Our Chinese department:
Under the spire of the Petrozavodsk railway station, you will be met by an escort with a sign (according to the arrival time of train No. 18 Moscow — Petrozavodsk).
To get ready for a great adventure right away, we go to a restaurant for breakfast.
Breakfast will be to the taste of any traveler — a buffet is at your service.
We get acquainted with the accompanying person and other members of the group, share our first impressions of Karelia.
Our adventure begins!
We take buses to the starting point of the rafting — to the Ignoyl hydroelectric dam (130 km).
After a long journey and before an intensive rafting trip, you need to refresh yourself.
Have you tried cheese soup with meatballs? During a delicious lunch, the instructors will introduce you to general information about the upcoming route, answer all your questions.
After lunch on the shore, we begin to prepare for going out to the river: we inflate rafts, instructors conduct mandatory instruction on water safety and rowing techniques.
We get helmets, life jackets and paddles, and pack all personal and general items in waterproof bags.
We launch our vessels into the water, and already in practice we consolidate the theory — training sessions on the water.
Our route today: Ignolskaya HPP — port. Kenyakoski (3-4 K.S.) — por. Valoyne (1-2 k.s.) — por. Sarikoski (1-2 k.s.) — por. Kumio (2-3 k.s.), 15 km.
The most difficult threshold today is the Kenyakoski threshold (3-4 k.s.).
From the Karelian language, its name translates as "Black Threshold", and all because the water seems black because of the rocks coming to the surface.
Its length is about a kilometer, at the outlet there are 2 meter drains with a large barrel (a large foam shaft with a counterflow).
The decision to carry the Kenyakoski threshold and the Kumio threshold is made by the instructor depending on the readiness of the group and the water level.
We discuss the threshold together with the instructors.
We insure each other from the shore, and do not forget to film the passage of the threshold on video and photos to capture vivid events!
This is followed by the simple rapids of Valoyne (1-2 k.s.) and Sarikoski (1-2 k.s.).
On the latter, by the way, you can really break away: ride along the ramparts, go sideways or backwards, in general, as your imagination allows you. And let all this be accompanied by a ringing laugh.
The second difficult threshold awaits us further today — the Kumio threshold (2 k.s.).
It is also the most beautiful on the route: here the river winds between the banks of huge flat rocks.
We approach the shore, set up camp.
Our dinner is unusual today — the instructors will give us a master class on cooking Karelian red fish on a log.
We will prepare a side dish for it and chop fresh vegetables.
Overnight in the field.
