The April hikes are on!
- short note about the hike on 6 April, issued prior to the official one
This was our first hike with the “International hiking club” this season. The
group was about twenty people, with both students, teachers, and the
International club hikers. The hike started at an altitude of around 1800 m,
from which we ascended to almost 2000 meter peak. The road was up was
not so easy, as he had to climb up a sixty degree inclined slope, sometimes
grasping for the branches to hold on. Yet, it was only relatively a short leap
before getting to the peak, where we - as always - had lunch 
enjoying the view and having a rest at lunch we continued our way to the
destination point, where we were awaited by the bus. The road from the
peak was easy, as it almost all the time went downwards. We walked down
the slope looking for the most interesting and safe path and made photos
(which will soon be published;-)). After having a short break before making
the final leap downwards, we saw that finally we could get some adrenalin
- the final 20meters downwards we had to go down a very slippery
hillside, which was almost vertical :-D! The more experienced hikers had no
problems with the last bit, which the newcomers did get some help from the
most courteous hikers .
All in all everything went well, and everyone came down safely. While the
group was chatting and having a short near the vans, some of us managed to
find a horse, and have a short ride on a mountain steed, if you can call a sleeping
animal, almost led by its owner with those words
a very easy one judging by the “International” group standards, so
beware - the next ones may be a lot tougher
Photos from the hike you will be able to see at the following links:
http://www.tashschool.org/hiking/gallery/
“File Server”- “Photo Gallery 2007-2008″ - “Hiking”
Camila Tulyaganova
