{"id":718,"date":"2017-02-27T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basichealthinternational.org\/?p=718"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:41:04","slug":"irkutsk-5am-6c-light-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/basichealthinternational.org\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Irkutsk 5am -6c light snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Warm this am with light snow.<\/p>\n

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Baikal walk \/ Kultuk starting point<\/p><\/div>\n

It has been a warmer than average winter here so far with a recent dump of snow
\nThe warmer temperatures over the next few days are welcome except for the fact there will be more drag on my 75 kg sled and tougher to pull especially with more weight at the start of the trip.<\/p>\n

Baikal walk Kultuk starting point<\/p><\/div>\n

Good excuse to eat lots over the next few days.
\nHope to consume around 5000 Calories\/ day.
\nGuilt free chocolate consumption is a big part of long expeditions.
\nProblem is stopping when one gets home!<\/p>\n

So happy to be among the Lake Baikal people and culture.<\/p>\n

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Hobnail Boots<\/p><\/div>\n

Just screwed studs into my boots and thinking of Shackleton and team wearing hob nail boots to cross the glaciers of South Georgia to get to Stromness.<\/p>\n

Driving from Irkutsk<\/a> to Kultuk<\/a> at the bottom of the lake in a short while.<\/p>\n

Then the walk northwards begins.<\/p>\n

Best wishes to you all.<\/p>\n

Bill<\/p>\n

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