Nastya Veselova, who had never gone on a hike, gave in to her brother’s urging and went to Akkem Lake. They told her about the special atmosphere of the Gorny Altai, the surprising energy, but what she met were ticks, snakes, changeable weather, questionable conveniences, tourists with terrible manners, and her first love.
Nick is a doctor in resuscitation at “Centrospas”; he wanted to rest on a route through a remote, high-mountain area where only wild nature, mosquitoes, and ticks are around — but he met Nastya Veselova.