Tag Archives: Expedition

Trekking & Climbing: Burustakh – Pobeda Peak – Sasyr – Khonuu

Another request came from Polish mountaineers, Maciek and Kasia. This upcoming summer they decided to trek across the whole Momsky National Park. Accordingly they asked questions as many as possible. Mainly on the route Burustakh (a settlement on the Road of Bones) – Pobeda Peak – the village of Sasyr – the village of Khonuu.
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Quick tips: Cycling from Yakutsk to Magadan by the Road of Bones

Marat Zalyalov, a local mountain cyclist, gave quick tips to an Italian biker Dan, who had written to me as follows:
“Your site is really useful, but I didn’t find anything about cycling… So hope you could help me… I’m used to travel by bicycle in hard conditions, and your country looks amazing… Questions: what do [...]

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Video: Driving the Road of Bones (Kolyma Highway) in winter

This road was built by the inmates of Gulag camps, most of them were buried along the way. That’s why it’s named the Road of Bones.

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Journey to Oymyakon: Today all participants gathered!

As far as you know, I decided to organize a road trip to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold, from Jan. 17 till Jan. 21 for my friends. Today we, trip participants, gathered and had lunch in Yakutsk at the Chicago Bar.
There were alll of those mentioned in travellers list, including a German photographer Bjorn [...]

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Video & Photos: Winter cycling on the Road of Bones

In March 2007, a few friends of mine, Yakutsk-based adventure cyclists, Marat, Maverick & Scorpion (don’t know why, but they call each others by nicks), traveled from Yakutsk to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. A funny thing. They documented the expedition pretty good. They’ve got a lot of high resolutions photographs, perfect videos and… Since [...]

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What is the standard tour to the Pole of Cold? Travel time, activities, accommodations, prices?

Often asked about the tour to the Pole of Cold, Oymyakon. All the time the question sounds different. Some is interested in transfer rates, others in hotel rates, third persons are just wondering what to do and see in the Pole of Cold. So I decided why not just give away the description of the [...]

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Siberia/Yakutia Motorcycle Adventure Recommended Stuff List

Yeah, I am pretty much happy to present the list of useful stuff to bring along while traveling on bikes across Russia’s Siberia and Far East. The list was compiled,  used  and provided by Czech motorcyclists Eva Krečová and Tomáš Holman (the FB fan page OFF Siberia … ОФФ Сибирь Project), who, by the way, [...]

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How to ship your moto or vehicle from/to Magadan & from/to Vladivostok by sea?

Rejoyce, everyone, who wishes to try the Road of Bones to/from Magadan. Magadan is not the deadend. It is, actually, one of your enroute waypoints.
The only thing you need to know is how to ship your vehicle from/to Magadan by sea. The second thing to remember is that a Turkish driver Ali Eric (www.istanbul2instanbul.com) [...]

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Why is Oymyakon so cold?

I found this question in the list of keywords that have brought some traffic to my weblog, and I recalled Nick Middleton, an Oxford geography lecturer and the creator of the four-series TV show “Going to Extremes.” The first part, btw, depicted his travel to Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold. While staying in the village, [...]

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SibirskyExtreme back to Yakutia, made the way from Ust-Kut to the Arctic Circle successfully

Walter Colebatch, the UK Sibirsky Extreme moto adventure project leader, returned to Yakutia from Baikal. He said good bye to his fellows Tony and Terry, who went back home to England. At that moment, he thought “I still harboured a burning ambition to get to the Arctic Circle in Asia… I just had enough [...]

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