Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset 2007

I finished the ultra marathon (42 Km) on Hovsgol Lake in the north west of Mongolia in 8hr 33 min. More on blog.strategy4china.com

arriving at Moron (or Murun) Airport luggage chaos at Moron Airport ready for the ride in the Russian van and still happy the challenging "road" with the Russian 4WD van one of the many burst tires - more to come briefing in Toilogt Camp my ger in Toilogt Camp one of the regular showers coming my bed in the comfortable ger beautiful Hovsgol Lake Nicolas Musy taking a cool dip in the lake - 7C the mountains seen from the camp a yak takes a dip too yaks running around freely breakfast at 3:30 am and ready to run the start at 4:30am leaving the forest area sunrise at 5am the first rest stop the top of the first hill, 700m above the lake the trail on the first hill our ambulance waiting, just in case the trail of the first hill view from the first hill to the second hill, along the river bed to the second hill the trail on the second hill the slippery descent from the second hill arrived! our Scottish 100K girl arrived bird on Hovsgol Lake duck on Hovsgol Lake also women are riding proudly at the door of the Camp hail and rain rainbow over the Camp Gilbert and our Mongolian lady, the 42K in 5H 10m the women who completed the 42 K the foreign women who completed the 100K the men who completed the 100K the horsemen preparing for a weeklong trip runners and some of the staff runners and some of the staff the complete staff of the Camp our Russian 100K runner, on the boat on Hovsgol Lake Gilbert on the boat waiting for transport after the boat trip, in Hatgal one more tire.. what is left of it... Gilbert with the jeep he took my apartment in UB (Ulaanbaatar) my apartment in UB my apartment in UB alone in the emptiness Chinggis Khaan's Army Chinggis Khaan's Army Chinggis Khaan's Army Chinggis Khaan's Army Chinggis Khaan's Army Chinggis Khaan's Army Naadam in UB Naadam: the wrestlers the "Mad Max" race to the arrival of the horse race the arrival of the horse race (Naadam) "Mad Max" again, back to UB