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SRMR day 4 ~ a race to the Arabel pass
The phone alarm sounds at 4:30 but when I check the weather outside I see that overnight it started snowing and a low cloud cover doesn’t promise anything good for this morning. In the end I decide to go back to the sleeping bag, snatch one more hour of sleep, wait for the daylight and…
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SRMR Day 3, cold, snow, sun and 270 kilometres in the saddle
When the alarm rings at 3:30 in the morning the first thing I do is to get out of the sleeping bag and check the conditions outside. The air is cold and crisp, the menacing rain clouds from last night have all but disappeared and a clear black sky full of stars stretches above. You…
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SRMR Day 2, tough climbs, headwind, rain and kymyz
When the phone rings at 4 am it’s hard to say if I had a good nights sleep or not, what I’m sure of is that it didn’t compensate all the sleep deficit from the last two nights. During such a race the question is not whether you can fully recover from one day to…
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Silk Road Mountain Race 2021, lead-up.
The lead-up to the race started for me on a bleak February day, bombarded with grim COVID news, under a nation-wide night quarantine and suffering from job burnout. It started by sending a mail to see if there are any free spots in the race. When Nelson responded that there still are some spots left…
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TMB ziua 2, la poalele uriasilor
E ora 8 cand incepe sa se lumineze de ziua in camera de iarna a Refugiului Elisabeta. Afara o ceata laptoasa invalui refugiul, o ceata care se bate cap in cap cu prognoza de soare glorios pentru ziua de azi. Ne apucam sa strangem sacii de dormit si sa indesam lucrurile in bagajele de bicicleta…
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Silk Road Mountain Race
Silk Road Mountain Race 2022 Taking part in the Atlas Mountain Race 2023 and finishing in the top 5 (1300km / 17000m of climbing) Taking part in the Hellenic Mountain Race 2023 and finishing in the top 5 (900km / 30.000m of climbing) Previous expeditions / results 2nd in the Nation XCM / XCO…
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Cu bicicletele prin Podisul Hartibaciului, fata in fata cu Fagarasul
Sau locuri unde nu exista KOMuri, segmente de Strava, dar pustiul compenseaza cu imaginea Fagarasului pe fundal, drumuri salbatice si sate rupte din romanele lui Preda, Petrescu si Rebreanu Sunt putine momente in an in care Fagarasul e mai frumos de la poale decat de pe creste, insa finalul lui aprilie cand verdele crud al…
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The Bartang valley, the adventure of crossing the wild Pamir.
As I reach a small crossroad on the Pamir highway, 20 kilometers after leaving Karakul, I once again take out the map trying to consider my options. On one hand I can follow the “official” Pamir highway towards Murghab or I can take the small road which branches off in front of me towards the…
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Un ultim oras mare si un prim foc in mijlocul desertului.
Pe masura ce te apropii de granita cu Kazakhstanul orasele devin din ce in ce mai mari, astfel inca dupa Kungirot mai sunt doar doua mici orasele pe mai bine de 350 de kilometri, iar intre ele nu exista nimic altceva decat desert. Nici un loc de luat apa, nici un copac, nici un pic…
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Drumul spre Nukus, capitala Qarapakastanului.
Daca dupa calatoria de anul trecut in care am baut cantitati imense de ceai negru m-am intors cu un oarecare atasament fata de ceai, calatoria de anul acesta o sa fie cel mai probabil calatoria in care o sa dobandesc acelasi atasament pentru cafea. Dupa saptamanile petrecute cu Spaska in Kyrgystan, atunci cand cafeaua de…