Extreme Circumnavigation on "The Cossacks"!

• Extreme Circumnavigation on "Zaporozhets"!

Aslan tells Shauey: "Seeing in Facebook some photos of this extraordinary journey, I could not help but remember the phrase" madness of the brave we sing glory! Madness of the brave - is the wisdom of life, "Indeed, you have not only courage, but also a bit of madness to decide on such an extreme trip - three of them in the" Zaporozhets, "which more than a third of the century, in such places, which overcomes every jeep."

I asked to tell the chief organizer of extreme travel Alexander Elikova.

In general the whole story began with the fact that for a long time I wanted to get to Magadan. But the turned truck driver all his spare time, rolled into the auto-journeys (almost two decades), I have a simple trip to the modern car has long ceased to be considered interesting occupation. Boring, you know, putting "cruise" and "climate" to roll on public roads for a month. Where the adrenaline? Where extreme? Where the constant fear that now something breaks? And what a pleasure it brings permanent control of temperature, pressure and constant listening for the engine and transmission! In short, slowly I came to the conclusion that in order to realize the dream you need to buy some staryuchy and desirable Soviet clunkers. I'll tell you that now, "Cossack" avtohlama I do not dare to call. And, of course, to the old ruin it is necessary to have a set of paper maps, canvas tent, bamboo fishing rods, kerosene stove, an old jacket and a straw hat. Now that's interesting would be!

And then it dawned. "Zaporozhets"! This is what is necessary to go to Magadan! Began searching the car. To my delight, it turned out that buying a car ZAZ-968 in very good condition can be up to 20 000, but still there are many to choose from. But the closer the start time, the clearer it became that much time there neither I nor those trusted friends who are happy to support such an idea. And as in the study of materials about the machine on the Internet, it became clear that it is also a very good move on the off-road car, then began to visit delusions ride him not only on the roads, and pass some interesting off-road route. What we have there a number? Yeah, Dyatlov Pass plateau Manpupuner. Fine! Looked at more closely photo and video reports. Hmm ... I would normally like. If only the water was great. As a result, "Cossack" was purchased in Omsk 20 000 rubles. Yes Yes! For the "twenty" was bought a car, which in its technical condition was ready to go to the end of the world. In Moscow, for the same money it was bought ATV-shnaya winch, 10 000 rubles bought three luazovskih tires for greater patency and 2000 rubles bought a new battery. That's the whole preparation. "Zaporozhets" was a very good move, and repairs, which were carried out before the trip, were greater diagnostic.

From left to right: Elkin, Oak, Lapshin. And as it should be - on the flip flops socks, nothing else! And the fact that in the center, it is possible and without socks - his straw hat.

From Omsk I left alone and having traveled 650 kilometers without any problems, arrived in Tyumen, where I was waiting for proven difficult expeditions friends - Oak Michael from Novy Urengoy and Dmitry Lapshin from Nadym. In Tyumen with Dmitry Kulikov, thus, which has recently conquered Cape Chelyuskin, we have established the "siloviki" - a square tube 40 * 60 area under the hoist, installed and connected the winch and shod "mud" tires from LuAZ on the rear axle. Rubber has the same size as the native Zaporozhye, but she has a very toothy protector. Quickly left the sleeping bags, tents, jerry cans, food and moved for nearly a thousand-kilometer route: Tyumen - Irbit - Nizhny Tagil - Serov - Ivdel - Midnight.

From midnight, the last centers of civilization on the way to the pass Dyatlov, made reference calls to relatives and moved along the rocky dumping in the mountains. And in the first through Vijay ford the river, having dug a pebble, a little hooked right in the middle. However, their bearings in time - I did not dig guys just pushed, and after some seconds the car was on the other side. It became clear that, keeping the pressure on the rear tires, we did not go the river. And had behind him the experience of using low pressure tires zaderevenevshih old Soviet saying that would have to lower each time just before the complex plot and then pumped directly to the tires have gone cracked and began to chew on the camera.

The second river in the way presented us several surprises. Firstly, it became clear that the river where it all move, we do not move. Too deep and strong currents. Secondly, when we went along the coast to search for shoals, then going ahead Dima Lapshin came across a bear sitting in the water. Well, and, thirdly, finding three hundred meters upstream of the more or less suitable for travel and trying to sneak in through the ravine, we suddenly realized that the winch we stopped working. Yes, that's it! Brand new winch "a hundred times" at the first load has ceased to work for coiling - inside something terrible gnashing and wedge reducer. And unfortunately, the desired hexagon in did not have the tools. And all this under the endless rain and rising water levels in mountain rivers. Yes, there is also a night it was the ...

I went to sleep with heavy thoughts. I woke up from the guys talking. That is what they were going to go look for the bear. While I scraped my eyes, they hid behind the bushes in the direction of the place where he was spotted yesterday toed. Note that of the weapons we had matches, two knife and two flares. And somehow I instantly infect them turretless and I all at once fell into place. On unwinding the winch works? Works! So now we rewound rope unwinding make coiling! Yesterday the ditch, where we suffer a broken winch, slipped in a few minutes. And we began fords, puddles, fords once again puddles.

Vijay water hazards on the river and up to the base of Ilyich just some infinite number. Water in the cabin was constantly under the most seats. But we each had on a jar from under the stew, and we have adapted them fast enough deftly wield and the water was pumped out of the cabin feels fast good bilge pump.

Stuck at the outlet of the river Ushmaev

So, with jokes and rhymes, somewhere on the hood of diving into the water, where a winding between trees and water obstacles circling in the wake of ATVs, we slipped Ilyich base and made it to the hut in the cedar forest. The time was the afternoon, but in view of the fact that from the endless rain and constant flooding the cabin we stayed dry only ceiling "Zaporozhets", it was decided to get up at poludnevku to dry clothes and sleeping bags.

Just saw a bear. Like themselves laughing, but nobody from the car driving away.

In the morning shortly after the hut ran into a peat bog, which we are so frightened before departure. Examined. Um, yeah like that's okay. We chose the path poubirali logs out of the rut, where, on the contrary, planted and progress reached almost to the end. One lebezhenie - and we are on solid. That's all swamp. But then it began to rise on the ridge Charkanur. The fact is that the most important and critical difference "Zaporozhets" from a full off-road - not the wheel formula, and no downshift. And if the mud, ruts and fords this machine is surprisingly well-traveled, then on a steep slope with large stones overloaded "Cossack" just could not move.

It was necessary to recruit high engine speed, then let go of the clutch and, having got under way, just push the gas pedal that there are forces. But go fast because of the roots, protruding beams and stones there can not be, so you had to constantly let go of the gas pedal, the car just stopped pulling and got up. From these speed jumps over the stones torn muffler. Wood is very quickly filled with the smell of burning clutch and roared, and towards the end of the beginning of the lifting grip harder and harder to slip until completely ceased to make no sign. And now we are eyeing at least some platform on a steep slope to replace the clutch. And for this it is necessary to completely remove the engine from the car along with a box that assembly weighs nearly 200 kilograms. We resolved tripod manufacture of logs through the block and pull engine hands.

But as soon as everything was ready to dismantle, we heard the sound of the engines. At the bottom of the mountain crawling three vehicles - UAZ "Patriot" and two "Niva". It's the guys from Perm went on a plateau Manpupuner. And we were immediately just from head to toe wrapped in their attention and care! Sergei, a driver of UAZ, offered us to remove the engine winch his car. His co-driver started to feed us delicious sandwiches. Two guys "Neve" quickly organized a bivouac, and very soon on the fire to cook a delicious porridge. Moreover, Sergei refused to go on as long as we do not iterate grip and its winch he will not put us to the engine in place.

The guys at "Nivas" all decided to stay the night with us. To all this we had a strong doubt that we have enough gasoline to pass Dyatlov, and after learning about it from UAZ we gave gasoline canister, but still not suffering any objection guys piled us with a whole food mountain. Here such here they are, the real men of Perm!

The next day, with a new clutch car went much more interesting, and the steep climb is over. However, even bestowed us with gasoline once alarmingly fast fuel gauge needle went to zero. The fact is that in addition to the fact that we had to maximize enrich the mixture in the carburetor, and even appeared to all play in the timer and set the gap between the contacts was impossible. And with such a bunch of engine I started just swallow gasoline, loud shooting when snapping.

Then the road from the checkpoint taken off the drive transmitting torque to the wheel, but it does not matter sorted out - put together, and more. Then lost the transmission, it turned out that vomited front mounting box. But we had a good wire, which we took advantage of.

Again we went. Get out of the road logs, cut roots, looking for detours. That's already started birch, now through the trees the first stone outcrops visible. We sat down a couple of times in a clay track so I had to drag winch. We get out a little more ... and suddenly the car, hitting one side of the pit, and strongly banked on the left side, suddenly stalls. I twist the starter - do not start. I am trying again to start and realize that the battery we have very bad - and lax winch generator did their job. Open the hood - an empty filter. We're out of gas. More precisely, all flowed to the left side and the fuel intake air hvatanul. It becomes fun.

We have no battery and no gasoline stand three or four kilometers from the Dyatlov Pass, there is no one and the next week is unlikely to be, but still everything starts fell sleet full of happiness. It never occurred to nothing more interesting than to walk up to the monument to him because of our reach. Come on. We came to an open space, and there is such a snowstorm that, before reaching the five hundred meters, said to himself: "Oh, yah it. Let's go home"". Returned to the "Zaporozhets", found an empty plastic bottle, merged into it and powered the gasoline from the fuel line of the bottle. The car was brought by a small battery - charging for gadgets. Then choose a flat area, we left there, "Zaporozhets" and have started to equip the camp.

When cleared up a bit, then we went to the pass once more. The most interesting thing we are waiting for his return. It turned out that during our absence to visit us came to bear with cub, well at least nothing moved.

It is necessary to try to go back, but the thing - with the discharged battery winch does not want to pull even through the block, and ahead of a major ambush, without which we will not go through a winch, and gasoline in our tank liters 5-7 all away Do leave. The funny thing is that the food is even with the one that we have been given with the Permian, beginning to end. Three burly forehead idleness for two days ate almost all their supplies. And after the onset is the second in a row of twilight in our dwelling place out of the woods we suddenly illuminated with light. But still good such LED. The car! Two guys from Yekaterinburg in the brand new "Toyota Hilux" decided at the weekend to get rolled Dyatlov Pass. As it turned out, they went for a night on the hard and for a very large number of rebellious jeepers section Ivdel - Dyatlov Pass - Ivdel. The little jeans, shoes, a tune. Here's what it means to experience and confidence in the car and confidence. And now these guys get from a bottomless body pickup gasoline generator, battery, gas can, a box of food. That was something! As if they were sent to us on purpose! Glacka Tom, thank you so much! You have not just helped out, you saved us!

In the morning we were happily and loudly roaring muffler remains raced home. And again gasoline began to evaporate before our eyes. This is not an expense, it is some kind of a hole in the tank, damn it! And the miracle again. Once we realize that gasoline is running out to meet as ordered leaves UAZ. Maksim from Perm, in absentia, I knew the internet with it. Without any hesitation they begin to fill us with their stockpiles of gasoline. I even had to stop them, otherwise they would have poured out to us all, and it's still going home. That's what real Ural dzhipery - were ready to give the latter these beggars on "Zaporozhets." Once again, we race toward the house. It remains only to come down from the ridge Charkanur, and more generally a good road. Then blow. Good kick in the rear right wheel. The car rushed to the stone and bent from the impact arm. Bent so much that the wheel was a small house, it boils down to a rack and critically curved drive.

We looked - on the spot to do it does not work, unfortunately. We will try to go quietly so. But the miracle did not happen, and the shaft broke in half. All arrived. These parts have with them was not. Without thinking winch pulled the car off the road, put on hemp, pulled down and find out what parts we need. And, write a note that went for spare parts, we went to the foot journey home.

We should have at least dotopat Auspiya to the river, on the bank of which takes place in the opposite way to the trucks that pull out and take hikers. Total gets about 25 kilometers and lunchtime in the yard. I had to hurry to the night overtook us on the road. And we are this way fast enough and went without much effort. I so in general it seemed that the foot is moving much easier and faster. And this despite the fact that for the pedestrian campaign, we are not specifically prepared and went all the way in rubber boots, and one of us has done it in the bog. Approaching the bivouac on the shore Auspii, we smelled smoke. This meant only one thing - there is peshikov group that is waiting for your transport for the return journey. That's how it turned out - just about them had come "Ural" from Ivdel. Our joy knew no bounds. Indeed, following such a group could be here in a week or even more, and to Ivdel here more than a hundred kilometers. I came the "Ural", sought to have 10 000 and 7 hours "rushed" us early in the morning to midnight settlement. There we sat on some old Lasik local airlines, which drove us to the bus station in Ivdel. Due to the fact that one of us somewhere lost his passport, the way to the station we had ordered. So, let's get to the bus home! We boarded the bus and in the evening was in Yekaterinburg, where we were waiting for Alexey Makarov (snow and marsh buggies "Makar").

Having washed us from the smoke, held at the bus station where we departed for the night side of Tyumen. Since I'm already late for work, then return to the "Zaporozhets" I did not, but Dima Kulik, once learned, that we should go immediately dropped everything and began to prepare for the trip. And until we get to Tyumen, he had already found all the parts and the machine on which they then went to the Dyatlov Pass. The guys had three days to repair the "Cossack", go on foot to the pass and back to Tyumen. However, unfortunately, I'm in the story, which, according to the stories, was no less exciting, is not involved.