We have the pleasure to invite you to participate in the International
Speleo Festival and SRT Competitions which will take place in the period:
13th– 17th of September 2012 near the town of Maikop, Republic of Adygei,
Russian Federation.

At the same time and place the IXth Championship of Russia will be
held involving a great amount of cavers from the different parts of the
country.
The aim of the Festival is to share skills, opinions and experience
among cavers from all over the World. The races of the Competitions will
give the opportunity for everybody to check and show your skills level and
to become the Champion. The participants will compete on individual
distances as well as team distances for 2 and 4 sportsmen. The distances
will simulate different kinds of underground works.

PLACE OF THE EVENT
Russian Federation, Republic of Adygei, Kamennomostskiy township
(40 km to the South of the Maikop city), “Hadzhohskaya tesnina” canyon.
This is a place of recreation and excursions attracting lots of tourists each
year.
The place of competition is well-known for its nature and developed
tourism facilities. During the Festival you will have a great opportunity to
visit nature reserve Lago-Naki which is well-known in Russia for its
beauty and local caves. It will be possible to make rafting on river Belaya,
watch competitions of Russian mountaineering, boating, backpacking
tourists and travelling cyclists which will take place there at the same
period of time.
TRAVEL
The Kamennomostskiy township is located 40 km to the South of the
city of Maikop which is the capital of the Republic of Adygei. You can get
to Maikop by train or by bus from the city of Krasnodar where the nearest
airport is situated. The transfer from Maikop to Kamennomostskiy
township will be organized. Anyway you can easily get to the place of the event by your own car.

ACCOMODATION
The organizers offer to the participants various ways for
accommodation – hotels, huts, camping with bungalows or own tents – all
on pedestrian distance (up to 20 minutes) from the place of the Festival.
Additional information will be given on the request.
Preliminary program, participation application and the information on
the Participation fee of the Festival will be available in the nearest future.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Project coordinator: Sizikova Natalya – Vice Chairman of Speleo
Commission of Sporting Tourism Union of Russia.
tel: +79264306465
E-mail: dobsha@mail.ru
www.speleosport.com

The event, under the patronage of the Italian Speleological Society , is promoted by the Commission Grotte “E. Boegan “, caving group of the Società Alpina delle Giulie – Trieste Section of the Italian Alpine Club, and the University of Trieste, Department of Geosciences. The whole organization will be overseen by the Commission Grotte “E. Boegan “, the Department of Geosciences, Triestin Speleological Federation and Jamarska Zveza Slovenije, the structures that have worked for decades on the “Carso Classico” and which will provide conference participants to make it better known. For further informations go to http://www.21congressospeleo.it/

Olivier Vidal – Secr. General FSE
Email : contact@eurospeleo.org

On the eve of March 3, more than a hundred cavers from all around Iran along with elder and veteran cavers like Changiz Sheikhli,Ahmad Marefat, Heshmat Heidarian, Taher Zahedi, Kiomars Babazadeh, Mohammad Nouri and Hamid Sedighian celebrated the revival of a genuine caving organization. Changiz Sheikhli, a veteran caver aged 83, organized the first caving organization in Iran, Iran Speleologists Association, in 1946.

On March 4, with presence of 106 registered members the first official poll was held and the first board of directors and inspectors were chosen.

Board of directors: Javad Nezamdoost, Yousef Vaghef, Abbas Ghaderi, Majid Saghafi, Saeed Hasheminezhad

Alternate members: Ebrahim Beiramian, Alireza Balaghi

Inspectors: Arash Neghafi, Alternate Inspector: Mehradad Haji Hashemi

The board of directors will be in office for 2 years and the inspectors for 1 year.

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