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Hi people!
I just came back from Siberia. I love this place more then all the others. This time i spend 5 weeks in Siberia and paddled 4 different rivers. On my last river there I paddled a different boat then usually do. The thing is that in Siberia are no kayak stores, or kayak schools and there is no chance to buy a paddling gear. So, the friend of mine dreamed to paddle my Pyranha Burn and i had to let him do this.

Alright people it’s time to blow up your mind! Check out the video from Biluti river —>>>

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Some days ago i finished my trip to California. In 3 days I’m leaving to Siberia for the 8th time in my life. For sure this is one of the best places on Earth for kayaking with some really good rivers and amazing nature. Will try to create the movie about this place together with my friend Stefun Pion. Check out his last video –>>

More photos and video from California on my blog –>>

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In the Bashkaus River Canyon in Siberia there is a book waiting in a metal box for all those kayakers who are not too scared to run one of Russia’s toughest rapids. In 1972, Bashkaus River Canyon saw its first descent. Forty years later, the team want to perpetuate their names in the mystic book, which cannot be accessed from land. Legend has it that once your name is written in the book your are immortal…

Ten kayakers – Olaf Obsommer (GER), Tomass Marnics (LAT), Florian Dillier (SUI), Jared Meehan (NZL), Bernhard Mauracher (AUT), Sam Sutton (NZL), Stephan Pion (FRA), Thilo Schmitt (GER), Timo Köster (GER) and Philip Baues (GER) — aim to master the challenging Bashkaus River and find The Book of Legends.

The expedition takes the kayakers to Siberia’s highest mountain range, the Altai Mountains, where Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia all come together. The range extends some 300 km from the West to the East and from the South to the North, the highest summit being Mt. Belukha (4,506m/ 14,783ft) at the Kazakhstan border.

Apart from surviving the Bashkaus Canyon and writing their names into the legendary book, the team plans a first descent of the 25m high Kurkure waterfalls and a first descent of the remote Edygem Canyon, a 4-day adventure in itself. Big volume rivers and roaring waterfalls embedded in untouched wilderness will not only demand technical excellence of the ten kayakers, but also adventure spirit, stamina and a high tolerance for suffering, as conditions will require long self-sustaining river runs and ample hikes.

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