering per 2000-2004, pupils the-future conductors - have begun multiweek trainings.

Within the limits of festival « Strong Nutlet », in the Ryazan Kremlin in day of celebrating of Day of city on May, 31st, will pass tourist festival " Alpes-extreme ". For merroprijatija on a line of the All-Russia federation of mountaneering from Moscow it will be brought superhigh-altitude the Alpes-towers which will establish at the river Trubezh. A subject of pride of organizers becomes festival of historical clubs on which the best clubs of Russia will gather. The festival « Strong Орешек-2008 », became possible owing to support of management on tourism of the Ryazan area, management on physical training and sports of the Ryazan area, administration « Ryazan Kremlin », firm " Спаркс ".

The festival of extreme sports will pass in Moscow on mountains Vorobevyh on May, 24th. The festival " the Earth-air IV " is the city action, which basic purpose - popularization of interesting and progressive forms of leisure and rest. Action takes place in territory of the Moscow city Palace of children's (youthful) creativity. Everyone come on festival can not only get acquainted with new kinds of sports, but also for the first time try the forces in a paintball, mountaneering, spochane, florbole, speshelsporte, an extreme-tourism, frizbi. Organizers have planned demonstration flights of aeronautic technics - balloons, kajtov, moto-and paraplanes.

Gathering in a backpacking or expedition it is necessary to approach to gathering equipment seriously. Especially carefully it is necessary to choose tent. The basic criteria at a choice of this important marching equipment are quality of a material, weight and stability. The main advantage of tent - compactness. If you send to a mountain pedestrian campaign - tent which weighs on kg less, than other model similar to it, will allow to take with yourself superfluous kg of products. Climbers-professionals will advise you to take two small tents instead of one big if some person participates in a campaign.

Here a second year theoretical and practical preparation of climbers within the limits of the project « Rescue in mountains » - the joint project of Federation of mountaneering of Russia and the Ministry of Emergency Measures of Russia is carried out. In it to year the project is carried out on the basis of the mountain-saving center "TSej" the North-Osetiya search and rescue group of the Ministry of Emergency Measures of Russia. Over preparation of rescuers the best trainers of Russia supervise. The All-Russia gathering are spent under the decision of board of Federation of Mountaneering of Russia and under the order of the Ministry of Emergency Measures of Russia at support of the Ministry on affairs of youth, physical culture and sports Óß« and Committee on tourism and resort business Óß« .

The federation of mountaneering of Russia, the State Committee of Kabardino-Balkariya on physical culture and sports and the company on manufacture of equipment and clothes for extreme kinds of sports Red Fox had been organized the first, in own way unique festival of Russia of winter kinds of sports and tourism " Red Fox Elbrus Race ", an included Cup of Russia on ски-mountaneering, competitions on snegostupingu and a high-speed ascention on the western top of Elbrus. Three kinds of winter rest within the limits of one action. Participants of competitions on ски-mountaneering have taken start on slopes of Elbrus at height about 3 000 meters, nearby to station " Outlook ".

Exit climbing gathering in area of a file of mountain Munku-Sardyk were lead by two representatives Federation of mountaneering, rock-climbing, ledolazanija and sports tourism of the Chita area. Professionals Igor Kushnarev and Alexander Semenov for a long time have mastered an extreme kind of tourism and sports - mountaneering. The top Munku-Sardyk is the maximum point of Eastern Siberia. Its height - 3491 meters above sea level. For the small period of time climbers had been accomplished 14 ascentions on peak. They have included also high-speed campaigns for a while at which passage new records of rise on a complex ice relief have been established.