The Goliath Expedition

We can announce that Karl and Dimitri have decided that they won’t be walking together from this point on. Had they managed to start walking in early January as planned then things may have been different, however, because of the enforced late start to this next leg they have constantly had to change the plans and routes. Due to disagreements over the best course of action it would appear each walker has decided to do the next leg in the way they consider the best. They have both reached Anguema (approximately 480 kilometres / 296 miles from Uelen) and will walk down to Egvekinot. It’s believed that Dimitri will then take an aircraft to Anadyr and return to the US. He will then return to Russia later this coming summer and complete his journey on a more northerly route than Karl’s.

Although there is still snow and ice about it is rapidly starting to thin out and Karl believes that at Egvekinot he will have to send his sled and most of his equipment down to Anadyr to be stored there, while carrying on with just a rucksack.