Sports tourism is sports trips by a group of persons along pre-compiled routes of various categories of complexity. The use of technical means is allowed, depending on the complexity of the route traveled, an athlete is assigned a particular sports category.
Instructions
Step 1
Sports tourism is more often a team sport than a solo sport. Teamwork develops a sense of mutual assistance and mutual assistance, discipline, the need to transfer experience and knowledge. Sports trips develop a person's horizons, allow you to get acquainted with the culture and life of the peoples of different countries, their sights and various corners of nature. Unlike many other sports, tourism does not involve significant financial costs.
Step 2
In a sports hike, each team member must fulfill his role. Therefore, in advance, by general agreement, everyone is assigned different positions. For example: captain (leader), medical officer, navigator, managers of the economy and equipment, mechanic, meteorologist, treasurer, chronicler-photographer and others. In small groups, one person, as a rule, combines several positions. Experienced tourists have the skills required for each position and can replace a sick friend at any time.
Step 3
The equipment is selected depending on the nature of the intended hike, the distance, the complexity of the route and mainly includes special clothing and shoes. They put on jackets and trousers made of waterproof material, take with them warm clothes, gloves, thermal underwear, a supply of underwear, comfortable and practical shoes. Mandatory - tents or awnings, ropes and carabiners, flashlights with batteries, campfire accessories and camping utensils, portable torches, navigation and communication aids. From special equipment, if necessary, take mountain, ski or bicycle shoes, wetsuits, goggles and helmets, climbing equipment, snowshoes, pack animals, technical transport: kayaks and catamarans, skis, bicycles, cars, motorcycles.
Step 4
Each tourist must be able to provide first aid in a qualified manner, evacuate the victim, be able to choose a place and set up a camp or parking on it, use ropes in various situations, overcome water obstacles and other obstacles. Have the skills to survive in extreme situations: spend the night in the snow, work with insufficient food or when separated from the group, provide self-help for injuries and injuries, use improvised means as equipment. The skills of making a fire and preparing camp food, repairing equipment, orienteering and navigation are very useful. Additional skills may include: knowledge of the language of local residents, hunting and fishing skills, handling animals and equipment, engineering knowledge, knowledge of geography, biology and zoology.
Step 5
Depending on the complexity and duration, sports trips are divided into several types. Weekend hikes are designed for 1-2 days and are needed to train beginners, keep fit and for a joint cultural and recreational weekend in nature. In youth tourism, the hikes are designed for the 1-3 category of difficulty. For adults, the number of categories depends on the type of tourism. And there are a lot of them: hiking, skiing, water, mountain, speleotourism (traveling through caves), sailing tourism, auto and motorcycle tourism, horse and bicycle tourism. All categories of difficulty are described in detail in the "Classification of sports routes"
Step 6
To obtain a category in sports tourism, a tourist or a group of tourists must develop a route of a certain category of difficulty and register it with the route qualification commission, which confirms the declared difficulty and gives permission. After the end of the hike, the leader of the group submits a detailed report on the passage of the route and the commission, based on the consideration of the materials, assigns categories to all members of the group. In total, there are 3 youth and 3 adult categories, the title of candidate for master of sports, master of sports and honored master of sports. The last titles are awarded by judges at the All-Russian sports and tourism competitions.
