More than 5,000 People Have Already Registered for the May Walk

14:35, May 18, 2023

The coordinators told about the features of this anniversary event

The 40th event "May Walk" will be held in Ekaterinburg on May 21. The organizers told about the new routes, the work of checkpoints, the expected number of participants and volunteers on the day before the event at a press conference in "TASS-Ural". At the moment more than 5,000 participants have already registered through the website.

"In honor of the anniversary, we wanted to do something special for this walk. Although for 39 years there have been so many new routes that if you add up all the kilometers walked, we would have walked around the globe more than 100 times. This year we have less and less opportunity to go to the woods, so most of the routes are in the city. Ekaterinburg is changing a lot, and the shortest route is worth taking to see these changes," said Victor Grokhovskiy, UrFU Full Professor, the founder and inspirer of the May Walk.

All participants will receive a distinctive badge at the finish line, regardless of the route they choose. The badge will be slightly bigger than in previous years. In addition, the organizers decided to note that Ekaterinburg will be 300 years old this year and reflected this in the badge. Along the way, there will be organized rest stops for participants, where they will be met by volunteers.

"There will be several levels of safety for the participants. First, there will be two cars from the Disaster Medicine Center with teams that will stop at each checkpoint and help anyone who needs it. There will be ambulances at the start and finish. There will be a doctor at each checkpoint who will take care of you. The second point concerns the safety of the course. The traffic police will be present at the crossroads, and in the forest passages we will try to involve firemen with rucksacks. All parks are already treated against ticks, but at the control point all participants will be able to get treatment against insects", - said Tatyana Kiseleva, Deputy Chairman of the Sports Tourism Association of the Sverdlovsk Region, Director of the "May Walk".

On the day of the action more participants are expected, who will be able to register at the start. The weather forecast for the day of the walk is favorable so far, but the exact information will be available three days before the event. All participants should pay attention to the preparation, namely to wear comfortable shoes and clothes, headgear and windbreaker, be sure to bring water and food.

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