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		<title>Pedaling through Adversity -Lake Baikal- Part 1: You need to read this… very cool.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The beginning of the trip was much harder than we had anticipated.  We struggled for 3 days just to reach the lake.” On the morning of February 25 we hauled all of our bikes and panniers down 5 flights of a narrow staircase out into the courtyard of the Baikaler Hostel in Irkutsk, Russia to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somenights the Temperature sucked the thermometer to -50C (-58F)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February, in the dead of Siberian winter, a group of experienced adventurers set off to circumnavigate the deepest and oldest lake in the world:Lake Baikal. If you have been reading this blog then you have probably seen some of their stories leading up to this journey. The crew recently got back from their epic adventure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warm clothes, bicycles and a taste for adventure: Months of planning and we leave tomorrow.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And… we’re off! It has been a hectic couple of weeks full of last-minute preparations, gear purchases, and logistical arrangements.  If there is one thing that I’ve learned recently, it is that organizing an expedition is a LOT of work!  Yet it truly is an exciting time.  In less than a week we will begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tandem Tour of South-Central Oregon – part 2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crater Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycling Oregon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were fortunate to have perfect weather and not a drop of rain for our 10-day tour of South-Central Oregon.  We carried everything we needed to be self-sufficient: sleeping bags, tent, stove, fuel, and food.  Our tandem was not light with the four pannier bags, and it took us a couple days to get used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tandem tour of south-central Oregon.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Baikal and Crater Lake have many things in common. Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, while Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States.  Both have been regarded as sacred sties, and are renowned for their beauty and breathtakingly cold water.  But while our trip to circumnavigate Lake Baikal on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivation and Promotion: The Baikal Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.axiomgear.com/news/122/motivation-and-promotion-the-baikal-cause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another factor that has motivated me to plan this trip is my desire to promote and contribute to the efforts of a small but dedicated group of local environmentalists – the non-profit organization Great Baikal Trail (GBT), located in Irkutsk, Russia.  GBT is working to preserve Lake Baikal and promote environmental conservation in the region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Baikal: The team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been very fortunate to assemble a highly motivated and experienced team of athletes for this trip, all of which have extensive experience either climbing or cycling in demanding conditions in remote parts of the world. Venezuelan Maikey Lopera has established new rock and alpine climbing routes in Canada and Venezuela, was a former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are expecting to take 43 days to cover 2300 KM</title>
		<link>http://www.axiomgear.com/news/118/we-are-expecting-to-take-43-days-to-cover-2300-km/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are expecting to take 43 days to cover the 2300 kilometers of Lake Baikal’s shoreline, averaging 55 kilometers per day.  Although there are certain to be days where we will ride more than 55 kilometers, we also expect to encounter significant disruptions in the ice, which will impede our progress, as well as inclement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Seemed to me to be the best way&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.axiomgear.com/news/82/it-seemed-to-me-to-be-the-best-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Pike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was sometime around the middle of the third day of skiing on the delightfully translucent but relentlessly hard, blue ice of Lake Baikal that I began to think of mountain bikes and studded tires.  Thanks to the weight of our packs and the firmness of the ice, the edgeless touring skis that we were [...]]]></description>
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