12 years, 36,000 miles, 4 continents, 25 countries, crossing a frozen sea, 6 deserts, 7 mountain ranges
On Saturday 6th October Karl arrived at Komsomolskiy after walking the 474 km / 295 miles from his last waypoint at the Valinistiy mining camp. The track created for the mining trucks had been a lot better than expected and Karl had been able to maintain a reasonable pace, although carrying all his equipment and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By the 28th August, Karl will have made his way to Anguema, a small village north of Egvekinot, by a series of boat trips and flights. As Karl is taking a more northerly summer route for the present, it will be easier to start at Anguema. Being a village he passed through on the [...]
On the 15th August, after several days waiting in Nome, Karl managed to get on a flight back to Anadyr in Russia. After just a bit of fuss he was cleared by Customs and will be staying in the accommodation where he and Dimitri stayed last time while waiting for the next flight up to [...]
It would appear that the agent we employed to handle obtaining permits etc. caused us a bit of a problem. Even though Karl gave pretty specific instructions as to how long this next leg would take, the agent (with a choice of two or six months permits) chose the lesser. Karl had to return [...]
More developments we could have done without I’m afraid. It would appear that the agent we employed to handle obtaining permits etc has caused us a bit of a problem. Even though Karl and Dimitri gave pretty specific instructions as to how long this next leg would take, the agent (with a choice of two [...]
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 [...]
After a 10 hour ride in an all-terrain vehicle Karl and Dimitri finally arrived in Uelen on 12th April. They over-nighted in the police station before (at long last) setting off on the next leg. The going at that stage was quite good, with the ice nice and solid. Heading north-west along the northern coast [...]
On 6th April, Karl and Dimitri flew from Anadyr north to Lavrentiya. The intention had been to leave for Uelen on 9th April in a convoy of all-terrain (vezde hod) vehicles. However, an e-mail was received from Dimitri on Tuesday 10th April, stating that there had been unusually strong storms in the area and everything [...]