Out of UB
Things never go as planned. We were scheduled to meet our drivers and spend 8 hours driving to our first river deep in the countryside. The problem, Chris didn't make it. We aren't exactly sure how it happened, but he ended up getting really sick, like go to the bathroom every 10 minutes kind of sick. It could have come from a number of different places, but we have our money on the mystery be bought from the road side kabob stand late one night.
So Brian and I loaded up the vans and began the drive. We also got to spend a little more time with our translator/countryside guide, Auggi, who in a word is best described as awesome! He is 24 years old, and has been up and down the entire country, raced jeeps in the Gobi, can show a man how to catch a horse, and spent the month before we showed up with the Shaman people of the north. He has done more than any of us when it comes to wilderness and adventure and the time he had to re-brake his broken arm hasn't stopped him one step.
Auggi, Brian and I took the "8 hour drive" to our first camp - it turned into 15. Chris was to chopper in with Tim Pask in two days, this actually worked. All of Tim's gear made it to UB, the chopper didn't crash, and there they were getting off the big bird just smiling away. Once the rest of the crew arrived, we could continue our travel to northern most portion of the stream, the border guards were friendly and took our paperwork without any fuss, we were almost to Russia.
On the way north we stopped in by a small family's ger to make sure we were going the right way, as there are no marked roads for hundreds of miles, even the GPS can throw you off sometimes. They were very friendly and brought us some of their home made dried yogurt which was different to say the least. We pressed on and eventually made it to the put-in at 11pm. Total drive time from UB to first put in : 27 hours.
Well we are on the water now. The trout fishing is good. Taimen fishing is hard. More updates in a few days.
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
So Brian and I loaded up the vans and began the drive. We also got to spend a little more time with our translator/countryside guide, Auggi, who in a word is best described as awesome! He is 24 years old, and has been up and down the entire country, raced jeeps in the Gobi, can show a man how to catch a horse, and spent the month before we showed up with the Shaman people of the north. He has done more than any of us when it comes to wilderness and adventure and the time he had to re-brake his broken arm hasn't stopped him one step.
Auggi, Brian and I took the "8 hour drive" to our first camp - it turned into 15. Chris was to chopper in with Tim Pask in two days, this actually worked. All of Tim's gear made it to UB, the chopper didn't crash, and there they were getting off the big bird just smiling away. Once the rest of the crew arrived, we could continue our travel to northern most portion of the stream, the border guards were friendly and took our paperwork without any fuss, we were almost to Russia.
On the way north we stopped in by a small family's ger to make sure we were going the right way, as there are no marked roads for hundreds of miles, even the GPS can throw you off sometimes. They were very friendly and brought us some of their home made dried yogurt which was different to say the least. We pressed on and eventually made it to the put-in at 11pm. Total drive time from UB to first put in : 27 hours.
Well we are on the water now. The trout fishing is good. Taimen fishing is hard. More updates in a few days.
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
Tim Pask Photo
posted by Justin at
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2 Comments:
Way to overcome the hurdles crew. Glad to see the waders are on and the boots are in the water. Taimen will not be easy....but lenock are a different story. Sorry to hear about the sickness Chris. Be careful what you eat......and drink. Give my best to Auggi.
Hi from Spain.The first of all my name is Sergio and im fly fisherman. Im 21 and i love fishing. Of course i dont have so much money so i have to fish near my home. One day i dream to travel around the world fishing like you do.Your jobs are fantastic. Here is my web page
www.elrincondelmosquito.com
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