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Hi folks! I’ve said it many times before, but it bears repeating: to me, Kamchatka is the most beautiful place on Earth! It’s a truly magical world of volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, bears, and so much more. Aside from the region’s famously unpredictable (and rarely friendly) weather, every trip here is just awesome. Awesome – […]

And so, our Altai-Katun rafting adventure was coming to its inevitable end, and so is my Altai-Katun series of posts detailing it. All that’s left to do is share the most interesting photos that I don’t think I’ve shown here before. If I have – apologies for the repeats. So, in this final installment to […]

Continuing the tales of our Altai summer adventure – next up, we’re edging down the Katun with the final stretch fast approaching… Today’s rapids – the Teldekpen Rapids, aka “the Stumps” (here) – which, in high water, are probably the most difficult, unpredictable, and genuinely dangerous of the whole river. But let’s start from the […]

After a full day of downtime given the incessant rain, the following morning, finally, we were able to get back on the Katun. Which we were reeeaaally keen to do since, turns out, without a steady stream of outside stimuli to jolt the nervous system, modern big-city office types like us get rather down. Another […]

Hi folks! Another day – another spot of rafting in Altai!… After a thrilling day of whitewater rapids on the Chuya, we were back on the Katun river. By this point we’d already done the Cheeks, the Akkem Rush, and the Chuya’s Turbine and Horizon rapids. Next up – yet more exciting aquatic adventures: great! […]

What, don’t recognize me?… Sure – the clean shave and suit and tie are a combo rarely seen on my person, but yes – it’s me ). The tie is actually really old, though it’s only been worn a few times. For yes – I don’t often find myself at really official events, and the […]