Paris / New York - Transcontinental 2009

[Oilworker]

The dot marks their current, approximate, position, southwest of that 438m pass and I´ve underlined Provideniya.

In this map you can get a better understanding of the "cities" as it is one of very few maps that also shows Enmelem....

 

[Hubsteria]

Awesome!

Would it be possible for you to upload the detalied map somewhere so i can have a copy?

I read maps for brekfast. =)

The story is long enough, my story is that i am only a dreamer, yet.

Best regards,

Hubsteria

 

[dzzz]

January 19, 2010: 101st short message (05:04 a.m. CET)

800 m before the pass, after what seemed like endless days, nights and efforts: problems with the axles on F1 and F2. Right now we are organizing support and a rescue vehicle. Team is great. Have to retain our composure. We gave everything, really everything until now. Retain composure / retain composure – it is very difficult.

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[Hubsteria]

I hope they diddent have to walk to the town to get help.
I guess a walk would take 12-14 hours. Single way.

Figers crossed, cant stand waiting for those updates. =)

Hubsteria

 

[Oilworker]

I guess they have radioed for help and the local AA representative has gone over to pick them up in his Latvina6x6 or amphibious tracked vehicle...
We´ll see

 

[Oilworker]

Well, with this said...I just read on their site that they have managed to haul the two broken Jeeps and the trailers to Provideniya, where they are currently settling in....looking for a "heated" space to put the cars and repair them.....

I wonder how they are going to prepare themselves for this upcoming leg of their trip to Uelen ...

The red line is a "road" according to the maps, which probably is a well used and prepared winter road....the dots mark the, from the elevations on the maps, "best" route north...sadly they would have to get over that pass again which the couldn´t tackle the last week...I am rather curios to see their route north as of all the expeditions to Uelen (by car or truck) that I have read of noone has choosen this route....

 

[bigwalton]

Where are you seeing that news? I can't find anything other than the last entry saying that they were setting up rescue.

 

[dzzz]

Where are you seeing that news? I can't find anything other than the last entry saying that they were setting up rescue.

Sprichst du deutsch?

 

[Oilworker]

Where are you seeing that news? I can't find anything other than the last entry saying that they were setting up rescue.

Its in the german section....to stay updated you really have to check all over...bits of news are spread everywhere :-(

The news reels come in in german and are then translated at their companies base in Germany. After that they are spread to the different websites and forums...

 

[Hubsteria]

Good that it sounds safe and so, i hope repairs will not need special parts thats is inpossible to make yourself.

Wether doesent seem to bad:

http://www.klart.se/v%C3%A4der-provideniya.html

The route furteher on to Uelen seems hard at the moment, bad wether has a big role in the snow conditions. If it gets warm now 24/25 jan and then colder you can hope for a ice layer that is hard enough to drive on. I am just guessing here.
My toughts is that the team spirit will stay high, then everthing is possible.
Rest out, have a "pivo", and just chill.

Hubsteria

 

[Oilworker]

I hate to repeat myself, but thanx to global warming and many other things that are constantly changing neither the bering strait freezes to a solid sheet of ice nor does the sea south of it....
The currents up there are too strong and the strait is to shallow to permit that....
I can dig up the latest sea ice reports for that area if you like...swimming like the guys in their Defender did is much safer....but hey, we´ll see and I like to watch from my sunny island´s beach

 

[Hubsteria]

Probably you have seen this page, but if you havent it is worth a look i think.

http://www.beringiapark.ru/indexen.php?right=mapen

And Oilman, how did you see it is a road there, maybe another, more detailed map?

Hubsteria

 

[Oilworker]

Well, just as in your map....the dotted lines are winter roads and and the lines are road that are usable in summer, too.

Oh, and yes, I do have more detailed maps of that region, too.

 

[BlueGerbil]

January 17, 2010: 96th short message (05:32 a.m. CET)

5 p.m. ARE STILL MORE OR LESS AT THE SAME SPOT LIKE YESTERDAY. THE DISTANCE TO THE PASS IS STILL AROUND 5 KM, BUT NOW WE ARE ON THE RIDGE.
Last night it took us eight hours to winch the two cars and trailers up the hill. This morning I took two small-shot cartridges and constructed a new bearing for the servo pump, because it broke again. Yesterday six people from Providenia – were the people are waiting for our arrival – came to visit us and to see how we are doing. We were sincerely greeted by the leader of the administration, the leader of border control of the Russian troops, representatives of MCS and others.
Unbelievable, really. I will write more in the main report. Team spirit great. Team is feeling good.

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January 17, 2010: 97th short message (09:42 p.m. CET)

Today, we accomplished 2.1 km. It was very tough work. We had to look for paths and get through snow fields for what seemed like forever. But driving around worked out. F1 is still running without any problems. The team is okay.

January 18, 2010: 98th short message (08:06 a.m. CET)

Today, we accomplished 1.6 km. The pass is now 1.9 km away. Endless powder snow. We winch and shovel – toughest strains for each and everyone. Cold, endeavor, shortness of sleep, but everyone does their utmost. Just great this team. No controversy, nothing. I am very enthusiastic about each and everyone. Just like settlers at that time – bit by bit in an unknown country.

January 18, 2010: 99th short message (12:49 p.m. CET)

Are literally walking on our last legs. This godawful pass.
It’s enough. Gosh. A little while ago, I was so angry. Oh well, after that, the snow had a realization. It froze a little more and we could move 800 m in two hours. Now we are standing on a hillside – on a little plateau – about 1.2 km away from the pass, with both vehicles and trailers. Tonight we will try to make a track with F1 and use sticks, that I placed today during the daylight, as orientation (if we can find them at night ). The snow here makes you go crazy. The surface is hard as concrete, but underneath is nothing but powder. If the surface breaks, the wheel breaks in and then there is no more traction. This form of snow is very different from the snow e.g. in Jakutsk. There, we didn’t reach the passes easily, but we did get to cross them. Here, everybody has their hands full of weals from shoveling and everybody has enough from the “pass”.

January 19, 2010: 100th short message (00:16 a.m. CET)

Have to get out of here. Yesterday we received a bad weather report – on January 21/22, there is expected to be a storm with snow, snow drifts and wind speed 9-10 as well as hurricane blasts. We only have two days left. We have to make it. We worked the whole night, shoveled like crazy and winched. We accomplished another 200 meters along the steep hillside – we mastered an absolute challenge. Another 1.7 km to the pass.

January 19, 2010: 101st short message (05:04 a.m. CET)

800 m before the pass, after what seemed like endless days, nights and efforts: problems with the axles on F1 and F2. Right now we are organizing support and a rescue vehicle. Team is great. Have to retain our composure. We gave everything, really everything until now. Retain composure / retain composure – it is very difficult.

 

[BlueGerbil]

Its in the german section....to stay updated you really have to check all over...bits of news are spread everywhere :-(

That isn´t true at all.
You´re getting all the available information here in the forums ASAP.