Crossing the Rubikhan

11/12/2014

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10/18/2014

Here's a (relatively) brief video of some of the highlights of our drive this summer. Many thanks to all the great people we met on the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9QNpfGUOJs (watch in HD!)

Some highlights from team Crossing the Rubikhan (Cooper Thomas, Nick Allen, and Benjie Jenkins). A 6-week, 10,000 mile drive from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mong...

09/23/2014

Hey everyone! We recorded this thank-you message for all of our generous donors in Ulaanbaatar a couple of weeks ago. Again, it was only due to your contributions that we were able to undertake this amazing adventure and we are forever grateful. Cheers! --Cooper, Nick, and Benjie
https://vimeo.com/106952166

The Mongol Rally was the trip of a lifetime and we couldn't have done it without all the support we got from our many donors. We are so grateful to each and every…

09/14/2014

A little video on how our generous satellite communications sponsor Roadpost Inc. helped us stay connected in the middle of nowhere out in the Mongolian steppe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBIFxKXY-Ps&list=UUSr4Kkla_SErgyiaXRGOXGA

See how team Crossing the Rubikhan used their Iridium rental kit from Roadpost to stay connected to the world in the middle of Mongolia.

09/03/2014

08/31/2014

The final installment in our travelogue is now on the blog. We hope you enjoyed following along. Thanks for all your support along the way! http://crossingtherubikhan.com/mongolia-part-ii/

Benjie here, resuming our Mongolian narrative from the middle of the interminably long valley between Khovd and Altai that essentialized our fourth day in the country. This may have been the most frustrating stretch of our drive through Mongolia: the landscape was flat and repetitive, offering no di…

08/30/2014

Part I of our Mongolia chronicle is finally up on the blog: http://crossingtherubikhan.com/mongolia-part-i/

We’ve decided to split this country into two party-sized posts (as opposed to one king-sized post, since our traversal of Mongolia was the culminating stage of our long journey (and because we have way too many photos for just one post). This is Part I; Part II will be posted tomorrow. We’re just tr…

08/29/2014

08/29/2014

We posted some photos from our time in Kazakhstan and Russia: http://crossingtherubikhan.com/kazakhstan-and-russia/

Below are a handful of photos from our weeklong passage across the Kazakh steppe and Russian taiga. Next up: a detailed breakdown (pun entirely intended) of our time in Mongolia!

08/29/2014

Well, we've made it to Ulaanbaatar intact! A detailed report and some photos from our final sprint (err, crawl) across Mongolia will be up on the blog shortly.

08/20/2014

A synopsis of the past few days. Unfortunately, no photos, as Russia has kindly blocked our website – we'll add them ASAP! http://crossingtherubikhan.com/best-roads-worst-roads/

Hello from the Siberian plain! Nick here. We’ve made it to Barnaul, Russia, having successfully navigated the famous Kyrgyz peaks and the infamous Kazakh steppe. Since it’s been a while since we’ve treated you to a full update (Tashkent methinks), let’s backtrack a bit to fill you in. Unfortunately,…

08/20/2014