London to Magadan 100 Days: Compass Expeditions

COMPASS EXPEDITIONS: ROAD OF BONES EXPEDITION 2010

www.londontomagadan.com

London

With only a week to go before departure all bikes have been collected and prepared by Compass Expeditions staff, it was a great relief to swing the container doors open to see all bikes, support vehicle and trailer exactly as we left them, a big thanks to James Cargo for all their assistance.

The mammoth job of sorting and preparing the vast array of equipment required for the London to Magadan expedition is well underway with last minute design alterations being made to the off-road trailer.

It hasn’t all been work, work, work, we took time to catch up with the Siberia aficionado Walter Colebatch creator of www.siberiskyextreme.com that follows his amazing ride across Siberia in 2009, a huge thanks to Walter for some very valuable tips.

Our clients are beginning to arrive into the UK now and transport has been organised to take everyone to the Treatme off-road training centre, on the Salisbury Plains, for a full day of off-road riding training.

I know I speak for everyone when I say we just want to get on the road now, it’s been a long time in the planning and the time has come to ride.

Less than one month to go....

A flurry of last minute bookings saw an apparent end to the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) and a swelling in ranks for the 2010 London to Magadan Expedition.

Our group of adventure riders come from all corners of the world. We have clients from Australia, USA, Mexico, Canada and the UK and all agree this will be the ride of a lifetime.

The visa obtaining process is now on in earnest and with us not being able to apply for our visas before a particular timeframe, (otherwise the visas would have expired by the time we need them), many sleepless nights have been endured. However there is light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not the Trans Siberian train coming.

Bikes have been shipped as has our support vehicle and trailer; hopefully they are bobbing up and down on the ocean somewhere as I write.

Hotels have been booked, excursions and city guides confirmed and breakfast at the Ace Café, London organised.

All we have to do now is ride to the other side of the world……