Dear mountaineers, marathon participants, nature and Fruška gora lovers

Get involved in nature for the sake of health — respect nature, achieve unachievable

WELCOME

to the 3rd AUTUMN MOUNTAINEERING MARATHON ON FRUŠKA GORA,

on Saturday, October 28th, 2017

This marathon is designed exclusively as a SPORT-RECREATIONAL EVENT WITHOUT ANY COMPETITIVE CHARACTER, because the emphasis is on recreational activities, which involves trekking in the forests, sometimes wilderness, the hilly belt of Fruška gora mountain, which will surely bring you benefits for both body and mind.

For this Saturday, October 28th, we chose the combined trail. The first, calmer and milder part, then in the second part, when you have already reached the “operating temperature”, you would be introduced into the part of the trail belonging to the Ultra-Extreme Fruška gora Marathon, a part where one very rarely hikes and which is quite demanding and extremely beautiful. In this second part you will hike along very steep ups and downs, you will go across Dumbovo stream, and will descend along the secured path of Dumbovo waterfall. This further means that on this trail you will equally involve all parts of the body, starting from ankles, through thighs, hips, to the neck and shoulder belt, not to mention that on October 28th,  you will forget about the stress and dull routine of everyday life that is regularly gatecrashing your family home.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TRAIL:

Start on Popovica.

The first checkpoint – Kraljeva stolica. In your control marathon booklet, it is labeled CKPT 9.

The second checkpoint – Brankovac. In your control marathon booklet, it is labeled CKPT 21.

The third checkpoint – Vrata raja. In your control marathon booklet, it is labeled CKPT 22.

The fourth checkpoint – Zmajevac. In your control marathon booklet, it is labeled CKPT 23.

The fifth checkpoint – Spring Zvečan. In your control marathon booklet, it is labeled CKPT 24.

The goal is on Popovica.

The total length of the trail is 25,094 km, the ascents on the trail amount to 1,188 m / descents on the trail amount to 1,188 m.

What to say, a few kilometers, and a great altitude difference.

You can download TRACK of the trail here: https://goo.gl/dCrfS6

In order for us to enable you to successfully go through the trail, it will be open for a total of 8 hours.

It starts on Saturday, October 28th , 2017, at 9 a.m. at Popovica, and the goal is on the same day at 5 p.m. at Popovica.

MARKINGS ON THE TRAIL

From the Start on Popovica, through CKPT Kraljeva stolica, to the separation of the marathon trail to Vrdnik, we are led by a mark: a white circle and a red heart in the middle.

From the separation of the regular-permanent marked trail to Vrdnik on the ridge road, further through Zmajevac to CKPT Brankovac we are lead along the ridge trail (next to the asphalt road) by red and white plastic strips hung on the trail, and all the time we are heading in the opposite direction from the marathon trail (when you turn around, there is the mark of a white circle and a red heart).

From CKPT Brankovac to Dumbovo stream and waterfall, CKPT Vrata raja, Mali potok, viewpoint Gradac, CKPT Zmajevac, CKPT spring Zvečan, Popovica – the goal, you are lead by a white circle with a red heart in the middle.

Let’s try to make this our Autumn Marathon not only that of sport and recreation, but also of love, hobby, beauty of socializing, etc.; there are all the more alienated people that combine beauty and nature in it.

Everyone who feels healthy and able to surmount this trail with this altitude difference, regardless of weather conditions/ storms, has the right to participate in this event. We advise you to take your children to this activity and thus direct them on time to stay in the nature and have activities in it. If you stay in the nature, you will prevent them from becoming obese, dejected, they will become healthier, and will have better concentration in school.

Each participant in the marathon participates on THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY.

• Participation in the mountaineering marathon is, with all its benefits, an increased risk activity, so every marathon participant is responsible for their own personal existence and safety, and is expected to contribute to the safety of other participants in the Marathon.
• The organizer will not be held responsible in the event of any damage or endangerment of physical integrity (injury, death, etc.) resulting from participation in the marathon.
• Each marathon participant is personally responsible for their behavior and possible endangerment or damage to other persons during the marathon.
• Marathon participants must not be under the influence of alcohol, drugs, other narcotic drugs, or unauthorized stimulants.
• Persons under the age of 18 on the marathon trail must be accompanied by an older adult, parent, older brother, sister, professor, mountain guide, etc.
• To persons with health problems and the elderly before entering the marathon, we recommend obligatory consultation with the doctor.

           Clothing – footwear – backpack – miscellaneous

One takes part in the marathon with the equipment suitable for long-lasting efforts in the forest mountainous environment, at any time.

• Clothes should be light, comfortable, sporty, adapted to all weather conditions.Shoes should be comfortable and loose, with patterned soles, and on the legs there should be some thicker socks; we recommend either woolen or special ones (designed for sports, hiking, etc.) for these occasions.It is mandatory to take a backpack to the marathon, and inside there should be: water, juice, tea, sandwich, fruit, spare clothes (a T-shirt, underwear, a cap, etc.) and necessarily some waterproof jacket with a hood or a raincoat for protection against probable rainfall.

  Due to steep ups and downs, for practical reasons, we recommend to the participants that it would be good to have trekking poles.

  This is an essential minimum of equipment that each participant needs to adapt to their own needs, and they depend on the trail chosen.

  Food – drinks

  Each participant provides food and drinks themselves from their backpack, and the organizer provides warm tea at the goal.

  APPLICATIONS

  Receiving applications and issuing control marathon booklets at the starting point is at Popovica on Saturday, October 28th, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.

              IN ORDER FOR THIS EVENT TO BE WELL ORGANIZED, PLEASE COMPLETE THE APPLICATIONS BY CLICKING ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:

  https://goo.gl/L8sp5s

  LATEST TIL OCTOBER 26th, 2017

  TRANSPORT TO START – REGULATION OF TRAFFIC

  For people coming from Novi Sad we recommend urban bus line 74 (bus to Popovica), which leaves at the Railway Station at 6.25 a.m., and stops at all stops along the Boulevard of Oslobođenje and in Sremska Kamenica. Second bus, line 72 (bus to Paragovo) that leaves at the Railway station at 6.55 a.m., and stops at all stations along the Boulevard of Oslobođenje and in Sremska Kamenica. Upon leaving this bus in Paragovo, you have to go uphill Jezerska Street around km, then intersect the road (about 400 meters) before the start of the marathon on the road to Popovica.

  Participants from distant places, who come on Saturday October 28th, in an organized way by their buses, will be able to reach the destination – MARATHON START, whereas their buses leaving the passengers on the plateau Popovica due to the narrow road and possible problems with the circulation of regular traffic must not stay there long.

  IMPORTANT WARNING!!!

              Comply strictly with the marathon rules, which you can also see at https://www.fruskogorski-maraton.com/, as well as at the start on the marathon day.

  PARTICIPATION FEE

             Participation fee is not our choice nor our wish, but it is a pain, so please accept this as a cruel reality of the time and space we live in. Participation fee in the Autumn Marathon amounts to:

  200,00 RSD for adults,

  100,00 RSD for persons under the age of 18.

             You must make the payment on your current account, inclusive October 27th, 2017. You can pay a fee for more than one person by means of one transfer payment.

  We would like to ask you to fill in the transfer payment form as follows:

  Recipient: Mountaineering skiing association “Železničar” Novi Sad, Trg galerija 4.

  Account number: 340-11005885-08

  Erste Bank joint-stock company, Novi Sad

  Purpose of payment: Participation in the  3rd Autumn Marathon

  Proof of payment (transfer payment form) is handed over to the person with whom you are applying for your participation in the Marathon.

  All those who did not pay for the participation till October 27th, 2017 will be able to make a payment on the day of the marathon on October 28th, 2017 from 7 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.

  Due to great numbers of participants (better said, the lack of the staff) and the obligations we have on the day of the marathon start, PLEASE LET THE PAYMENT ON THE MARATHON DAY BE A JUSTIFIED EXCEPTION.

              For those who want to breathe fully with their lungs, to hang out with unspoilt nature, who want to experience the challenges that will awaken their adventurous spirit and make them feel divine, just like the surrounding areas, Fruška gora and our marathon is a place for them.

  Let’s be cheerful, smiling, beautiful, happy and healthy at this 3rd Autumn Mountain Marathon in FRUŠKA GORA.