Conquerors of giant icicles
The Tomsk stage of the Russian Ice Climbing Championship took place in our city last weekend. Despite the 35-degree frost, more than 40 athletes took part in the championship, says Galina Novoselova, chairman of the Tomsk Mountaineering Federation. Ice climbers from Moscow, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Magnitogorsk, Kemerovo, and Barnaul gathered in Tomsk. Among them are members of the Russian national team - winners and prize-winners of the world championships.