Yes it does say 2015 and yes, that does feel like a lifetime away!
Not exactly a small adventure we know but Phil has been considering a trip to travel from London to Magadan in far eastern Russia for some time on his motorbike and he may have just convinced the rest of us to join in a much more comfortable 4×4!
With the lack of maintenance and harsh winters the ‘Road of Bones’ built by Joseph Stalin’s Gulag prisoners, as we know it will soon fall into memory. The road and bridges continue to deteriorate so this famous ‘adventure trail’ will soon become a thing of the past, why not be part of that history and complete it?
Apart from a once in a lifetime trip down one of the most famous roads in the world we will also visit the coldest inhabited place on earth (not at the coldest time of year though!), a Russian ghost town called Kadychan and old Gulag sites so you can understand and be part of this remote area’s history.
We would be looking at limited spaces on this trip for obvious reasons with a mix of both 4×4’s and motorbikes depending on what floats your boat. With a support 4×4 vehicle, Russian speakers, a professional photographer and filming equipment also joining us we should have all the bases covered for an epic adventure of a lifetime.
More details to follow so watch this space!
This sound fantastic I’m definitely interested. When in 2014 are you planning on going?
It will have to be as close to the end of the summer as possible to allow all the rivers to drop to the lowest level, they tend to run very high and fast with the run off from the melting snow earlier on which is no good when it comes to crossing them because a bridge is out!
At present I’m looking at the different options depending on who shows interest, we can either do a complete London to Magadan or ship the bikes and equipment to a point further on and join them there skipping Western Europe, depends really.
What are your thoughts?
What do you want to see most on that journey?
I would be looking to do the journey in an old 4×4, the route from London to Magadan would be a testing challenge & that is what I would be doing the journey for, ‘the challenge’.
That’s exactly it, nothing better than challenging yourself and succeeding! I will keep you posted, what sort of 4×4 out of curiosity? I have someone else interested who is positive they want to do it in a Suzuki Sj410 convertible!
I was thinking of something along the same lines since you seem to be able to pick one up cheaply enough, but I would consider something bigger if you needed something act as a support vehicle for the bikes.
I will be going down the road of a Land Cruiser or similar as you rightly say, need the load capacity but would love to take a little Suzuki Sj to buck the trend!
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If the journey is possible towards the end of October then I can get a few guys in 2 4×4’s.
Due to work constraints July/August is not possible for any of us.
I am also interested to know more re the Vegas trip too.
Thanks for taking a look at the site.
The problem with October is near constant sub-zero temperatures and the snow/ice. While you can get snow fall there even in August it usually disappears quite quickly and if a big problem arises, we aren’t all likely to freeze to death while dealing with it!
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