Disclaimer. There will be a lot of beeches in this post, it's more like an instruction.
Route 30, aka Through the mountains to the sea, it is also the legendary thirty. It starts from the cordon of Lago-Naki and ends in Solokh-Aul. It takes place in the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, and is considered one of the most beautiful routes in the south of Russia. In the Soviet Union, it went 2 weeks (90 km), now from 3 to 5 days (60 km).
2 years ago I accidentally saw photos of this route somewhere in VK, then a photo from Vadim Adinyaev, I talked to him, borrowed a track for navigation and began to think actively. I called Maxim Chertkov, figured out about the time when to go, and a list of equipment. While Maxim honestly bought everything, I was lost in time and missed all deadlines) As a result, the trip broke down 🙁 He still remembers that.
As time passed, I was determined that I would go this summer, with no options. At the same time, I invited a couple more guys, went rafting on kayaks, found experienced guys who highlighted subtle moments.
How many beautiful places we have for tourism, how much we do not have prepared infrastructure for this. The introductory ones were as follows: the whole hike should take 4 days, be minimal in budget (and it is desirable to keep within 5k), almost everyone in the group goes for the first time on a hike (like me actually, but on foot), equipment and experience – no.
– Point one. How to get there.
We start from Taganrog, the end point is the Lago-Naki checkpoint. It took all day to make a route and turned out to be the following:
Taganrog – by train to Rostov (in the evening) – by train from Rostov to Belorechensk (at night) – to sit for a couple of hours in the Belorechensk hotel – in any available way (we chose a taxi initially) to the checkpoint.
The problems began immediately, there were only 3 tickets to Belorechensk for the right time (and a group of 6 people), they had already resigned themselves to the fact that they would have to go in the afternoon, as 20 tickets suddenly appeared for the right time. At the speed of Flash I buy tickets for everyone. One less problem.
-Second Item. Register the group.
The leader of the group, he is also the instructor must register everyone in the Ministry of Emergency Situations. To do this, a huge questionnaire is drawn up for each participant on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (preferably 10 days before the hike, but I sent it a day). It indicates everything: starting points, parking, emergency parking, derailment and reduction of the route, frequency of radios, phone numbers, addresses and much more.
– Point three. Equipment.
What is required:
– Backpack
– Sleeping bag
– Karimat
– Tent (one per N person)
You can do without everything else. Actually, that's what we did.
I took on :
– Campfire equipment
– First aid kit
– Maps and navigation
– Walkie-talkies
Who could, took for himself:
– Warm clothes (fleece jacket, pants)
– Trekking sticks
– Raincoat
– Sunglasses
– Cutlery
I will write a full list of equipment in the comments.
– Point four. Food
With food, the issue was solved easily. Calculation of 1 can of stew for 2 people per meal. So, 3 cans * 3 meals * 3 days = 27 cans + 200 grams of porridge. As a result, the diet was rice + stew Agrocomplex (very tasty). As well as fast-brewing porridge Bystrov.
After sending all the data, packing all the things and buying the tickets, we were ready.
Result: 7400 rubles per person for the entire trip.