From:  aldr@lab2.phys.lgu.spb.su (Alexei Dratchev)
Subject: Extreme tours in Ex'USSR for you
Reply-To: aldr@lab2.phys.lgu.spb.su
Organization: University of St-Petersburg, 2-nd Physics Laboratory.
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 13:01:49 GMT
Keywords: Russia, St.Petersburg, extreme tourism

Dear friends,

The center of EXTREME TOURS "Hobbi" is a new enterprise designed to
offer various adventurous tours to all parts of Russia and other
regions of xUSSR. We arrange mountain expeditions and hikes, ski tours
and raftling in wild remote places and in noteworthy suburbs of
St.Petersburg and sightseeing city tours.

   The best places are Karielia and Kola Peninsula, Siberia and Yakutia,
such mountainous region as Pamirs, Tyan-Shan, Caucasus and the Altai.

   Our programs can be changed according to your wish. Prices are very low
as compared to those abroad because we live and work here in the xUSSR ;-) !
The leaders of our expeditions and hikes are high-skilled extreme-tourists,
most of them have accumulated their experience in the well-known
Tourist Club of St.Petersburg University.

Some of our tours:
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Cross-  | Kola   | Hibins   | Ski expedi-  | Town of | 14   |Feb, |$400 |
Country | Penin- | Mountains| tion below   | Kirovsk;| days |Mar  |     |
Skiing  |  sula  | (height  | and above    | Mineral |      |     |     |
        | *      |  1000 m) | tree line;   | Museum  |      |     |     |
        | **     |          | Winter       |         |      |     |     |
        |        |          | camping      |         |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
        | Polar  |Mountains | No forest,   | Town of | 16   |Mar, |$505 |
        | Urals  |and       | Tundra,      | Vorkuta | days |Apr  |     |
        | **     |Tundra    | Long sunny   |         |      |     |     |
        |        |(height   | spring days  |         |      |     |     |
        |        | 1000 m)  | and blizzard |         |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
Hikihg  |Caucasus|West part |"Little       | Towns of| 14   |Jun- |$405 |
        |*       |of Russia | Mountain"    | Mineral-| days |Sep  |     |
        |        |(height   | Encyclopedia |nije Vody|      |     |     |
        |        | 3000 m)  |              | & Pjaty-|      |     |     |
        |        |          |              | gorsk   |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
        |Pamirs- |Fans      | Trekking     | Town of | 18   |Jun- |$525 |
        |Alay    |Mountains | at high      |Samarkand| days |Sep  |     |
        |*       |(height   | elevation    |Asia     |      |     |     |
        |**      | 4000 m)  |              |  exotic |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
        |Tjan-   |Zailijskij| Valleys with |Alma-Ata | 18   |Jun- |$550 |
        |   Shan |Ala - Too | beautiful    |city- the| days |Sep  |     |
        |*       |(height   | forests,     |capital  |      |     |     |
        |**      | 3500 m)  |mountain lakes|of Kasakh-      |     |     |
        |        |          |              | stan    |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
        |Tjan-   |Kyrgyz    | Fir-tree     |Bishkek  | 18   |Jun- |$525 |
        |   Shan |Ala-Too   | forests      |city- the| days |Sep  |     |
        |*       |(height   | in valleys,  |capital  |      |     |     |
        |**      | 3500 m)  | interesting  |of Kyrgys-      |     |     |
        |        |          | saddles      | stan    |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
Paddling| Kola   | Varzuga  | Lakes; some  | Town of | 15   |Jun- |$450 |
2-person|Peninsula River    | challenging  | Murmansk| days |Aug  |     |
kayaks  |        |          | rapids;      | or      |      |     |     |
        |        |          | White nights | town of |      |     |     |
        |        |          | in June      | Apatity |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
Overall |Pskov   | Cycling  | Radial trips | Town of | 14   |Jun- |$400 |
        |region  | Paddling | to ancient   | Pskov   | days |Sep  |     |
        |        |          | cloister     | sight-  |      |     |     |
        |        |          | beautuful    |seengs in|      |     |     |
        |        |          | river without|Cremlin, i      |     |     |
        |        |          | rapids       |churches |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|
        |St.     |Mini      | Hiking,      | Karielia| 10   |Jun- |$250 |
        |Peters- |"Adventure|Rock climbing,|         | days |Sep  |     |
        |burg    | School"  |paddling,     |         |      |     |     |
        |region  |          |orienteering  |         |      |     |     |
________|________|__________|______________|_________|______|_____|_____|

   *  - Moderate
   ** - Strenuous

All the programs include 2-3 days sightseeing in St.Petersburg.
Prices do not include airplane tickets.

   If you are interested in our offer we are always ready to answer all
your questions in detail.
   For information please contact me, Alexei Dratchev:
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Welcome to Russia!

Alexei Dratchev, center of extreme tours "Hobbi"