Beautiful country. We need more people to understand that most people just want to live and enjoy life. Happy travels Eli.
1 month ago | 12
You are the most sweet, beautiful spirit in the world. I love your sense of adventure. Thanks for all your teachings of Russia. I've learned so much.
1 month ago | 4
Elina. Amazing human being and an inspiration ✌️comedian too, and dancer 😂❤️❤️❤️❤
1 month ago | 2
I will never go there, but your pictures and words conjure up incredible imagination in my mind. Thank you and have a good day! Also stay warm!
1 month ago | 4
красивый восход солнца , она знает, как наслаждаться зимой 😊 вам нужен буер с таким ветро
1 month ago (edited) | 5
Long time no see Lake Baikal Ellie. Enjoy your adventures. Best wishes from Australia
1 month ago | 1
Wonderful. I live in the American Southwest desert. Ozero Baikal is my dream along with visiting Irkutsk. This is the first I have read of such a wonderful journey as yours. Spaseebo for sharing with your viewers!
1 month ago | 1
Ur amazing, Eli. Lake Baikal is much like the great Lake Superior in the upper peninsula of Michigan in the US.
1 month ago | 1
I mean the picture of you that is the ice it looks dangerous but thanks for clarifying about the ice thickness and what it can support!
1 month ago | 3
Eli from Russia
I did 100km on the Baikal lake ice by skates!
My itinerary was the following. Day 1: 55km from the mainland in Sakhyurta to Khuzhir on Olkhon island, and visiting several capes on the way. Days 2-6: going from Khuzhir to the fishermen camp and visiting other capes and islands every day. (Going all the distance from Sakhyurta to Khuzhir can be extremely dangerous because of the winds there, so this is not an advised itinerary but simply sharing my journey)
The most common question I get is ‘How were you not afraid of the ice to break?’
10 centimeters of the ice is considered to be safe for people to walk on it, 20 centimeters is safe for cars, and 40 centimeters is enough for trucks. Thickness of Baikal ice is around 80-100cm this year. There are cracks and gullies in some parts of the ice, of course, but overall there was no danger for me to fall through the ice as long as I wouldn’t skate too fast and looked for any dangerous surface ahead of me. In fact, the biggest danger on Baikal is wind, which sometimes can be so strong that even cars can’t move, but I was lucky!
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