Extreme Tourism Photo

Photographer’s Note

These cycle tourists are climbing up one of the highest Crimean summits, Angar-Burun (1453 m) at the Chatyr-Dag mountain range. They are on a sporting tourism route of the fifth (very high but not highest) degree of complexity. Such rout should take not less than 14 days, be of 700 km in length as minimum, and have at least 10000 m of the total ascent. Not everybody can stand such commitments. I identify such people as “strong men”. But some of them hold another opinion calling themselves “idiots”. Maybe they are right…

GPS coordinates: 44.737 Lat, 34.303 Long

belido, vasilpro, paololg, JanD, JCG, plimrn, Gerrit, MLINES has marked this note useful

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belido (16411) 2009-09-21 9:57

Hi Sergiy,

it's a very dangerous adventure...it looks they can fall with any mistake. Very attractive photo, great colors, lights and a lot dynamic with the diagonal of the hill. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

vasilpro (8644) 2009-09-21 12:12

Hello Sergiy,
Very nice diagonal composition, a dangerous extreme sport but interesting.
I wish you a fine evening, Vasilis.

paololg (13717) 2009-09-22 4:37

Ciao dear Sergiy,
maybe they are "strong idiots"... :-)))
However, the picture is curious and interesting, with a nice diagonal that divides the earth from heaven. The photographic quality is excellent, as always all your pictures. Congratulations!
Ciao, hace a nice day!
Paolo

JanD (14841) 2009-09-23 3:46

Howdy Sergiy!
Good scene. Very good dynamic take. Original work.
Regards.

JCG (25263) 2009-09-23 10:29

Hello Sergiy,

Effective framing on this perilous bicycle rise !!! The rock foreground balances the image well. They go up on this photograph… The descent of this slop must be vertiginous too !!! Beautiful and impressive photograph, thank you Sergiy.

With all my friendships and a very good evening,

Jean-Charles

plimrn (19602) 2009-10-07 16:13

Hi Sergiy,
We got a great laugh out of your note; you show the difficulty of the ascent well. The strong diagonal of the mountain and the foreground detail make an excellent composition. The hills in the background make it seem like they're climbing in the clouds.
HLJ, Pat

Gerrit (35661) 2009-10-07 17:22

Hi Sergiy,
wow that's a steep climb and sure a daring terrain.
That makes my cycling heart go didly dom.
Great shot.
regards, Gerrit

MLINES (10872) 2009-10-14 15:16

Hi Sergiy, Good POV to show just how steep this track up the mountain is. It would be tough enough to climb without a bike, but imagine the danger of riding down theere later! Good colours and certainly a most unusual thing to see. TFS. Murray.

jmdias (19171) 2009-10-21 14:11

sergiy

nicer sense of movement with these white stones in the foreground.perfect framing and pov.

hugs

jorge

fritzi007 (2513) 2009-11-20 16:01

Hallo Sergiy!
Deinen Kommentar muss ich rechtgeben, ich würde hinauf wandern. Wirklich ein sehr gutes Foto!
Viele Grüße
Wolfgang