In the previous post about Noraly from ItchyBoots.com we followed her quick ride through Tajikistan.
With this series of videos we follow her through Kyrgyzstan.
Ep. 79 – Crossing into Kyrgyzstan
Reaching 4700 metres across some awful roads makes for an interesting ride.
Ep. 80 – Riding to Osh
Noraly welcomes the warmer weather at 1000 metres.
After Uzbekistan, we catch up with Noraly in Tajikistan.
Ep. 71 – Crossing into Tajikistan
Ep. 72 – Riding through the mountains to Dushanbe
Ep. 73 – Riding towards the Afghanistan border
Ep. 74 – Riding along the Afghanistan border
Ep. 75 – Riding from Khorog to Ishkashim in the Wakhan Valley
Ep. 76 – Ishkashim towards the Bibi Fatima Hot Springs
Ep. 77 – Riding remote rough roads from the Wakhan Valley to Highway M41, the Pamir Highway and onto Alichur
Ep. 78 – Noraly rides from Alichur, to Murghab, to Karakul, over Ak Baital Pass at 4655 metres, in cold weather, on poor quality fuel.
Bai Bin, a Chinese man, has become the first to finished a 24,000 km, 433 days (14-month), fourteen country run from Antarctica to the Arctic Ocean.
Beginning at the Great Wall Station in March 2018, Bai Bin arrived at the Arctic Ocean in Inuvik, N.W.T. in May 2019.
Bai Bin told the CBC he had a goal to do the journey in less than 300 days but several challenges along the way:
“I encountered many hardships along this journey, including severe weather, even kidnapping, also sickness, injuries,” he said. “I went through a lot, including high temperature, UV and instability in Central America. All these hardships made a huge impact on my race.”
On his GoFundMe page, Bai describes significant challenges in Central and South America. He says he suffered a bacterial infection in Colombia, lists two hospitalizations in Panama and says he was kidnapped in Mexico.
It’s not the Iditarod, but about the 1,000-mile long Yukon Quest.
Elisa Shoenberger, writing in Deadspin:
Today, the Quest winds its way up through the Yukon and Alaskan wilderness, passing villages and remote houses along the way. The middle point is historic Dawson City, the capital of the Klondike Gold Rush, filled with casinos, dance halls, hotels, banks, and luxurious shopping back in the day. It was even once called “The Paris of the North.” The first musher to Dawson City wins a few ounces of gold, a nice nod to the city’s heritage.
The first race was won by Sonny Lindner in 12 days and 5 minutes; the fastest finish was by Allen Moore in 2004 in 8 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes. Aliy Zirkle was the first woman to win the race in 2000. The closest finish was in 2012, when Hugh Neff beat Allen Moore by only 26 seconds.
The Yukon Quest is a smaller and younger race than the Iditarod. The latter is better known and is much more commercialized, bringing bigger sponsors and media attention. There’s also a bigger prize for mushers who win or place high enough. It therefore attracts greater numbers of mushers: the Iditarod had 52 mushers participate this year while the Quest had 30. Some feel that the focus on money in the Iditarod has moved it away from the real stars of the show: the dogs and the mushers themselves.
From the small lonely islands of Lofoten to the dancing northern lights in Senja, David Jervidal travelled with his father, Tommy Jervidal, for 10 days in the northern part of Norway – to capture some of it’s untamed wilderness.
In this episode of The Road Chose Me, Dan Grec explores Kenya – from the Massai Mara National Park, to making giraffe and elephant friends, to getting remote in the Northern Expanses.
After a quick 3-day ride through Turkmenistan, Noraly heads into Uzbekistan.
Ep. 67 – Noraly heads to the Uzbekistan border
Ep. 68 – From Nukus to Khiva
Ep. 69 – Khiva to Bukhara
The fuel quality in Uzbekistan is not the greatest. And the Royal Enfield is feeling it.
Ep. 70 – Bukhara to Samarkand in search of motorcycle engine oil
From YouTube:
Colin O’Brady is a professional endurance athlete, motivational speaker and adventurer. He is a three-time world record holder, and just became the first person in the world to travel across Antarctica unassisted. In 2016 he set the Explorers Grand Slam and Seven Summits speed records.
Andrew Studer via Vimeo:
‘Space to Roam’ is a film inspired by all the unique structures, patterns, and overall “otherworldly” landscapes found in Southwestern America’s public lands in hopes of protecting them. This project is dedicated to the people who preserve the history of and protect our public lands. It is also in honor of ‘astronaut’ Kyle Hague’s grandmother who unfortunately passed away during production.
More info & photo series: andrewstuder.com/space
From A2A Expedition:
We take a 4×4 trail from Merzouga through the Sahara desert to Sidi Ali and then onto Tinghir. It was a dusty, long but fantastic trail!
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