Longest unsupported e-bike expedition in the world – 2015-2017
AS FAR AS THE BATTERY LASTS
Longest unsupported e-bike expedition in the world – stage 1
In 25 months through Siberia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia
Tanja and Denis Katzer describe their adventure tour by e-bike through Siberia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam and Cambodia in this report accompanied by wonderful pictures. It’s a very unusual kind of pair run, actually a threesome, because Ajaci the dog is also involved. The whole thing is not a fixed idea, but part of a large, ambitious project that, in all modesty, aims to become “the longest documented expedition in human history”.
Here is the link to the 7 diaries,
that were created during the trip.
And it starts in Behringesdorf and leads first of all to Moscow. This is where the Trans-Siberian Railway starts on its long journey through Siberia. After 5,647 km it reaches Ulan Ude behind Lake Baikal. There they mount their e-bikes (each weighing 150 kilograms with trailers for equipment and dogs) and ride through Mongolia and on through central China to the Chinese border town of Hekou.
So much for the bare facts. In contrast, the report of this cycle tour through a world that is completely foreign to us Central Europeans is full and impressive. There are these incomparably beautiful landscapes with their bizarre solitude. There are people with their completely different ways of life in the high-tension field between millennia-old traditions and an overwhelming modernity. But there are also the challenges and risks, the extreme weather conditions, temperatures between plus 60 degrees and minus 30 degrees, exotic road conditions and countless other imponderables. The power supply for the e-bikes in the remoteness, the Chinese smog and the inevitable breakdowns in the sometimes bitter cold are all part of it. You have to grit your teeth, improvise and carry on driving at some point. Short and sweet: a captivating report on a fascinating journey full of great photos, film clips and moving music!
FURTHER INFO:
During their 25-month e-bike expedition, the two adventurers cycled through part of Siberia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. So far, they have covered 17,000 kilometers and climbed 74,000 meters in altitude. The multivision show shows the first half of the journey, i.e. up to China.
