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Home->Journeys->Altai Bike Expedition, 2006

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Jon Turk is making this posting, not Nina. Noey and I and our 14 year old guide, Stas are in Zyryanovsk: Lat 49 degrees, 44 minutes North; Long 84 degrees 16 minutes East.
We finished leg one of our bike ride -- five days of hard technical mountain bike riding. I am totally, completely, and utterly worked.
The ecstasy:
Unspoiled mountain wilderness; richest cacaphony of wild flowers I have ever seen in my life, eagles overhead, drinking straight out of gurgling mountain streams, camping out, closeness with my daughter Noey, lush forests, rolling alpine meadows.
The agony:
Up trail so steep once that we can't push our bikes and load, so we have to double trip, once with bike and Bob and once with bag of gear. Down trail so steep once that we were all falling down repeatedly, while walking our bikes. Two miles in 6 hours; 9 miles in 11 hours. Thunder, lightning, rain, hail. Mud and blood. We climb 4,600 feet in one big push.
And what about the 4 million stream crossings ankle to waist deep, the 4 trillion mud puddles -some with tadpoles and some without, vicious flesh-tearing flies, and the set of brake pads that we wore down to the metal in four days --- are they the agony or the ecstasy, or just mountain bike riding in Kazakhstan?



Dated: 07/11/2006