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Nate D
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San Francisco
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Jan 24, 2011 - 07:28pm PT
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wow. thanks for sharing!
wonder if they've all been climbed yet. :)
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Jan 24, 2011 - 07:32pm PT
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Nice find Joseph!!!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 24, 2011 - 07:42pm PT
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Very nice - I wonder what kind of rock those spires are, and how they formed? Is that the Lena River? Kind of looks like it - there are things south of Yakutsk called the Lena Pillars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Pillars
This seems reminiscent of the "People of Stolby" thread. Russia is a very large and diverse place. Yakutsk is the coldest inhabited place of any size on earth - the climbing season must be pretty short.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 24, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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hey there say, healyje... this is very nice... this set of rocks...
thanks for sharing...
:)
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 07:54pm PT
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Looking at the wiki entry for the Lena River, these pillars are on a small tributary river called the 'Sinsk River' heading north off the Lena River at Sinsk, Republic of Shaka, the river appears to be crawling with these pillars at every turn.
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Alexey
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 24, 2011 - 08:08pm PT
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wow, I had been in Yakutsk couple of times as airport transfer, but I've never knew about such beauties..
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 08:11pm PT
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I stand corrected, the pillars in the upper photo appear to be on the smaller Sinsk River, the ones in the lower photo had to be on the larger Lena River proper from the look of the size of the river in the photo. And sure enough there is a couple of bands of them directly on the Lena down-river of Sinsk across from Kytyl-Dyura.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 08:17pm PT
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Looks to be many lifetimes worth of climbing in the area, especially given the season is probably short. Plus you can head down-river to Severobaikalsk on Lake Baikal for some wind and kite surfing.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 09:26pm PT
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No matter how you try booking a flight from PDX > YKS they want to send you around the world the wrong way via New York and Moscow. Need to figure out a way to book PDX > NRT > YKS...
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Jan 24, 2011 - 09:28pm PT
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Looks wild!
Thanks for posting up!
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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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Jan 24, 2011 - 09:42pm PT
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A post on mountainproject seems to indicate a no climbing policy. Hell of an evac if things go south. All limestones, dolomites, and shales according to the UNESCO world heritage site, too, so maybe a bit on the chossy side. Still cool to look at, anyway.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 09:51pm PT
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Just sent a note to some St. Petersburg guides asking them what the story over there is - what are the extents of the Nature Park (does it include both the Lena and Sinsk river pillars or just the Lena's), also let them know I was asking in the context of trad vs. sport climbing, so no bolting.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Jan 24, 2011 - 09:56pm PT
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Whoa. Freaky stuff, that.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 09:59pm PT
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Also dropped an email to Andrey Nikiforov, who's from Siberia and guides
Siberian rafting as well as Kamchatka Volcano trips. Someone will know what the deal is...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2011 - 10:16pm PT
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Alexey, what's the story on traveling to YKS?
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Alexey
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 25, 2011 - 12:31am PT
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the story have nothing to do with climbing...
I was working in 80th in St- Petersburg's company which was responsible for design of Hydro- electric stations all over USSR. One of them was constructing on the river Vilyuy which merge with Lena river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilyuy_River
I visited couple of times construction site of Vilyuy Hydro- electric stations-transferring from big airplan to small in Yakutsk airport, and actually never see Yakutsk itself.
Now I regret that I did not see this amazing formations. Anyway booth times I was there in winter and it was fricking cold -45C
Alexey
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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What's the best way to get there from the West Coast...?
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Jan 25, 2011 - 12:56am PT
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Call me a lightweight, but I will never again fly within Russia on their "airlines." Zero maintenance, Zero parts, old, and pilots who may or may not be sober. I have had several flights inside Russia on TU planes and NEVER again!
I will walk from Moscow to these pillars before I board a winged Russian deathtrap again.
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Alexey
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 25, 2011 - 12:56am PT
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The shortest is to fly from West coast international to Khabarovsk (Habarovsk?) and from there to Yakutsk local air (Aeroflot). But shortest is not always easiest in Russia.
I remember in 2003 I was planing trip from San Francisco to Russian Far East and in term of both time and money pick up the flight SFO- NewYork-Moskow- Khabarovsk.
edited: Ihateplastic - I would not worry about drunk pilots and plain crash traveling Aeroflot,( but my wife still remember Aeroflot service as horror dream) but it would be really difficult to travel Russian far east without Russian friend , or any communicator. Very few speak English, and in Yakutsk - you can count then with one hand fingers.
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