Siberia and Mongolia - The Four Borders Expedition

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The majority of these stunning photos were taken by Paul Sherman, Lowri Davies, Sean ZS and Patrick Clissold. Please get in touch if you would like to use them.

The 2007 British University Kayak Expedition was chosen and the team planned an expedition to Siberia and Mongolia ourselves.

We had been very unlucky and hit Mongolia in a drought. Drastic action was need if we were going to find the white water. We studied our maps and drove out of the Altai and hiked over a hill to find a stunning river that had been waiting for us all along. It started with 4 waterfalls in a row and progressed down into a stunning steep sided gorge with many awesome rapids on the way. It was incredible to know that are hard work had paid off and we were the first people ever to kayak this river and its waterfalls.

Back in Siberia we packed our food and equipment into our boats for the next 6 days in the Siberian wilderness. The river levels were very high and the team battled down some fierce white water. We absolutely loved the experience of testing your mettle on a raging Siberian river for 8 hours a day and then chatting around a raging camp fire with your mates in the evening.

This was just one Siberian river out of 6, two days in Mongolia out of 2 weeks, a few close shaves out of many, a few stories out of hundreds and few good times out of countless.

Rivers – Siberia – Majoy cascade, Kargem, Argut, Bashkuas, Chuyshman and Kurkure

Mongolia – Khovd, Shvistar (sp!)

The Team - Dave Burne, Lowri Davies, Ben Bedingham, Patrick Clissold, Paul Sherman, Tom Hunter, Sean ZS, Graham Milton