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Table tennis club "White Lightnings" (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) under support of Federation of table tennis of Ukraine announces about holding an unprecedented action – organization of the highest mountain match on table tennis in the human history.
The match was held on the 31st of July on 5,621 m altitude in the crater close to the eastern peak of the highest mountain of Europe, Elbrus, (height of the western summit is 5,642 m, eastern – 5,621 m). Weather conditions during the match: frost -11°C, northwester 1.5 mps.
The match was organized on the standard size table in compliance with the basic rules of the modern table tennis. The match participants and a table were protected by special covers. Our record achievement is waiting for registration in the Book of Records of the CIS and Guinness Book of World Awards.
We believe that the person, who is keen on his work, can do everything, even play table tennis on Elbrus.
Korkin Sergei,
Vice-President of Federation of table tennis of Ukraine
Expedition Members
Our expedition members are 15 enthusiasts, 4 of them are professionally involved in table tennis. Participants come from different countries including representatives from Ukraine and Russia. "The main goal of our expedition is to attract attention of a wide public of these countries to the table tennis as well as give a fitting answer to domination of China in the world tennis community," resumed, Sergei Korkin.
Age: 51
Education: tertiary
Main activity: organization of trainings and competitions
Hobby: philosophy, literarure, sports and games, travelling
Credo: If it is impossible, I have to try it
Role in the project: Brain
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Age: 29
Education: tertiary
Main activity: Music/movies to the masses!
Hobby: music, computers
Credo: Always!
Role in the project: High spirits manager
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Age: 41
Education: tertiary
Main activity: IT, system administrator
Hobby: extreme sports, adventure racing, travelling
Credo: Don't be afraid to do something yourself. Remember that Noah's ark was built by amateur, professionals built Titanic.
Role in the project: rock climbing instructor, mountain guide
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Age: 29
Education: specialized secondary
Main activity: system administrator, IT
Hobby: photography, rock climbing, mountains and travelling
Credo: Semper Paratus
Role in the project: sympathizing and bearing a hand
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Age: 47
Education: tertiary
Main activity: production
Hobby: yoga, mountain skiing
Credo: Always!
Role in the project: Member
Vadim is an initiator of creating Table tennis association of Donetsk region, Ukraine. All his life he combines two passions - rock climbing and table tennis.
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Age: 27
Education: tertiary
Main activity: accounting and finances
Hobby: literature, music, mountaineering, rock climbing, cycling
Credo: Everybody knows from childhood that something is impossible. But there is always an ignoramus who doesn't know.
This person makes a discovery.
Role in the project: Member
One of the active members of Table tennis association of Donetsk region and a candidate to masters of sport. Along with the passion to table tennis he takes an active part in other sport activities including alpinism and rock climbing. Yaroslav has been to Elbrus and other Caucasus peaks repeatedly.
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Age: 37
Education: tertiary
Main activity: entrepreneur
Hobby: Russian baths, sport, fishing
Credo: If you have good company and friendly conversation, that is good enogh!
Role in the project: Barmen
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Age: 39
Education: tertiary
Main activity: an attempt to feed people with tasty food
Hobby: travelling, amateur sports, mastering new horizons in different areas
Credo: Life is so interesting! I have to see a lot! I have to admire everything!
Role in the project: just a member with a camera
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Age: 33
Education: tertiary, DNU, Radiophysics faculty
Main activity: commercial manager, private enterprise "Kanc-City"
Hobby: tourism, table tennis
Credo: What does not kill us, makes us wiser
Role in the project: I haven't understood yet
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Age: 24
Education: tertiary
Main activity: television journalist, translator
Hobby: travelling, sea, mountains, photography, handmade
Credo: What does not destroy us, makes us stronger
Role in the project: maintaining of the constant delighting state and helping within my powers
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Age: 39
Education: tertiary
Main activity: video filming
Hobby: photography
Credo: Right Here, Right Now!
Role in the project: Event fixing
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Age: 40
Education: tertiary
Main activity: information and consulting
Hobby: tourism, hunting, military history
Credo: What can be better than going against the stream?
Role in the project: Korkin said that I'm a mainspring of the project. He is our brain, so he knows better.
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Age: 30
Education: tertiary
Main activity: advertising, tourism
Hobby: travelling, fitness, mountain skis
Credo: There is only one reason which can stop your wishes come true. It is fear of failure.
Role in the project: member
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Age: 37
Education: tertiary
Main activity: otolaryngologist
Hobby: yoga, sport, adventure racing, travelling
Role in the project: mountain guide
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Age: 44
Education: tertiary
Main activity: productive life
Hobby: archeology, sculpture, ropejumping
Credo: To stop at the right time
Role in the project: safety
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The match took place on
31st of July, 2009
News
September 9,2009
Table tennis match on the top of Elbrus was officially recognized by the Book of Records of the CIS.
August 4,2009
Farewell with Elbrus
The participants of the project "Table tennis on Elbrus" spent the last 2 days in the Elbrus area. Thus, on August, 3, the members of the expedition trained passing rocky routes under Alexander Shkalikov guidance, and then they had light and pleasant exercises, such as mushrooming and farewell lunch which slipped to dinner. In the morning of August, 4, the participants got up early, bundled and gathered tents. Severe Elbrus hided to the clouds, as if it could not to bid farewell to the guys. Then, the group moved to the city Mineralnye Vody and took a train, which arrived on the schedule. Tomorrow, at 7:33 a.m. the project participants are arriving to Dnepropetrovsk.
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