Ice & Candles

Kol’diokskaya Cave… or Don't Forget to Clean Your Nostrils

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February 5th 2008
…because I’m still sneezing out dust covered boogers. This weekend (Feb 2nd and 3rd) I went on an expedition to an ice cave in the mountains around Chemal with a club of extreme tourists. Prior to the expedition, I learned (only two days, less than 3 hours really) how to use climbing equipment, mostly in Russian. The trek was 8 km up a mountain to Кульдюкская Пещера, Kol’ ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more