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     Hotya  po  opytu  i  sovershennym  puteshestviyam ya  yavlyayus',  konechno  zhe,
professional'nym  puteshestvennikom  (v  Rossii  priznayu  ravnym   sebe  lish'
Konyuhova   i   Malahova),   no   vse-taki   schitayu   sebya   puteshestvennikom
poluprofessional'nym (professional'nyj -  znachit,  zarabatyvayushchij etim), tak
kak  vse moi  ekspedicii ne prinesli mne  nikakogo  finansovogo dohoda (a  v
pervye puteshestviya ya voobshche vkladyval svoi  den'gi, vse,  bez  ostatka), tak
chto v svobodnoe  ot ekspedicij vremya sushchestvuyu na  50  dollarov v  mesyac kak
obychnyj nishchij  rossijskij gossluzhashchij. A v mirnoj zhizni ya -  starshij nauchnyj
sotrudnik Instituta  teoreticheskoj i prikladnoj mehaniki  SO  RAN,  kandidat
fiziko-matematicheskih nauk, zanimayus' sverhzvukovoj aerodinamikoj, tema moej
kandidatskoj   (zashchishchennoj   eshche   v   1982g.)   "Ustojchivost'   i   perehod
sverhzvukovogo   pogranichnogo   sloya   pri  teploobmene".  Tema   doktorskoj
dissertacii  (napisannoj eshche  pyat'  let nazad, no dlya zashchity kotoroj - iz-za
puteshestvij  - u  menya nikak ne hvataet  vremeni, da i zhelanie eto sdelat' s
kazhdym  godom   oslabevaet)  -  "Ustojchivost'  i   perehod  vysokoskorostnyh
pogranichnogo sloya i sleda". Imeyu 60 nauchnyh  rabot, v  tom chisle v vedushchih v
mire  (po moej tematike) zhurnalah,  takih  kak  Journal  of  Fluid Mechanics
(Angliya), AIAA Journal (SSHA), Jornal of  Mechanical Sciences (Angliya) i t.d.
Odnako  nauka v  moej  zhizni potihon'ku otoshla na vtoroj  plan,  i ya bol'shuyu
chast' vremeni posvyashchayu puteshestviyam ili podgotovke k nim.
     A teper' nebol'shoj istoricheskij  ekskurs. Rodilsya  ya 1  yanvarya (tak chto
fakticheski moj  den'  rozhdeniya  nikogda otdel'no  ne  otmechaetsya, a  kak  by
prohodit v ramkah obshchej kampanii vstrechi Novogo goda) 1955g. v Har'kove, tam
zhe  zakonchil  srednyuyu   shkolu  No.13  i  Har'kovskij  Aviacionnyj   Institut
(samoletostroitel'nyj fakul'tet,  specializaciya  - aerodinamika).  Hotya  byl
raspredelen  v Dubnu (v  firmu,  zanimavshuyusya krylatymi raketami), diplomnuyu
rabotu poprosil delat' v Sibirskom otdelenii Akademii Nauk  (v novosibirskom
Akademgorodke).  Tam mne ponravilos', tam  ya  ostalsya,  tam zhe i postupil  v
aspiranturu.
     Nachinaya s  7 klassa,  byl  kruglym otlichnikom,  HAI zakonchil s  krasnym
diplomom, a  aspiranturu s predstavleniem dissertacii. Krome etogo, zakonchil
muzykal'nuyu  shkolu  po klassu  fortepiano,  chto  potom  legko pozvolilo  mne
osvoit' gitaru  (chto krajne  prigodilos'  vecherami  v  turistskih  pohodah).
Zanimalsya  plavaniem, shahmatami, sambo, regbi, velogonkami na  shosse (imel 2
razryad), no osobenno ser'ezno  (v studencheskie gody) - sportivnoj greblej na
bajdarke (byl kandidatom v mastera sporta).
     Vodnym  turizmom uvleksya  v  7  klasse. Byvshij  vypusknik  nashej  shkoly
zamanil menya  v  sekciyu  pri gorodskom  Dvorce pionerov.  Tak ya  i ostalsya v
vodnom  turizme  (raftinge, kak  bolee  pravil'no prinyato govorit'  sejchas),
prichem, vidimo, navsegda. Krome  vodnogo, zanimalsya i drugimi vidami turizma
i puteshestvij. Uvlekalsya  odnodnevnymi veloprobegami (nachinal v  6 klasse  s
devyanostokilometrovogo  perehoda  Har'kov-Belgorod,  a  konchil  veloprobegom
Har'kov-Doneck-Krasnoarmejsk protyazhennost'yu 270 km -  povtoryayu, eto za  odin
den'). Na shvertbote "Meva" peresek Azovskoe more. Poluchil  znachok "Al'pinist
SSSR" v al'plagere "Adyl-Su". Uchastvoval v lyzhnom pohode na  Urale iz Azii v
Evropu.  Zimoj  v  odinochku  podnyalsya  na  Goverlu,  samuyu  vysokuyu  vershinu
sovetskih  Karpat,  i  zastavil  sebya sdelat' popytku  spustit'sya  s nee  na
obyknovennyh begovyh lyzhah s myagkimi krepleniyami. Zanimalsya gornymi pohodami
(vplot'  do  IV kategorii slozhnosti  vklyuchitel'no).  No osnovnym  uvlecheniem
ostavalsya  vodnyj  turizm.  Za period  s 1969  po  1996 g.g.  rukovodil  ili
uchastvoval  v  bolee,  chem 150, vodnyh pohodah  i  ekspediciyah (vklyuchaya  kak
prostye 2-3 dnevnye, tak i shestoj kategorii slozhnosti).
     Samostoyatel'nye  pohody nachalis'  v  8 klasse  (kogda  mama kupila  nam
bajdarku "Salyut"), snachala po Har'kovskoj oblasti  (rekam  Lopan', Mzha, Udy,
Har'kov, Severskij Donec  i drugim), zatem - po  Belgorodskoj (Oskol, tot zhe
Severskij  Donec), Poltavskoj  (Vorskla)  i  Doneckoj  oblastyam, Podmoskov'yu
(Istra).
     |to  byli  prostye  reki,  bez  vsyakih  prepyatstvij.  Glavnoe,  chto my,
shkol'niki, puteshestvovali  samostoyatel'no. My uznavali okruzhayushchij mir, spali
v  palatkah (a snachala dazhe v bajdarkah), sami gotovili sebe pishchu, provodili
poroj moshchnye trenirovki (po  90-100 km v den' na gladkoj vode) i  ispytyvali
ogromnoe  esteticheskoe  udovol'stvie  ot  obshcheniya  s  prirodoj.  Sobstvenno,
romantika "dal'nih  dorog" i  byla glavnoj  prichinoj togo, chto gnalo nas  iz
doma. Kazhdyj vecher my dolgo sideli u kostra, pili chaj, igrali na gitare (eto
delat'  v  nashej kompanii  umeli pochti vse)  i peli.  Bol'shego  udovol'stviya
(skazhu  dazhe,  kajfa), chem  ot  etih  vecherne-nochnyh  "sidelok"  u kostra  s
gitaroj, bad'ej chaya  i  sozercaniem milliona  zvezd  na chernom  nebe,  ya  ne
ispytyval v svoej zhizni; v eti momenty ya byl absolyutno schastliv. So vremenem
marshruty  stali uslozhnyat'sya  (dvazhdy YUzhnyj  Bug  na  Ukraine, Nyuhcha, Ileksa,
Vama, Vodla  v  Karelii), i potihon'ku  my  perebralis' v gory:  Ural  (reka
Sylva), Sayany (Us, Enisej), Karpaty (Belyj i CHernyj CHeremoshi), Kavkaz (Kura,
Teberda,  Kuban'),   Pamiro-Alaj   (Sorbo),  Verhoyanskij  hrebet  v   YAkutii
(Handyga).
     Nas  uzhe  interesovala slozhnost'  rek, no ona  ne byla glavnoj prichinoj
puteshestvij. My cheredovali  slozhnye  pohody  i prostye  (Kal'mius i  Mius  v
Doneckoj  oblasti, reka  Molochnaya  na  yuge  Ukrainy). Svoyu kompaniyu  i  nashi
bajdarki my nazvali  "Tramp", chto  po-anglijski  oznachaet "brodyaga".  Imenno
"brodit'"  po vsej  strane stanovilos'  vse interesnee. Otnosheniya v kompanii
byli samye druzheskie,  ved' ob®edinilis'  blizkie po duhu lyudi. V neskol'kih
pohodah s nami byl fokster'er Mikki.
     Pereehav v Novosibirsk, prodolzhil znakomstvo s raznymi gornymi rajonami
Sovetskogo  Soyuza  -  Sayanami (reki  Ona, Irkut,  Sisim,  Ozhu, Azas), Gornoj
SHoriej  (Mras-Su),   Stanovym   hrebtom   v  YAkutii  (Timpton,   600   km  v
"nenaselenke"), Zapadnym Tyan'-SHanem (Arashan). No luchshe vsego  ya, estestvenno
(v silu geograficheskoj blizosti), poznakomilsya s Altaem. Zdes' splavlyalsya po
Bie, Peschanoj (neskol'ko raz), CHernoj Ube i Ube,  Katuni (s verhov'ev), CHue,
Ursulu. Odnako s nemen'shim udovol'stviem splavlyalsya i po prostym rekam -- po
Tomi,  rekam  Novosibirskoj oblasti  (Berdi  i Ine  -  mnogokratno,  Elbani,
Bugotaku, Bol'shim Izylam,  Obi).  Uchastvoval  v gornyh (peshkom)  pohodah  po
Kirgizskomu  hrebtu,  v  Zailijskom  Ala-Tau  (pohody  tret'ej  i  chetvertoj
kategorii slozhnosti).
     YA vse eshche byl chistym lyubitelem. Mne prosto nravilos' puteshestvovat'. No
ochen' mnogoe izmenilos' v moem otnoshenii  k vodnomu  turizmu posle uspeshnogo
rukovodstva  pohodom  po Ioldo i Nizhnemu Kuraganu (s pervoprohozhdeniem chasti
marshruta)  na Altae. |to byl moj pervyj marshrut s elementami vysshej (shestoj)
kategorii  slozhnosti.  I proveden on byl ves'ma udachno, posle  chego ya ponyal,
chto mogu rukovodit' samymi slozhnymi pohodami.
     YA sostavil desyatku slozhnejshih vodnyh marshrutov SSSR  (a eto byl 1983g.)
i reshil projti ih. |timi marshrutami byli:
     1. Muksu (Pamir),  2. CHaryn s Majnakskim  ushchel'em (Severnyj Tyan'-SHan'),
3.  Gaumysh, Hodzhaachkan, Soh (Pamiro-Alaj), 4.  Bashkaus (Altaj), 5.  CHulyshman
(Altaj),   6.   Argut   (Altaj),   7.  Matcha,   YAgnob,  Fandar'ya,   Zeravshan
(Pamiro-Alaj), 8. Obihingou (Pamir), 9. Ojgaing, Pskem (Zapadnyj Tyan'-SHan'),
10. Bol'shoj Naryn, Naryn (Central'nyj Tyan'-SHan').
     Krome  etoj  desyatki,  mne predstavlyalos'  neobhodimym projti Mazhojskij
kaskad CHui  (chetvertuyu  i  poslednyuyu vodnuyu "shesterku" na Altae)  i  Bij-Hem
(mechta  moej  yunosti,  Sayany).  I s  etogo momenta  ya  stal  celenapravlenno
osushchestvlyat'  svoyu  programmu  po  pokoreniyu slozhnejshih  rek  SSSR.  Pravda,
snachala (v kachestve poslednej trenirovki) my splavilis' v Zapadnom Tyan'-SHane
po rekam Sandalash  i  CHatkal. A zatem - poshlo i  poehalo... Mazhojskij kaskad
CHui, Bij-Hem,  Bol'shoj  Naryn  i Naryn  (moe pervoe oficial'noe  rukovodstvo
"shesterkoj"  s oficial'nym  pervoprohozhdeniem kan'ona  "Narynskie vodopady",
1985g.),  Bashkaus,  Matcha, YAgnob,  Fandar'ya i  Zeravshan, CHaryn s  Majnakskim
ushchel'em,   CHulyshman,   Gaumysh,   Dzhialisu,   Hodzhaachkan,   Soh   (pri   etom
pervoprohozhdenie  vsego  Gaumysha,  chastichno  Dzhialisu  i  Hodzhaachkana,  iyul'
1988g.),  Muksu  (pravda, ne polnost'yu), Argut, Ojgaing i  Pskem. CHast' etih
pohodov  byla  otkrovennoj  avantyuroj  (s  1986g.,   posle  togo,  kak  boss
novosibirskoj  MKK  stal slishkom  aktivno  prepyatstvovat'  moim rukovodstvam
"shesterkami", hotya ya k tomu vremeni uzhe imel oficial'noe rukovodstvo 6 k.s.,
ya stal hodit' bez marshrutnyh dokumentov, ne oformlyayas', pri etom menya uzhe ne
limitirovalo  oficial'noe  ogranichenie  minimal'nogo sostava gruppy v  shest'
chelovek).  Naprimer,  pri polnom  otsutstvii beregovoj strahovki (vsya gruppa
sostoyala  iz nas dvoih) my s Volodej Kasdorfom na  katamarane-dvojke  proshli
bez obnosov CHulyshman ot  YAzulu. Ne men'shej avantyuroj bylo bezostanovochnoe za
poldnya (za 8 chasov) majskoe prohozhdenie s tem zhe Volodej Kasdorfom na tom zhe
katamarane-dvojke devyanostokilometrovogo "shesterochnogo"  Bol'shogo Kan'ona na
Matche  (Pamiro-Alaj,  tam, gde  pogib  byvshij v svoe vremya ves'ma  izvestnym
vodnik Brezhnev), kan'ona, kotoryj  opredelyaet "shesterochnost'" vsego marshruta
po Matche.
     No mne  eshche ochen' hotelos'  pobyvat' i  v  Gimalayah. |ta gornaya sistema
izdavna  manila menya. Eshche v  konce semidesyatyh-nachale vos'midesyatyh  godov u
menya  poyavilas'  mechta - splavit'sya s |veresta. Na fizicheskoj karte Nepala ya
uvidel ushchel'e,  po kotoromu mogla bezhat' reka  ot podnozhiya |veresta, hotya na
etoj  karte  sama  reka  oboznachena  ne  byla.  V  dal'nejshem  moi   dogadki
podtverdilis', a predpolagaemoj  rekoj okazalas' Dudh-Kosi. No ideya splava s
|veresta  dolgoe vremya ostavalas'  dlya  menya  prosto mechtoj, i  real'noe  ee
voploshchenie  ne prosmatrivalos'. Pervym tolchkom k ee  osushchestvleniyu posluzhilo
uspeshnoe voshozhdenie na |verest v  1982  godu  komandy  al'pinistov SSSR. Iz
raznyh   dnevnikov  i   vospominanij   uchastnikov  ekspedicii   ya  uznal   o
sushchestvovanii  reki  Dudh-Kosi, o seleniyah Namchebazar, T'yangboche,  Lobuche  i
mnogoe drugoe. Vtorym tolchkom byli vyderzhki iz knigi Majka Dzhonsa "Na kayakah
s  |veresta",  opublikovannye  v  "Vetre  stranstvij"  No.22  za  1987g.  YA,
estestvenno, zakazal v biblioteke im.Lenina v Moskve kopiyu s originala knigi
i prochital vsyu knigu na anglijskom yazyke.
     Pri etom uznal mnogo dopolnitel'nyh melkih (no ves'ma poleznyh)  veshchej,
a  zaodno  obnaruzhil nekotorye  netochnosti perevoda na russkij yazyk v "Vetre
stranstvij". Teper' ya uzhe ves' byl vo vlasti idei splavit'sya s |veresta.
     Aktivnomu voploshcheniyu zadumannogo  sposobstvovala  perestrojka  v  SSSR.
"ZHeleznyj zanaves" priotkrylsya, i poyavilas' real'naya vozmozhnost' vyrvat'sya v
Nepal.
     V Moskve ya poznakomilsya s desyatkom nepal'cev. Odin iz nih zatem prislal
mne i  moemu  drugu Sashe  Gorbu chastnoe  priglashenie posetit' Nepal.  Vesnoj
1990g.  my vpervye  okazalis' v  etoj  strane (i, kstati,  voobshche vpervye za
granicej). S  pervoj popytki (to  est' v pervyj svoj priezd v Nepal) popast'
na Dudh-Kosi  ne  udalos' (eto bylo sdelano tol'ko  vo vtoruyu moyu poezdku  v
Nepal   vesnoj  1991g.).   Zato   poyavilas'   real'naya   vozmozhnost'  nachat'
osushchestvlyat'  vtoruyu ideyu, voznikshuyu posle  togo, kak  ya uznal iz primechanij
perevodchikov  knigi Majka  Dzhonsa o  tom, chto on  pogib  na  reke  Braldu  v
Karakorume  v  1978g. (s |veresta  on splavilsya v 1976g.). Delo v  tom,  chto
Braldu  stekaet so vtoroj vershiny mira CHogori. YA podumal, chto eto nesprosta:
1976g.  -  |verest,  1978g.  - CHogori,  a  ne  planirovalas'  li v  1979  g.
Kanchendzhanga,  tret'ya vershina mira? Tak voznikla novaya  mechta,  vklyuchayushchaya v
sebya  i  predydushchuyu, -  splavit'sya so  vseh  vos'mitysyachnikov mira. Poetomu,
kogda v svoyu pervuyu gimalajskuyu ekspediciyu popast'  na Dudh-Kosi ne udalos',
ya  bez kolebanij  pereklyuchilsya na  vypolnenie svoej  vtoroj zadachi. I v etoj
pervoj ekspedicii  nam udalos' spustit'sya  s pyatoj  vershiny  mira Makalu (po
rekam  Barun,  Arun) i  zatem  (uzhe  mne v odinochku) s vos'mitysyachnika  SHisha
Pangma (po rekam Bhote-Kosi i Sun-Kosi).
     Vo  vtoroj nepal'skoj  ekspedicii  ya vse-taki splavilsya s  |veresta,  a
takzhe s  Lhotze  i CHo Ojyu (po  rekam  Lobuche Khola, Imdzha  Khola, Dudh-Kosi,
Sun-Kosi i Sapt-Kosi), Kanchendzhangi (po Tamuru) i Annapurny (po Marsiangdi).
Prichem splav  s |veresta ya  nachal ot lednika Khumbu na vysote 4600 m (imenno
zdes' nachinalas' reka), a zakonchil v CHatare  na  vysote  100  m  nad urovnem
morya.  Pervaya  moya mechta byla osushchestvlena! I ya prodolzhil  realizaciyu  svoej
vtoroj zadachi.
     Tret'yu   nepal'skuyu  ekspediciyu  (avgust-sentyabr'  1991g.)  ya  posvyatil
splavam s vershin  Manaslu  (po reke  Buri  Gandaki),  Dhaulagiri (po Miagdi,
Rahughat Khole, Kali Gandaki),  Annapurna (po  Modi, Marsiangdi);  indijskuyu
ekspediciyu (oktyabr' 1991g.) v Gimalayah -  spusku  s Kanchendzhangi (po Tiste v
shtatah Sikkim  i Zapadnaya Bengaliya);  pakistanskuyu (iyun' 1992g.) i kitajskuyu
(oktyabr'   1992g.)    ekspedicii   -   splavam   s   chetyreh   karakorumskih
vos'mitysyachnikov  (CHogori,  Brod-Pik,  Gasherbrum-1,  Gasherbrum-2)  po  rekam
Braldu, SHigar, Ind (v Pakistane) i YArkend (v Kitae), a takzhe (v Pakistane) s
Nanga Parbat v Gimalayah po Bunaru i Indu.
     Vot takim  obrazom i  okazalis' osushchestvlennymi obe  moi mechty.  Odnako
(opyat'  zhe po analogii  s eshche  odnoj  populyarnoj  zadumkoj al'pinistov vsego
mira) eshche v  1990 g. u menya  poyavilas' tret'ya  mechta  -  splavit'sya  s samyh
vysokih vershin vseh kontinentov (za isklyucheniem, razumeetsya, Antarktidy, gde
net rek) i Okeanii. I s yanvarya 1993g. ya pristupil k osushchestvleniyu etoj idei.
Snachala  ya splavilsya v  Argentine s Akonkagua - samoj  vysokoj vershiny YUzhnoj
Ameriki - po rekam Orkones, Las Kuevas i Mendosa, a zatem posledovali splavy
v Afrike  (v Tanzanii  s  Kilimandzharo  po  reke  Karanga, fevral'  1993g.),
Severnoj Amerike (na Alyaske, SSHA, s Mak-Kinli po rekam Mak-Kinli i Kantishna,
iyul'-avgust  1993g.), Zapadnoj Evrope (v Italii s Monblana po  Dora-Bal'tea,
oktyabr' 1993g.) i  Vostochnoj Evrope (povtorno s |l'brusa po Baksanu, a ranee
- po Kubani), Avstralii (s Koscyushko po reke Snoui, dekabr'  1994g.), Okeanii
(v Indonezii na ostrove Novaya Gvineya s Dzhai po rekam Kemabu, Darevo i Ajkva,
iyul'  1995g.).  Krome  togo,  ya  splavilsya  v  Peru  po  verhov'yam  Amazonki
(Maran'onu, mart  1993g.), v YAponii po reke  Hirose  (sentyabr'  1994g.)  i v
|fiopii po Golubomu Nilu (Abbayu, dekabr' 1995g.). No, kak govoritsya, appetit
prihodit vo  vremya  edy. Srazu posle uspeshnogo splava v  1991 g. v  Nepale s
|veresta ya stal mechtat' spustit'sya s  nego v Tibete po rekam Rong CHu i Phung
CHu (po vtoromu iz dvuh vodnyh marshrutov s |veresta, nikem ne projdennomu). I
eto mne udalos' sdelat' v sentyabre 1996 g., pri etom  ustanoviv novyj rekord
vysokogornosti splava (nachav marshrut ot lednika Vostochnyj Rongbuk  na vysote
5600  m). A  pered  etim ya  sdelal  pervoprohozhdenie  rek  CHogir  i SHaksgam,
stekayushchih v Kitaj so vtoroj vershiny mira K-2 (CHogori).
     O svoih zagranichnyh vodnyh ekspediciyah ya napisal i izdal v 1997g. knigu
"Na  katamarane  s vysochajshih  vershin  mira",  kotoruyu lyuboj  uvazhayushchij sebya
rossijskij splavshchik po gornym rekam obyazan  prochitat' i znat' ee soderzhanie.
K sozhaleniyu, mnogie iz teh vodnikov, kto splavlyalsya pozzhe menya po projdennym
ranee mnoyu marshrutam v Nepale, Kitae i t.d., delayut vid, chto ne znayut o moih
ekspediciyah, i turistskie internetovskie sajty zapolneny informaciej o  chut'
li ne pervoprohozhdenii etimi gospodami  nekotoryh  gimalajskih rek. Vprochem,
bog im sud'ya. A ya vernus' k rasskazu o svoih dal'nejshih puteshestviyah.
     Posle  togo,   kak  v  raftinge   ya  sdelal  vse,   chto  mozhno   kak-to
zaformalizirovat'  (splav so vseh  vos'mitysyachnikov i  samyh  vysokih vershin
vseh  kontinentov,  splavy-pervoprohozhdeniya  v  Kitae s  dvuh  samyh vysokih
vershin mira - |veresta i CHogori, spusk po gornym istokam dvuh velichajshih rek
mira - Amazonki i Nila, nakonec, ya ustanovil  v Tibete rekord vysokogornosti
splava - 5600 m),  menya potyanulo k drugim vidam ekspedicij. V pervuyu ochered'
rech' shla, konechno zhe, o krugosvetnom puteshestvii.
     No  kakoj sposob  peredvizheniya  vybrat'?  Peshkom?  Net, eto zajmet  vsyu
zhizn'. Na velosipede? V principe, dlya menya  eto - priemlemyj variant (buduchi
studentom, ya ser'ezno zanimalsya velogonkami na  shosse, moj rekord, kak ya uzhe
pisal  -  270 km  za odin den'),  no vse ravno  dolgo (esli delat' nastoyashchuyu
krugosvetku, to na eto pri otsutstvii bol'shoj finansovoj podderzhki ujdet let
pyat').  Ostavalsya variant  puteshestviya  na avtomobile.  On kazalsya  naibolee
privlekatel'nym eshche i  potomu, chto nikto  iz Rossii  (i Sovetskogo Soyuza) do
etogo  avtokrugosvetok  ne sovershal  (hotya  eto  udavalos' sdelat' lyudyam  iz
drugih  stran). Mne, estestvenno,  hotelos'  projti  neobychnyj  marshrut,  po
kotoromu nikto nikogda ne puteshestvoval. K tomu zhe ya obratil vnimanie na to,
chto v  ranee  sovershennyh krugosvetkah tochki nachala i  konca  puti po raznym
materikam  byli proizvol'nymi,  nikak ne zaformalizovannymi. Poetomu ya reshil
proehat' po  vsem kontinentam mezhdu krajnimi tochkami  v  tom  napravlenii, v
kotorom eti kontinenty vytyanuty, to est' peresech'  oba amerikanskih materika
ot samoj  severnoj  okrainy  Severnoj  Ameriki  do  samoj  yuzhnoj tochki YUzhnoj
Ameriki (estestvenno,  kuda mozhno  dobrat'sya na avtomobile), peresech' Afriku
ot samoj yuzhnoj ee tochki do  samoj severnoj, Evraziyu  - ot samoj  zapadnoj do
samoj  vostochnoj  (iz dostupnyh na legkovoj mashine),  a Avstraliyu - ot samoj
vostochnoj  do samoj  zapadnoj (libo  voobshche  ob®ehat' ee  po  perimetru).  V
dal'nejshem poyavilas' i novaya ideya  -  "perekrestit'" vse kontinenty, to est'
proehat'  ih  i  s yuga  na sever  (ili naoborot), i s zapada na vostok  (ili
naoborot).
     I  ya  pristupil k osushchestvleniyu svoego proekta.  25  sentyabrya 1997 goda
vyletel v Ankoridzh (Alyaska)...
     CHto imenno  proishodilo dal'she, vy mozhete uznat'  iz novoj  moej  knigi
"Vokrug sveta na avtomobile", kotoraya dolzhna v 2001g. vyjti v svet (vprochem,
v  etom ya ne uveren, tak kak deneg na ee  izdanie u menya net).  No rezyumiruya
rezul'taty etogo puteshestviya, ya mogu skazat' sleduyushchee.
     Mne udalos'  v  techenie  3,5  let  sovershit'  pervoe v  istorii  Rossii
krugosvetnoe  puteshestvie  na  avtomobile  (prichem, dvojnoe)  po  sovershenno
original'nomu  marshrutu - cherez krajnie  tochki kontinentov. YA "okrestil" vse
kontinenty, to est' peresek ih na mashine kak  s severa na yug (ili naoborot),
tak i s zapada na  vostok  (ili naoborot). YA proehal ot samoj severnoj tochki
Severnoj Ameriki, dostizhimoj na legkovom avtomobile (ot zaliva Pradhu Bej na
Severnom Ledovitom okeane, Alyaska, SSHA) do samoj  yuzhnoj tochki YUzhnoj Ameriki,
do  kotoroj mozhno dobrat'sya na avtomashine (seleniya Lapatajya, ostrov Ognennaya
Zemlya, Argentina), ot samoj yuzhnoj tochki Afriki (mysa Igol'nyj, YUAR) do samoj
ee severnoj tochki (mysa Ras-|ngela, Tunis),  ot samoj zapadnoj tochki Evrazii
(mysa Roka, Portugaliya) do Magadana (s vidom na Alyasku, gde marshrut nachinal)
i  poselka Galimyj (Magadanskaya oblast') -  samoj  vostochnoj tochki  Evrazii,
kuda  mozhno  doehat'  na  legkovom  avtomobile,  ot  samoj  vostochnoj  tochki
Avstralii (mysa Bajron) do samoj ee zapadnoj tochki (mysa Stiip Pojnt). Krome
etogo, ya peresek  Avstraliyu ot samoj severnoj ee  tochki (mysa Jork) do samoj
yuzhnoj (Saut Pojnt), proehal  cherez Indoneziyu i ot samoj yuzhnoj  tochki Azii (i
Evrazii, mysa Piaj, Malajziya) cherez YUgo-Vostochnuyu  Aziyu, Central'nuyu Aziyu  i
Severnuyu Evropu do samoj  severnoj  tochki Evropy (mysa Nordkin, Norvegiya)  i
samoj  severnoj  tochki  Evrazii,  dostizhimoj  na  legkovom avtomobile  (mysa
Nordkap, Norvegiya), peresek Afriku s vostoka na zapad ot Somali do Dakara, a
takzhe  Ameriku  s  zapada  na vostok - ot zaliva  Ankor  (Alyaska)  do  samoj
vostochnoj  tochki  Ameriki  (mysa  Kabu-Branku,  Braziliya).  YA peresek  shest'
desyatkov  stran -  SSHA,  Kanadu,  Meksiku,  Gvatemalu,  Sal'vador, Gonduras,
Nikaragua,  Kosta-Riku,  Panamu, Kolumbiyu,  |kvador, Peru,  CHili, Argentinu,
YUAR, Zimbabve,  Zambiyu, Tanzaniyu,  Keniyu,  Ugandu,  |fiopiyu, Sudan,  Egipet,
Liviyu,  Tunis,  Italiyu, Portugaliyu, Ispaniyu,  Franciyu,  Bel'giyu, Lyuksemburg,
Germaniyu, CHehiyu,  Slovakiyu, Ukrainu, Rossiyu, Mongoliyu, Avstraliyu, Indoneziyu,
Malajziyu,  Tailand,  M'yanmu,  Bangladesh,  Indiyu,  Nepal,  Kitaj,  Kazahstan,
Kirgiziyu, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Moldaviyu, Rumyniyu, Belorussiyu, Finlyandiyu,
Norvegiyu, Alzhir,  Mali,  Gvineyu, Senegal i Braziliyu, proehav pri etom  okolo
140 tys.km. Kstati, vo vremya svoego puteshestviya ya splavilsya na katamarane po
rekam  Kluejn  (Kanada), Kolorado (SSHA), Machangara  (|kvador) i na plotu  po
Zambezi  (Zimbabve/Zambiya). A voobshche ya pobyval v  bolee, chem  vos'midesyati ,
stranah mira.
     V  moih  planah  - interesnejshij  superproekt,  o  kotorom  ya  rasskazhu
neskol'ko  pozzhe.  Est' i drugie idei. No skazhu  odno. V lyubom sluchae prosto
puteshestvovat' i hodit' v  pohody  ya budu do konca svoih dnej. Ved' dlya menya
puteshestviya - eto dejstvitel'no obraz zhizni.



     FORMALXNYE ITOGI PUTESHESTVIJ VLADIMIRA LYSENKO
     _________________________________________________________________________________________

     Pervyj cikl ekspedicij
     (splav po gornym rekam):

     REKI, PO KOTORYM SPLAVILSYA SO VSEH VOSXMITYSYACHNIKOV:
     No. Vershina Reki
     1 |verest (8848m) - a) Lobuche Khola, Imdzha Khola, Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi,
     Sapt-Kosi (Nepal);
     b) Vostochnaya Rong CHu, Rong CHu, Phung CHu (Kitaj), Arun,
     Sapt-Kosi (Nepal)
     2 K-2 (CHogori) (8611m) - a) Braldu, SHigar, Ind (Pakistan);
     b) CHogir (K-2), SHaksgam, YArkend (Kitaj)
     3 Kanchendzhanga (8586m) - a) Tamur (Nepal);
     b) Tista (Indiya)
     4 Lhotze (8516m) - Imdzha Khola, Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)
     5 Makalu (8463m) - Barun, Arun (Nepal)
     6 CHo Ojyu (8201m) - Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)
     7 Dhaulagiri (8167m) - a) Miagdi, Kali Gandaki (Nepal);
     b) Rahughat Khola, Kali Gandaki (Nepal)
     8 Manaslu (8156m) - a) Buri Gandaki, Trisuli (Nepal);
     b) Marsiangdi, Trisuli (Nepal)
     9 Nanga Parbat (8125m) - Bunar, Ind (Pakistan)
     10 Annapurna (8091m) - a) Marsiangdi, Trisuli (Nepal);
     b) Modi, Kali Gandaki (Nepal);
     v) Kali Gandaki (Nepal)
     11 Gasherbrum-1 (8068m),
     12 Brod-Pik (8049m), -- a) Braldu, SHigar, Ind (Pakistan);
     13 Gasherbrum-2 (8035m) b) SHaksgam, YArkend (Kitaj)
     14 SHisha Pangma (8013m) - Bhote-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)

     REKI, PO KOTORYM SPLAVILSYA S SAMYH VYSOKIH VERSHIN
     VSEH KONTINENTOV I OKEANII
     No. Kontinent Vershina Reki
     1 Aziya |verest (8848m) a) Lobuche Khola, Imdzha Khola, Dudh-Kosi,
     Sun-Kosi, Sapt-Kosi (Nepal);
     b) Vostochnaya Rong CHu, Rong CHu, Phung CHu (Kitaj),
     Arun, Sapt-Kosi (Nepal)
     2  YUzhnaya  Amerika  Akonkagua  (6960m)  Orkones,  Las  Kuevas,   Mendosa
(Argentina)
     3 Severnaya Amerika Mak-Kinli (6194m) Mak-Kinli, Kantishna (SSHA)
     4 Afrika Kilimandzharo (5896m) Karanga (Tanzaniya)
     5 Evropa 1)|l'brus (5642m) Baksan; Kuban' (Rossiya);
     2)Monblan (4807m) Dora Bal'tea (Italiya)
     6 Avstraliya Koscyushko (2230m) Snoui (Avstraliya)
     7 Okeaniya Dzhaya (5030m) Kemabu, Darevo, Ajkva (Indoneziya)

     GORNYE ISTOKI DVUH VELICHAJSHIH REK MIRA,
     PO KOTORYM SPLAVILSYA:
     No. Reka Istok Strana
     1 Amazonka Maran'on Peru
     2 Nil Goluboj Nil |fiopiya

     MIROVOJ  REKORD VYSOKOGORNOSTI  SPLAVA  PO  GORNYM REKAM (5600  METROV)
USTANOVLEN V TIBETE (KITAJ) 1.09.1996g. NA REKE VOSTOCHNAYA RONG CHU PRI SPLAVE
S |VERESTA.
     __________________________________________________

     Vtoroj cikl ekspedicij
     (dvojnoe krugosvetnoe puteshestvie na avtomobile)
     (sentyabr' 1997g. - aprel' 2001g.) cherez  krajnie tochki Severnoj i YUzhnoj
Amerik, Afriki, Evrazii i Avstralii, cherez strany:
     (1)SSHA, (2)Kanada, (3)Meksika, (4)Gvatemala, (5)Sal'vador, (6)Gonduras,
(7)Nikaragua, (8)Kosta-Rika, (9)Panama, (10)Kolumbiya, (11)|kvador, (12)Peru,
(13)CHili, (14)Argentina,  (15)YUAR,  (16)Zimbabve, (17)Zambiya,  (18)Tanzaniya,
(19)Keniya,   (20)Uganda,   (21)|fiopiya,  (22)Sudan,  (23)Egipet,  (24)Liviya,
(25)Tunis,    (26)Italiya,    (27)Poptugaliya,    (28)Ispaniya,    (29)Fpanciya,
(30)Bel'giya,   (31)Lyuksembupg,   (32)Gepmaniya,    (33)CHehiya,   (34)Slovakiya,
(35)Ukpaina,   (36)Rossiya,   (37)Mongoliya,   (38)Avstraliya,   (39)Indoneziya,
(40)Malajziya,  (41)Tailand, (42)M'yanma, (43)Bangladesh, (44)Indiya, (45)Nepal,
(46)Kitaj,  (47)Kazahstan,  (48)Kirgiziya,  (49)Uzbekistan,  (50)Tadzhikistan,
(51)Moldaviya,  (52)Rumyniya,  (53)Belorussiya,  (54)Finlyandiya,   (55)Norvegiya,
(56)Alzhir, (57)Mali, (58)Gvineya, (59)Senegal, (60)Braziliya.

     E-mail   adres   Vladimira  Lysenko   gaponov@itam.nsc.ru   (for
Lysenko), tel.(3832)33-91-12..





     INFORMATION ABOUT TRAVELLER VLADIMIR LYSENKO (RUSSIA)

     Dr.  Vladimir Lysenko is the famous Russian traveller (mainly rafter on
the mountain rivers). There is the list of his rafting-expeditions:
     No. Country Rivers
     0 (1985-1990) USSR Charyn; Muksu; Gaumysh,Hodzhaachkan,Soh;Bashkaus;
     Chulyshman; Argut; Bolshoy Naryn, Naryn; Matcha,
     Yagnob,Fandariya; Oygaing,Pskem; Ioldo,Chuya-Mazhoy
     (10 severest white-water routes of USSR)
     1 (April-May 1990) Nepal Barun, Arun; Bhote-Kosi, Sun-Kosi; Trisuli
     2  (April-May  1991)  Nepal  Lobuche  Khola,   Imja  Khola,  Dudh-Kosi,
Sun-Kosi,
     Sapt-Kosi; Tamur; Marsyangdi
     3 (August- Nepal Buri Gandaki; Modi; Myagdi; Rahughat Khola;
     September 1991) Kali Gandaki; Marsyangdi
     4 (September 1991) India Tista
     5 (June 1992) Pakistan Braldu, Shigar; Bunar, Indus
     6 (October 1992) China Yarkand
     7 (January 1993) Argentina Orcones, Las Cuevas, Mendosa
     8 (February 1993) Tanzania Karanga
     9 (March 1993) Peru Maranyon (the upper waters of Amazon)
     10 (July-August 1993) USA McKinley, Kantishna
     11 (October 1993) Italy Dora Baltea
     12 (September 1994) Japan Hirose
     13 (December 1994) Australia Snowy
     14 (July 1995) Indonesia (New Guinea island) Kemabu, Darewo
     15 (December 1995) Ethiopia Blue Nile (Abbay)
     16 (May-June 1996) China Chogir(K-2),Shaksgam,Yarkand
     17 (September 1996) China Eastern Rong Chu,Rong Chu,Phung Chu
     18 (October- Canada Kluane
     November 1997) USA Colorado
     Equador Machangara
     19 (July 1998) Zimbabwe Zambezi

     Beginning  from September 1997 (till April  2001)  V.Lysenko  made  the
ROUND-THE-WORLD CAR TOUR and had crossed 60 countries:
     (1)USA,  (2)Canada, (3)Mexico, (4)Guatemala,  (5)Salvador, (6)Honduras,
(7)Nicaragua, (8)Costa Rica, (9)Panama. (10)Colombia, (11)Equador, (12)Peru,
(13)Chile,   (14)Argentina,   (15)South  Africa,  (16)Zimbabwe,  (17)Zambia,
(18)Tanzania, (19)Kenya,  (20)Uganda,  (21)Ethiopia,  (22)Sudan,  (23)Egypt,
(24)Libya,  (25)Tunis,   (26)Italy,  (27)Portugal,   (28)Spain,  (29)France,
(30)Belgium,  (31)Luxemburg, (32)Germany, (33)Czech Republic,  (34)Slovakia,
(35)Ukraine,   (36)Russia,   (37)Mongolia,   (38)Australia,   (39)Indonesia,
(40)Malaysia,   (41)Thailand,    (42)Myanmar,   (43)Bangladesh,   (44)India,
(45)Nepal,   (46)China,   (47)Kazakhstan,   (48)Kirghizia,   (49)Uzbekistan,
(50)Tadjikistan,  (51)Moldavia,  (52)Romania,  (53)Byelorussia, (54)Finland,
(55)Norway, (56)Algeria, (57)Mali, (58)Guinea, (59)Senegal, (60)Brazil.

     The information about Lysenko's record achievements:

     (I) During 1990-1992 (additionally 1996) Vladimir  became the first man
all over the world, who had rafted down all  fourteen more-than-8,000-meters
peaks  over the  world. There is the  list of rivers  rafted by him from all
more-than-8,000meters peaks:
     No. Mountain Rivers
     1 Everest(8848m)- a) Lobuche Khola,  Imja  Khola,  Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi,
Sapt-Kosi
     (Nepal)
     b) Rong Chu, Phung Chu (China), Arun, Sapt-Kosi (Nepal)
     2 K-2(Qogir)(8611m)- a) Braldu, Shigar, Indus (Pakistan)
     b) Chogir(K-2), Shaksgam, Yarkand (China)
     3 Kangchenjunga(8586m)- a) Tamur (Nepal)
     b) Tista (India)
     4 Lhotse(8516m)- Imja Khola, Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)
     5 Makalu(8463m)- Barun, Arun (Nepal)
     6 Cho Oyu(8201m)- Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)
     7 Dhaulagiri(8167m)- a) Myagdi, Kali Gandaki (Nepal)
     b) Rahughat Khola, Trisuli (Nepal)
     8 Manaslu(8156m)- a) Buri Gandaki, Trisuli (Nepal)
     b) Marsyangdi, Trisuli (Nepal)
     9 Nanga Parbat(8125m)- Bunar, Indus (Pakistan)
     10 Annapurna(8091m)- a) Marsyangdi, Trisuli (Nepal)
     b) Modi, Kali Gandaki (Nepal)
     c) Kali Gandaki (Nepal)
     11 Gasherbrum-1(8068m) ( a) Braldu, Shigar, Indus (Pakistan) +
     12 Broad Peak(8049m) ( + b) Shaksgam, Yarkand (China)
     13 Gasherbrum-2(8035m) (
     14 Shisha Pangma(8013m)- Bhote-Kosi, Sun-Kosi (Nepal)

     (II) Then during 1991, 1993-1995 (additionally 1996) Lysenko became the
first  man all over the world, who had rafted  down the highest peaks of all
continents (excluding Antarctic,  where are not rivers) and Oceania (instead
of Antarctic). There is the
     list of  rivers  rafted by him from the highest peaks of all continents
and Oceania:
     No. Continent Mountain Rivers
     1 Asia Everest(8848m) a)Lobuche Khola, Imja Khola, Dudh-Kosi,
     Sun-Kosi, Sapt-Kosi (Nepal)
     b)Rong Chu, Phung Chu (China), Arun,
     Sapt-Kosi (Nepal)
     2  South  America   Aconcagua(6960m)   Orcones,  Las  Cuevas,   Mendosa
(Argentina)
     3 North America McKinley(6194m) McKinley, Kantishna (USA)
     4 Africa Kilimanjaro(5896m) Karanga (Tanzania)
     5 Europe Elbrus(5642m) Baksan; Kuban (Russia)
     Mont Blanc(4807m) Dora Baltea (Italy)
     6 Australia Kosciusko(2230m) Snowy (Australia)
     7 Oceania Jaya(5030m) Kemabu, Darewo (Indonesia)

     (III) In April-May 1991, during the rafting down Mt.Everest in Nepal on
the  Lobuche  Khola, Imja Khola, Dudh-Kosi, Sun-Kosi  and  Sapt-Kosi Rivers,
Vladimir had  achieved  new world's  record  of height difference  during  a
rafting - 4,500m (he had  started to raft from Dughla on  the Khumbu Glacier
at the height of 4,600m and had finished in Chatara at the height of 100m).

     (IV)  And,  at  last, in September  1996  Dr.Lysenko  have  beaten  the
Guinness-Book record of high-altitude rafting (the  previous record belonged
to Mike-Jones  team  from England  - rafting  down  Mt.Everest  in  Nepal in
September 1976 from the height of 5,334m) - Lysenko had started to raft down
Mt.Everest on  Rongbuk  Glacier in Tibet on the Eastern Rong  Chu River from
the height of 5,600m.

     And  the  information  about  Vladimir's  last  tour.  Beginning   from
September 1997 (with finish in April 2001), Lysenko made the ROUND-THE-WORLD
CAR TOUR and had crossed 60 countries:
     (1)USA, (2)Canada,  (3)Mexico,(4)Guatemala,  (5)Salvador,  (6)Honduras,
(7)Nicaragua, (8)Costa Rica, (9)Panama. (10)Colombia, (11)Equador, (12)Peru,
(13)Chile,   (14)Argentina,  (15)South  Africa,   (16)Zimbabwe,  (17)Zambia,
(18)Tanzania,  (19)Kenya,  (20)Uganda,  (21)Ethiopia, (22)Sudan,  (23)Egypt,
(24)Libya,   (25)Tunis,  (26)Italy,   (27)Portugal,  (28)Spain,  (29)France,
(30)Belgium, (31)Luxemburg, (32)Germany, (33)Czech  Republic,  (34)Slovakia,
(35)Ukraine,   (36)Russia,   (37)Mongolia,   (38)Australia,   (39)Indonesia,
(40)Malaysia,   (41)Thailand,   (42)Myanmar,   (43)Bangladesh,    (44)India,
(45)Nepal,   (46)China,   (47)Kazakhstan,   (48)Kirghizia,   (49)Uzbekistan,
(50)Tadjikistan,  (51)Moldavia,  (52)Romania, (53)Byelorussia,  (54)Finland,
(55)Norway, (56)Algeria, (57)Mali, (58)Guinea, (59)Senegal, (60)Brazil.
     Vladimir  made  the  extraordinary  Round-the-world  car  tour and have
crossed all  continents  from-and-to  their  extreme  points,  which  it  is
possible  to  reach  in a  car. He had crossed:  (a)America from Pradho  Bay
(Arctic  Ocean,  Alaska,  USA) to Fiery Land  island  (Lapataia, Argentina),
(b)Africa from Aghulas Cape (South Africa, the southest point  of Africa) to
Ras-Angela  Cape (Tunis, the northest point of Africa),  (c)Europe&Asia from
Roca Cape (Portugal, the westernest point of Europe) to Galimiy (Russia, the
easternest  point of  Asia,  which it  is possible  to  reach in  a car) and
Magadan, (d)Australia from Cape Byron (the easternest point of Australia) to
Steep Point  (the westernest  point). Then, additionally to  Round-the-world
trip,  Lysenko  have  crossed  also  Australia from Cape York (the  northest
point) to  South  Point (the  southest  point), Indonesia (Island Jawa)  and
Europe&Asia from  Cape Piai (Malaysia, the southest point  of  Asia) to Cape
Nordkap (Norway, the  northest  point of Europe and  the  northest point  of
Europe&Asia, which it is possible to reach in a car), have crossed Africa in
a westerly  direction from Somali to Dakar and America from the west  to the
east - from Anchor Bay (Alaska) to Cape Cabu-Branku (Brazil) (the easternest
point of America). Total length of route is 140,000 kilometers.
     Dr.Lysenko's e-mail address is gaponov@itam.nsc.ru (for V.I.Lysenko),
home phone in Russia (3832)33-91-12 (he live in Novosibirsk).


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