Pieter, Hi.
The Vitim Bridge is not the difficult bit. Just the scary one!
For me particularly, having been caught on it in a thunder, lightning and hail storm with swirling winds up to (possibly) 70mph, gusting from all directions!
It is the terrain that makes the BAM so tough - and the relentless pressure for week after week after week, without respite.
If you look at the photos through our own threads/blogs and Website you will see some of the easier bits. But these were the gentler bits where we could relax and think enough to get a camera out.
When it got tough all thoughts, time and energy were to getting through - not the nicieties of taking "tourist snapshots" for the folks back home!
I am not trying to deter people and keep the BAM 'club' small and exclusive.
Nothing would give us greater pleasure than meeting and talking with other survivors, comparing experiences, photos and memories.
There are other less demanding routes in Eastern Russia that are still challenging and real adventures.
Colebatch, Terry and I will happily help with whatever we have learned.
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