Top 10 extreme places in the world. The most extreme places on the planet (25 photos). Poison Jungle, UK

We all love to relax, one of the most common forms of recreation is tourism. Tourism is beautiful because everyone finds what they want in it. Someone likes mountains, someone likes rivers, someone likes to relax on the beach, and others like to test their strength. Strained nerves, too, oddly enough, can help a person relieve fatigue. This is served by the growing strength all over the world, and especially in Russia, extreme tourism.
But, despite the fact that this type of tourism is becoming more and more popular from year to year, tourists mostly prefer such still popular types of tourism as excursion tourism, educational tourism, beach tourism And all because most of tourists do not know what extreme tourism includes, where you can go (and you don’t even have to leave your city) and how much it all costs

But, despite all its attractiveness, it should be noted that extreme tourism is an expensive type of recreation. Of course, beginner extreme tourists mostly rent all the necessary paraphernalia, and this is certainly much cheaper. But, as a rule, extreme tourism attracts many beginners so much that they would like to buy all the necessary paraphernalia and have an extreme vacation more often.

Diving, one of the most extreme types, has become especially popular. . He is dangerous and exciting. He is fashionable. Skydivers and skiers have to make room - the number of divers in Russia, and throughout the world, is growing rapidly

2. Types of extreme tourism

2.1 water sports extreme tourism

Diving - very popular all over the world, as I wrote above. Well, this pleasure is not cheap. General training and equipment will cost a beginner up to $ 1000, but then it will be spent only on tickets and hotels. If you do not buy equipment, then the cost of preparing for the first round is reduced to $250. True, then you will have to pay $ 30-40 for renting a suit, scuba gear and other things needed at depth. Well, really good equipment costs from $ 1,500 for a complete set.

Russian divers are mostly young - their average age is 30 years (in the US - 36). These are intelligent urban youth: in Russia, the vast majority (77%) of divers have a higher education (in the USA - 50%).

In general, diving is very poorly developed in our country, and by our standards it is very expensive. And there are few travel agencies in Russia offering this type of holiday directly in our country. The Black Sea, of course, cannot be compared in beauty underwater world with the Red Sea, but we also have something to see.

Therefore, many of our fellow citizens prefer to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh or Southeast Asia than to Sochi. For a slightly higher price, they will get much more pleasure.

Wakeboarding - is a combination of water skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing. The boat is towing a raider standing on a short, wide board. Moving at a speed of 30-40 km / h with additional ballast on board, the boat leaves behind a wave that the raider uses as a springboard. In the jump, you can perform many different tricks.

Wakeboarding began to develop especially dynamically in the early 90s. He revolutionized water sports just like at one time snowboarding in alpine skiing. From a hobby of a small group of enthusiasts, it has become a popular sport with its own philosophy and culture. A lot of tricks came to wakeboarding from related "board" sports - snowboarding, skateboarding. And this gives the wakeboarder the opportunity to progress all year round. All you need to do is just change the board!

The cost of a complete set of wakeboard equipment starts from $400. Wakeboarding requires a specialized boat, but such boats are expensive, which is why they rarely appear in Russia. Consequently, in our country this type of recreation is almost not developed because of its very high cost.

Water skiing - one of the most famous outdoor activities. This is a worthy replacement for mountain and cross-country skiing.

Water skiing first appeared in 1922, when an American, a resident of Minnesota, Ralph Samuelson, experimenting with ordinary winter skis, decided to try them on the water. He equipped two wide pine boards with fasteners for the legs. After that, the inventor successfully tested skis on the waters of the lake in Lake City. Then this sport constantly progressed. Today it has become so spectacular and popular that in 1998 the Greek Olympic Committee recommended the introduction of water skiing in the program of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. True, the IOC has not yet made a final decision on this issue.

Well, for water skiing, you will need four things: the actual water skis, a life jacket, gloves and a wetsuit.

The cost of skis varies from $120 to $1000, plus the rest of the equipment (wetsuit, gloves, life jacket) costs about $150.

Windsurfing - it is an oval carbon fiber board with a roughened surface for stability and with stabilizer fins on the underside and a small sail attached to the board. Surfing is the same but without the sail. Windsurfing actually evolved from surfing. With a good wind, you can reach speeds of more than 10-12 m / s. Well, the record for today is more than 70 km / h.

And all the equipment is also not cheap. Windsurfer set $1000, spare sail set (mast, boom, sail) $500, wetsuit $200, total $1700.

Kayaking- insanely popular abroad, gaining more and more popularity in Russia. This sport of singles, although devoid of team spirit, gives the opportunity to challenge the elements and stay with her one on one.

In modern kayaking, three main directions are developing - rowing slalom, rodeo and rafting.

Slalom kayaking is the ability to maneuver a kayak by feeling the boat and the water.

Rodeo, unlike slalom, is not only a virtuoso technique, but also an element of the game. Freestyle kayak is the performance of various tricks on a boat due to the features of the river relief.

And finally, alloy. On a kayak, you can go on a water trip along the river of any complexity, or play rafting on a small stretch of a mountain river, choosing individual obstacles in the form of barrels, ramparts and waterfalls and passing them lightly. Naturally, in order to feel confident during rafting, you need to master the basic technique of slalom and rodeo.

Equipment. The composition of the kayaker's equipment includes: a boat, a helmet, a life jacket, a skirt (prevents water from entering the boat), rubber slippers and an oar.

Rowing slalom

Freestyle kayak. Rodeo

Kayaking competition.

Rafting- this is a fascinating descent along a mountain river in a canoe or special rafts. Rafting is one of the most visited tours, absolutely safe even for the youngest tourists. IN last years it is of such great interest on the part of fans of extreme recreation that most suitable for this tourism mountain rivers were mastered by professionals who now offer rafting tours to almost anywhere in the world.

Raft tours are generally as follows: day trips (from $60 to $150) or half-day trips (around $25-75), and multi-day trips. During the latter, tourists enter the remote corners of the mountains, with untouched nature, set up camp as they pass the river and explore the wild surroundings around the campsites. The minimum cost of such raft tours is from $1000-1500.

2.2 Terrestrial adventure tourism

mountain biking - becoming more and more popular, despite its high cost. You have to spend a lot of money to seriously engage in mountainbucking. So a bike for a beginner costs from $300 to $500, and there are mountain bikes with a rear shock absorber for up to $10,000. And of course, you will need to spend money on ammunition and various spare parts, which is more than $800. And then such an amount is focused on a beginner, and a professional biker spends much more money.

But even though this is an expensive form of recreation, dozens of international mountain biking competitions take place every weekend in the world - from the World Cup stages and championships of national mountain bike associations to festivals in a Scottish town or on a Polynesian atoll. Among all this competitive diversity there are starts that are arranged for non-professional mountain bikers from all over the world. Such events become for them both a real test, and a holiday, and the discovery of a new place and new friends.

Speleology. Judging by the fact that speleologists are people who go to the mountains with huge backpacks in their free time, then this is tourism. But, at the same time, speleology is a science. Literally "science of caves".

Branch of geology, namely karstology and hydrogeology. And most importantly, the caves are the last white spots on the world map, the last opportunity to go where not only a human foot has not set foot, but also where the eyes of his eyes or cameras have not fallen. Speleologists are engaged in the study of this mysterious underground world.

Of course, not everyone is engaged in serious, scientific speleology. Beginners participate in educational and training expeditions. There are "teams" that go only on recreational or "sport" trips.

To engage in speleology, one must have serious training, not only physical, but also technical, as well as psychological. After all, a cave is a completely different world, where a person is deprived of the usual landmarks: the sky above his head, the horizon line ... It can only be compared with underwater or outer space.

So... Caves are different: small and dry, where even a beginner can get; heavy, where you have to make your way to the bottom for several days through deep wells, cold water, narrow skins. In any case, the extraordinary beauty of the caves is fascinating. Lakes, bizarre curves, unusual light. If you are lucky, you can also find cave pearls (it is formed in baths with running water, but is very rare).

Spelestology is a fascinating mixture of tourism and science, exploring artificial cavities. In the broadest sense of the word, spelestology is the science of artificial underground structures. Spelestology is closely related to speleology, only speleologists are not interested in caves. They are interested in penetrating into any underground urban structures that are inaccessible or uninteresting to the rest.

In order for any dungeon to be of interest to cavers, it must be unused at the present time, and of some historical interest. These include abandoned quarries, mines, conduits, wells, underground passages, underground temples and monasteries and so on.

X-racing- this is when the same people are so well and universally prepared that they can climb rocks, ride a horse, raft in a kayak or raft along the rapids, rush through the mountains on a bicycle and go down the ropes under a waterfall ... These people unite in teams, and participate in competitions where their goal is to cover a distance of 3-4 hundreds of kilometers as quickly as possible using their skills. This is called "multisport", or "extreme" (and more often even "adventure") racing.

More than 200 extreme races are held annually in the West. For example, the largest races in Great Britain, organized by the "Extreme Racing Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland".

2.3 mountain views extreme tourism

Mountaineering- is considered the most extreme vacation. Today, mountaineering is a whole industry that is gradually developing and popularizing. As a rule, it is customary to choose summer for climbing, when the weather allows minimal losses reach the target peak. However, lovers of the most thrilling sensations do not stop even in winter. To do this, you need to be well physically prepared, it is desirable to have strong forearms, good "stretching" and a little weight that you have to hold on to your fingers alone. When lifting, you will have to work not only with your muscles, but also with your head in order to correctly choose which holds to grab onto.

Climbing gear is expensive, a complete set of high-quality equipment will cost an extreme person $1500-2000. However, if you just want to climb Elbrus once in your life, then you can rent equipment. Such a 10-day tour will cost about $200.

Alpine skiing and snowboarding. Alpine skiing is one of the oldest types of outdoor activities. . Equipment: a set of skis, bindings, poles, boots, suit, helmet, mask, gloves will cost an average of $700-800. And the rent is about $30-40 per day.

snowboarding - descent through the snow from the mountain slopes on a specially equipped board. It is more aggressive, active and extreme view than downhill skiing. Snowboarding as a separate sport appeared in America in the 60s of the XX century. Furious fans of the newfangled hobby were mostly surfers who did not want to sit around waiting for the summer days. In our country, snowboarding received mass recognition only in the mid-90s. However, now in Russia you can buy a variety of equipment from the world's leading manufacturers and get skating lessons from experienced instructors.

Now many special tracks have been made with jumps and all kinds of other obstacles, on which snowboarders can do various acrobatic stunts. But recently, the half-pipe (from the English half-pipe "half-pipe") has become especially popular among snowboarders - a structure made of snow, similar to a roller ramp.

In general, extreme hobbies associated with alpine skiing and snowboarding can be divided into several groups: freeskiing or freeride is a descent along steep unprepared slopes with difficult terrain; heliskiing - the same, but using a helicopter as a means of delivery to the mountain; ski-touring (randonee ski) - ski tour, mountain tourism using skis and special mounts for climbing uphill;
ski-mountaineering (ski mountaineering) - climbing a mountain with the aim of descending from the top on skis or a snowboard (the use of insurance, or any additional equipment other than skis, on the descent violates the "purity" of such an ascent); in recent years, a new school has appeared - something like a snowboard freestyle.

2.4 Airborne extreme tourism

Parachuting is a serious matter, and all the disciplines listed below imply serious preparation. But first, it’s worth understanding what each of them is.

Classic skydiving - includes two exercises: the first is jumping for accuracy of landing. The challenge is to hit a 3 cm target. Previously, with round domes, the target was large (circle, 100 meters in diameter), and a deflection of 80 meters was a good enough result. With the improvement of technology, the target decreased in size. After the appearance of the UT-15 slotted dome, the target began to have a size of 10 cm, and after the invention of the "planning shell" domes, the target assumed the dimensions that exist today. At the moment, to win the competition, it is necessary to show a series of results with a deviation of 0 centimeters.
The second exercise is a complex of figures in free fall. The competition is on time. A fairly conservative sport: the complex of figures itself has not changed for many years. Requires honed skill and constancy in the results.

group acrobatics . This discipline aims to build maximum number different figures by a team of several paratroopers. The classic number of skydivers in a team is 4 and 8. There are also teams of 16 athletes. And the record jump, listed in the Guinness book, was made by a team of 296 paratroopers (Russia, Anapa, 1996). The main figures for construction are usually announced in advance, but the names of these figures give some idea of ​​how they will look like: "glass", "star", etc. A team of four can build about 30 pieces in free fall time.

Dome acrobatics - h It consists in building formations from canopies of opened parachutes. In this it is fundamentally different from other types of parachuting, where work on the result goes before the opening of the parachute

Freestyle- a relatively young type of parachuting, arose about 10 years ago. It consists in showing the athlete various figures in free fall. The beauty, the complexity of the elements performed by the skydiver, as well as the skill of the air operator, who shoots the athlete in the air, are evaluated here.

Working out figures on the ground requires special equipment, which is not available at every drop zone, and this, as well as the lack of sufficient information about freestyle, hinders the development of this discipline in Russia.

skysurfing - this is ski jumping to perform various figures in free fall. Having appeared in Russia recently, skysurfing immediately became very popular.

The aerodynamics of a skier is very different from a simple free fall, so ski jumping is considered almost a different sport. Since all elements are performed in a free fall state, an air operator is needed to evaluate the jump, so that based on the video recording made by this operator, the jury members can give their marks. Thus, the team consists of two members - the skier and the sports operator. Only the first 50 seconds of the jump video will count. The skill and artistry of the performance of the figures, as well as the quality of the operator's work, are evaluated.

.5 exotic species extreme tourism

Kitesurfing. Its essence lies in the fact that a person standing on a board accelerates with the help of a kite, the rope from which is in his hands. Kitesurfing is possible both in the mountains and on flat terrain, the only prerequisite is the wind. You can even ride on any field, arbitrarily flat or bumpy. But it is considered a special chic to ride a board on ponds covered with ice crust and covered with snow. In addition, the channels of rivers or lakes, as a rule, are the most windy places. Amazing all-weather versatility allows you to use kites in winter and summer. And some professionals make jumps up to 100 meters in length and 30 in height. The kite allows you to reach speeds that are more than twice the speed of the wind. The really achievable speed of movement is 60-70 km/h, and the highest speed was recorded on September 22, 1990 in Ocean City, USA - Pete Giaconno, driving an aerobatic kite, developed a speed of over 193 km/h.

jailoo tourism- this is one of the types of exotic extreme recreation - life in a primitive tribe with all the delights of nomadic life. This fascinating type of tourism is successfully developing in the high mountain pastures of Kyrgyzstan. It is offered to sleep right on the floor of the shepherd's yurt, next to the smoky hearth, fresh lamb and koumiss, as well as horseback riding in the mountains and pastures. A great opportunity to get away from the big city

Tourism to the North and South Poles. Relatively recently, cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic have been launched. And more and more people want to visit extreme climatic conditions and see exotic animals like the penguin. In addition, North and south poles most environmentally clean places on the ground.

There are also such exotic tours, How trip to Chernobyl or jungle trip.

For obvious reasons, there are not many people who want to go to Chernobyl.

For $105 you can see a breathtaking picture: an extinct city, tall grass everywhere and wild nature. Without human intervention, the zone turned into a unique natural Park. New species of plants appeared here, populations of endangered animals revived. White-tailed eagles, lynxes, gray wolves, feral horses have captured the area.

When hiking in the jungle, the tourist has the opportunity to literally fit into nature, but at the same time be cut off from the civilized world. And even if such a tour group has modern means of satellite communications, it may take several hours or days for help to arrive. Therefore, any emergency can lead to serious consequences.

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Extreme in our life is found everywhere. Travelers who love thrills are well aware that extreme recreation can be life-threatening, but the very feeling of adrenaline in the blood makes you return to routes again and again.

But such trips cannot be called just fun on the verge of life and death: they provide an opportunity to enjoy unique encounters with nature and the surrounding world in all its dangerous manifestations.

bungee jumping

If you do not have a certain level of professionalism in order to test yourself in a free fall with a parachute, but want to feel the power of the same excitement, then you can try to jump off some cliff or bridge into the abyss - but - tied to a strong rope!

This type of extreme recreation is called bungee jumping.

His idea is that you can experience free fall some certain time, and then the rope becomes your life-saving equipment, preventing it from falling into the abyss.

Bungee jumping usually starts from the edge of a bridge, the top of a cliff, or the roof of a building. Some amateurs even tried to jump from the boom of a tower crane.

Diving with sharks

This is practically not a dangerous extreme vacation in terms of safety for humans.

A special reliable metal cage, in which a fan of such an extreme is placed (or anyone who wants to try this type of extreme recreation), descends slightly below the surface of the water into the depths of the sea, where sharks live.

Remaining in a cage, a person is in complete security, can admire these predators and even feed them.

All that threatens him in such an extreme is only excitement and awe ...

What kind of extreme vacation or tourism do you choose?