The State Nature Preserve “Stolby” (the Pillars) founded in 1925 is situated within 3 km southwest of Krasnoyarsk, on the right bank of Yenisey. The 80 groups of gigantic pillars formed during million years by winds and rains stretch for 34 km.  Stolby covers an area of 470 km² (181 mile²) with numerous giant granite rocks formations up to 100 meters high, many of very extraordinary shapes. Stolby is also a major rock climbing location, many local climbers intentionally do not use any belaying equipment and call their extreme sport \"stolbizm\", which is known around the world as solo climbing.