CARS GLOBALMAG August 2016 | Page 112

MISSION COMPLETE EXPEDITION MEMBERS • • • • • Team of professional drivers Valdis Pelsh’s RD Studio camera crew; Christina Kozlova, director of many documentaries, entertainment and educational programs Marina Gevorkyan, Director General of Snob Project Yandex team  Denis Provalov, speleologist, mountaineer, high-altitude cameraman, Guinness World Records holder, two-time Everest climber DATES OF EXPEDITION • • • • • • March 28 – June 12 Pre-expedition break-in period – from March 28 to April 1 Official start of the expedition in Xi’an – April 4  All members joining in Lhasa – April 16 Climbing – May 20 and 21 Arriving in Almaty and loading car carriers – June 12 ALTITUDE AND ACCLIMATIZATION  From 200 to 5,374 m above sea level altitude differences ROUTE Length: 15,250 km  STAGE 1  ULAN-UDE – NORTHERN EVEREST BASE CAMP Cities along the route: Ulan-Ude, Kyakhta, Ulan Bator, Erenhot, Taiyuan, Xi’an, Tianshui, Lanzhou, Xining, Golmud, Nagchu, Lhasa, Sangzhuzi  STAGE 2 NORTHERN BASE CAMP Climbing  STAGE 3 NORTHERN EVEREST BASE CAMP – ALMATY Cities along the route: Saga, Osh, Suusamyr, Kochkor, Karakol, Almaty