Extreme retreat “Your Boundaries”, 31.01–09.02 in the Carpathians.

Your Boundaries
An extreme retreat, a mountaineering course.

Вот это для мужчин — рюкзак и ледоруб,
И нет таких причин, чтоб не вступать в игру.
А есть такой закон — движение вперед,
И кто с ним не знаком, навряд ли нас поймет.

И нет там ничего — ни золота, ни руд.
Там только-то всего, что гребень слишком крут,
И слышен сердца стук, и страшен снегопад,
И очень дорог друг, и слишком близок ад.

Но есть такое там, и этим путь хорош,
Чего в других местах не купишь, не найдешь —
С утра подъем, с утра и до вершины — бой.
Отыщешь там, в горах, победу над собой.
Ю.Визбор

Why “Boundaries”?
First, the whole Path you are about to walk lies along geographical borders. Mountains are a natural landscape divider of territory :) Part of the Path runs along the border with Romania, and you will find yourself in northern Transylvania. Part follows the Polish-Czech border of the early twentieth century, part the border between the Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
Second, you will walk along the borders that lie between fear and fearlessness, weakness and strength, between “I want” and “I can”, between the rattle of the mind and silence, between uncertainty and resolve. Perhaps you will manage to cross your inner borders and step into the boundless.

You will have the chance to:
• gain the experience of a winter journey into the mountains. It is tougher than Elbrus in summer 🙂
• see the beauty, purity and grandeur of peaks “where you have not yet been” (c)
• feel the power of snow and ice, and meet your own personal power
• learn to observe, to meditate, to be in the “here and now”
• test yourself as a master, a man, a warrior
• learn acceptance of circumstances, responsibility, crossing inner barriers, inner liberation

Perhaps you will get something more… Who knows?

In any case, the chance is there. The question is: will you take it?

For 8 days you will be in the mountains, among snow-white peaks, where of all the comforts of civilisation you will have only the contents of your rucksack, and of the crowded society – a few fellow heroes, seekers of adventure.

Registration for the group and a preliminary briefing are compulsory.
The number of people in the group is limited to 8.

Organiser: the Institute of the Evolution of Consciousness (Kyiv–Lviv)

Partners: the SNEP centre, the School of Holistic Development, the festival !!FART!! http://snep.org.ua, http://fart.lviv.ua, http://valitskaya.com

Guide: Sergei Kryzhanovsky http://northwind.gallery.ru/watch?a=yR6-d17J