Метка: lake Baikal

Baikal … most-most in the world and in depth and its unique inhabitants, how he always seemed unattainable to me from here, from the dusty plains of summer in the Sea of Azov steppes – even a vacation in India seemed more real to me.

“Journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step!”, – Said the Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu. And how hard we had to take that first step and the side of Lake Baikal! But still we Andrei Naumov – fisherman from our Rostov club “Poseidon” – this step did. Read more »

The calendar on September 7 and we are ready to go on a short journey – St. Petersburg, Moscow, Transib, Irkutsk, Baikal, Kachug, the upper reaches of the Lena River, Ust-Kut, BAM, Transib, Moscow, St. Petersburg

In Moscow, you can go as a modest and calm, no noise and dust, a second-class carriage, in order not to get a false start. The main event is scheduled for departure from the capital, namely 13-00, Kazan Railway Station, the train from Moscow to Chita. And finally, let’s go. We have the coupe as much as 4 days. Ahead of Irkutsk. Read more »

Marching season ended, summer red, golden autumn gave way to a dull bad weather with rain, gradually turning into sleet. Fall off-season – for me it is time to summarize the past season. So now once more be happy to remember the events of last summer, bright colors that have remained in my memory.

Rafting with the Upper Lena – this route is preparing slowly, very carefully, because this was a “pipe dream” of the last years of our entire team. Read more »

The idea of a hike along the upper Lena was born out of the desire of rafting on the river which flows into the lake, and then could be a few days relaxing on the wild coast “glorious sea”, sunbathing and fishing.

“It was smooth on paper, but they forgot about the ravines” – it turned out that the rivers flowing into the lake a lot, but they are either very short or categorical (eg Tompuda) and hard. The only abundant river – Selenga has disappeared because of the high-water and a relatively large population of the coast. Read more »