"Crimean Shanghai" ... a picture that pops up in your head with such a phrase, does not correspond to reality by one iota. In fact, such a strange name is called Shaan-Kaya mountain (in translation from the Turkic "Falcon Mountain"), it is Nishan-Kaya. It is clear that the consonant name simply appealed to the analogy with the Chinese city. What is famous for this place and what should a simple tourist do there? Let's just say that the mountain Shaan-Kaya can be called one of the coolest places in the whole of the CIS in terms of adrenaline.

First, this huge rock, standing off the Ai-Petrin jail, like a magnet attracts climbers . She has negative routes, because the routes here are extremely difficult, but also extremely interesting . They say that for the first time mountain Shaan-Kaya climbers won only in 1966 . Secondly, the surrounding beauties are simply incredibly picturesque, here you can walk for hours and days, enjoying each new bend of the trail and the opening angle . Doing this despite the very negative deviations is easy - two, if not easy, but quite pedestrian trails surround the local "Shanghai" . Finally, Shaan-Kaya is the mecca of the roupjamperes, who make incredible jumps from its top with free fall on 160 m .

If you look at Shaan-Kai from above, it will be seen that this rock broke away from the main mountain massif of Ai-Petri and slipped a little, wanting to get to the sea. Who knows, maybe someday she will succeed. Its northern slope is quite flat and gentle - it is here that stroll tourists and other idle talkers. But the southern slope is just very steep, here are the exhausted flocks of climbers, competitions are being held, in a word, life is boiling.

Mountain climbers should know that the difference in the heights of the wall of Shaan-Kaya reaches 250 m, in complexity the local routes are referred to the 6th category.

As for the crazy roupjamperes, then a lot about them and you will not say. You have to be notorious daredevil to kick from an altitude of 235 m, reaching 160 m free fall. However, all this happens under the strict guidance of instructors, from a comfortable platform, and not just with a suitable boulder, as well as with professional equipment. As a rule, all the jumpers are accompanied by their own director, who then monsters the brutal faces of those diving into the stone abyss.

Coordinates

Address: Southern Coast of Crimea, near Alupka and Simeiz, precise coordinates for the navigator: + 44 ° 26 '9.00 ", + 34 ° 1' 12.00".

How to get there: to just take a stroll under or around Shaan-Kaya, you can take buses 28 or 42 from Yalta bus station which follow to the stop "Kennel" in Alupka. From there - up the road, then through the vineyards get on a dirt road that will lead almost to the wall of the ridge. To go for a long time, so the best option is to drive your own car, taxi or catch a fellow traveler.

It's much easier for roampjampers and climbers: they are taken out as part of teams, usually for several days - with preliminary instruction and overnight stays in tents. @