Pedal for no Medal – Day 18
So boys and girls, we have another story for you now. The last day of the “Pedal for no Medal” adventure. The date was February 7, time was 8:15, the temperature was -1 degrees and the four bikes got on
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Pedal for no Medal – Day 17
Who knows how Russians get up in the morning, but for us the 8 o’clock wake up call came like a cold shower in a dark cave. The contrast of which with the warm and sunny days was just mind
Pedal for no Medal – Day 16
An hour before the planned wake-up call someone was knocking on our door disturbing the peace and snoring. Behind the door, there was the smiling face of some Estonian guy with a photo camera in his hand. After only three
Pedal for no Medal – Day 15
We left Fedosiya at the break of day at 8:15 and headed into the unknown - the border with Russian Federation. No one knew, how long we will have to wait in line, how many papers we’ll have to sign
Pedal for no Medal – Day 14
After 13 days of constant freezing and trembling this morning came like a spring in February. The sun was generously pouring warmth over the mountains of Crimea and soon the temperature raised above the zero point, lifting our spirits and
Pedal for no Medal – Day 13
Because of new information regarding closed roads we had to change our initial plan, which was to go straight from Krasnoperekops’k to Simferopol. Despite the extra 32 kilometers we decided to reroute through Dzhankoi thus eliminating the possibility of getting
Pedal for no Medal – Day 12
Some of us were restless and others got the time wrong, so our camp started to bustle an hour earlier than planned. When we woke up the last sleeping beauty Karlis B. and offered him the morning porridge, Karlis didn’t
Pedal for no Medal – Day 11
Yesterday’s hardcore chill-out has left it’s marks - this morning Kaspars was complaining about a muscle ache in his leg. But other than that everybody was feeling great mainly because of the bright sunlight dancing on the white sheets of
Pedal for no Medal – Day 10
This morning started with encouraging news. According to the weather forecast the temperature outside was -18 degrees with a wind chill of -32. We got goosebumps just thinking about the freezing day to come. Karlis B. was especially indignant and
Pedal for no Medal – Day 9
There is time for rest and time for doing, and this morning our rest time was over. The bike of Karlis B. tried to disagree by puffing out air in the hotel lobby, but we bribed it with a new
Pedal for no Medal – Day 8
This was a rest day, so no pedaling. Both the guys and their bikes got cleaned up and gathered strength for the second part of our epic trip. After almost 1400 kilometers the joints are bound to get a bit
Pedal for no Medal – Day 7
This morning the cyclists strapped their bikes on the roof of our van and we headed in the direction of Latvia. “Ok, at last they had enough of this madness,” you might think, but you would be wrong. The reason
Pedal for no Medal – Day 6
Because of the time difference between Poland and Ukraine this morning we can afford to sleep half an hour longer than yesterday. Under normal circumstances these extra 30 minutes would seem irrelevant, but after 11 hours bike ride every minute
Pedal for no Medal – Day 5
Yesterday evening we had a late meeting and decided that we should make a better use of the limited daylight by starting the ride earlier. Nobody was particularly excited about the prospects of getting up even earlier and being grumpy
Pedal for no Medal – Day 4
To avoid cycling after sunset we started early this morning - at 6 o’clock the camp was up and preparing for the ride. However, despite the early wake up call, we hit the road only after 8 o’clock, because somehow
Pedal for no Medal – Day 3
The hotel receptionist was a bit shocked to hear about our project and noted that this is a totally crazy and unrealizable idea. We could agree with the first allegation, but the latter is definitely unreasoned, because you can realize
Pedal for no Medal – Day 2
A dose of reality: -19 degrees Celsius and approx. 220km to the hotel we are planning to rest our bones at. Of course there’s the possibility to finish some miles before the hotel and drive there with our van (and,
Pedal for no Medal – Day 1
So our new adventure is on and we are back on the road - have to say, it feels almost like visiting a good friend after being away for a while. After a short press conference and warm farewell from
A Friendly Wisit
Last week Karlis was visiting the little patients of the Children’s Hospital to spread the word of strong spirit, following one’s dreams and the magnetic properties of the aspect of life we call Adventure. During the first part of this
Show must go on
And so the life long adventure of BOB continues. On January 21st, Karlis and his three friends - Kaspars, Roberts, Karlis P. will mount their bicycles and set the course to Sochi in Russia, home to the XXII Winter Olympic