Just received the following update from the
Bam Riders.
Good luck to all, ride safe and looking forward to hearing the stories (oh yes, there will be stories
) at HU 2017!
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"2016 schedule for the
Bam Riders.
In late July we plan to leave Magadan for our second tour of the Old Summer road. This time we are aiming to take in a bit more of what our route has to offer instead of just riding the trails. We will spend a little more time at Kadychan, the deserted city, and visit Oymyakon which is the coldest inhabited town in the world.
This trip we will be accompanied by Míde Maher, who as far as we know will be the second western woman to cross the old summer road by bike and her bike of choice will be a Honda CRF 230.
Also joining us are 2 friends from Germany, Fritz and Thomas whom we met in Vladivostok in 2014 whilst they were driving around the world in a Mini and have since become good friends!
Gary O Keeffe from our 2014 trip will be travelling by jeep, after tearing his ligaments in both his legs on the last trip, riding the bike will not be possible for him this year.
Gary has an ongoing adventure which this trip will be a small part of, you can find information about this at 1eyeontheworld.com
From the old summer road we plan to head south to Yakutsk where Míde will fly back to Ireland. The rest of the group will carry on to Tynda and the start of the western Bam which we will take as far as the start of the 110 which heads south down the eastern side of lake Baikal.
The southernmost part of the 110 leads us to Ulaan Ude where we will obtain our visa’s for Mongolia.Then down to Ulaanbator where we will leave our bikes and equipment for a later trip across the Gobi desert, Pamir highway and the Stans"
