The Goliath Expedition

12 years, 36,000 miles, 4 continents, 25 countries, crossing a frozen sea, 6 deserts, 7 mountain ranges

Archive for September, 2007

Straight from Karl

Just let you all know that I reached my first way-point, the mining camp, on schedule on 9th September. It was a hard kick-start for my body, carrying a fair bit of weight (approximately 36kg/80lb) and I had some issues with muscle strains in my legs and back in the first few days which were [...]

Karl reached Mining Camp on schedule

On 9th September we received a message from Karl stating that he had reached the ‘Mining Camp’ on schedule and all was well. Picking up some of his forwarded supplies, he will move northwards to Komsomolskiy (395km / 17 days). As there are only tracks and it’s summer Karl can use neither his trailer nor [...]