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Expedition debrief on ThePoles.com |
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 10:06 |
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Click on the following link to read "Debrief: Dogsled expedition around Lake Khuvsgul, Mongolia" on ThePoles.com |
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A lifetime experience - The Mongol Messenger |
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 13:24 |
Inuksuk.pdf Whaw, how privileged have I been to live this wild and beautiful experience” is the feeling I have back home while rediscovering my old habits and occupations.
Our Mongolian “Khuvsgul Dogsled expedition” was an experience we will carry with us for the rest of our lives. Getting to the start point was an expedition itself, 700 kilometers on roads, only existing on the roadmap of Mongolia, several flat tires and other mechanical problems ....
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Looking back on our dogsled expedition |
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 08:56 |
Whaw, how privileged have I been to live this wild and beautiful experience" is the feeling I have, back home and looking to find my old habits and occupations. Our Mongolian "Khuvsgul Dogsled expedition" was an experience we will carry with us for the rest of our lives.
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 16:21 |
 We just arrived home after a very long day of flying.
Thank you all very much for the many messages of support during our expedition. Communication hasn't been always easy.
Of course we haven't climbed the Monk Saridag on a horse. We first went from Khatgal to the beginning of the climb by horse, from there we climbed to about 3200 m where we set up our basecamp, on the following day, April the 10th, we got to the Saridag summit.
Back on the Khuvsgul lake we were received by the nomads with a lot of respect and of course superb food to celebrate our Saridag climb.
After the expedition which ended on April the 15th, we spend 2 days at Joel and Bayana's loghouse in Terelj, about 2 hours from UB. (see picture)
A detailed update on our expedition and pictures will follow soon!
Bert & Kiki |
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 19:21 |
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 18:12 |
1 april
Today we leave on our long awaited Mongolian expedition: We thank you all for your interest and support, You can send messages to us:
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We will have contact with our “basecamp” in Ulaanbaatar a couple of times and they will keep us informed about these messages. See You, Bert & Kiki
2 april
This morning Bert and Kiki will fly from Brussels to Prague, from there it goes to Moscow and then to the Mongolian Capital Ulaanbaatar. They will arrive in UB around 5 o clock local time in the morning.
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 18:12 |
Received MESSAGES through
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dag B,
moest ik jullie niet meer zien of horen: good luck met de expeditie! hopelijk zonder kleerscheuren zodat je ons nogmaals een speciaal verhaal kunt vertellen.
good luck,
kurt,
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«Het moet vanuit je ziel komen» |
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Friday, 03 April 2009 17:34 |
Dixie Dansercoer geeft bert poffé laatste tips voor vertrek naar Mongolië.
Leuvenaar Bert Poffé (39) vertrekt vandaag voor negentien dagen naar Mongolië. Hij zal er samen met zijn vrouw Kiki een hondensleetocht maken en de 3.500 meter hoge Munkh Saridag beklimmen. Maandag ging hij langs bij poolreiziger en Huldenbergenaar Dixie Dansercoer (46). «Je kan niet op expeditie vertrekken zonder bij Dixie te passeren.»
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De nomaden achterna - Pasar |
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 07:18 |
Noem hem geen indiaan, maar naar de ‘natives’ in het noorden van Canada trekken is voor Bert Poffé (39), communicatieverantwoordelijke uit Kessel-Lo, toch een beetje thuiskomen.
Zo goed is hij er ingeburgerd. Over een paar dagen vertrekt hij met zijn vrouw Kiki een totaal andere richting uit: Mongolië. En toch zijn er veel meer gelijkenissen dan op het eerste zicht lijkt, zegt deze vriend van de nomadenvolken.
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Flights and logistics: Adventure pur sang |
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 00:00 |
There is only one flight a week between Ulaanbaatar and Moron. Due to late decisions on the winter to “summer” shift of internal flight schedules, some logistical last minute changes had to be made.
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Met de hondenslee door Mongolië - METRO |
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Friday, 20 March 2009 00:00 |
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Leuven - De ene neemt genoegen met een weekje zon, zee en strand, de ander houdt al van een beetje avontuur op vakantie. Maar voor Bert Poffé mag het nog net dat ietsje meer zijn. volgende maand trekt hij vijftien dagen lang op expeditie naar Mongolië, een land dat niet meteen bekend staat om zijn grote populariteit bij de gemiddelde toerist.
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Training with a world Champion |
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Monday, 16 March 2009 13:21 |
 During this preparation period for our expedition every little detail is carefully studied, gear is being tested and many hours are spent working out in the gym and running and hiking in the woods.
For our expedition, the one extremely difficult thing to train here in Belgium is the dog sledding itself, (almost) no snow, (almost) no dogs!One would (almost) forget we have an European and World Champion amongst us: Joël Reyniers! Please check out Joël’s website: http://www.runbeforebeauty.be/
After a couple of phone calls Joël was so kind to spend a morning dogsled training with me. We ran the dogs for about an hour and a half and we talked about the do’s and don’t’s of mushing. Although, far from being comparable to the Mongolian cold, the 4°C felt “extreme” on this stormy wet, and above all, muddy morning.
The hauling of the dogs brought back sweet (Canadian) memories.
It was awesome!
Thank you Joël! |
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Our Mongolian Dogsled Expedition in BLISS-magazine |
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Saturday, 14 March 2009 12:34 |
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Offsetting our carbon footprint |
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Friday, 13 March 2009 12:57 |
 On the 2nd of April, our flight route will be Brussels – Prague - Moscow - Ulaanbatar - Moron.
On the 4th of April we will be “ready to go”!
Unfortunately all flights have an important carbon footprint and thus an impact on climate change. In order to reduce this impact we will offset the CO2 emissions from this expedition by supporting a UNFCCC certified renewable energy project with CO2logic.
Together with Antoine from CO2logic we decided to support the following biomass project in India: http://www.co2logic.com/home.aspx/en/projects/project+4 |
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Our Khuvsgul Dogsled Expedition in "De Streekkrant" |
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 13:00 |
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Monday, 09 March 2009 18:12 |
 While on a nine month Canadian Arctic Dogsled Expedition in 1982-83, traveling from village to village, Patti Steger’s focus was on native culture and the respective skills. It was during that time she wore her first pair of mukluks, marveled at the warmth and comfort and learned to hand-sew both mukluks and moccasins from the native women. In 1985, she began making the footwear in her home for people who would provide the leather.
Patti listened to our needs for the upcoming Khuvsgul Dogsled Expedition and provided us with all the necessary information. We opted for the “Arctic Ribbon Mukluks.
Mukluks or Kamik are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer skin or sealskin and were originally worn by Arctic aboriginals, including the Inuit and Yupik. The word "mukluk" is of Yupik origin, from maklak, the bearde seal,while "kamik" is an Inuit word. Mukluks weigh little and allow hunters to move very quietly. Our Steger Arctic Mukluks, an example of ancient high tech, will be one ot the most important items to cope with the extreme temperatures of the Mongolian winter! |
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Genieten bij -40 graden Celcius |
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Monday, 02 March 2009 08:24 |
BERT POFFÈ RUILT LEUVEN even in VOOR NOMADENBESTAAN IN MONGOLIË
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Monday, 23 February 2009 20:49 |
This weekend we enjoyed the Belgian snow: a Mongolian winter training in the Hautes Fagnes, with our 2 personal trainers: the kids.
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Global warming: NOT from the newspapers |
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 20:39 |
I’ve been visiting Khuvsugul lake, the «Blue Pearl of Mongolia», for over 6 years now and I am still charmed by its amazing wildness! The surrounding magnificent mountains fill you with a powerful peace. Not one visitor will ever forget the magic of this place!
But as we all know by now, Global Warming is affecting us all, also Mongolia and Khuvsgul.
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Monday, 02 February 2009 11:22 |
 Lillo Buyle from “KARIBOE" recommended us the Rimfaxe of Klättermusen for our upcoming Mongolian expedition.
It’s our new survival jacket in organic fluorocarbon-free cotton” says Lillo ; “Taped waterproof garments are not the optimal choice for winter or high altitude conditions”.
The wind resistance (MFR 8) of Rimfaxe is more than adequate for the hardest of winds, something that has been tested on several expeditions to the North Pole. In wind speeds of 10 m/s it transports ten times more moisture than a laminated garment.
Rimfaxe is a garment with the highest levels of safety. It has frostbite protection for the face and covers the groin to reduce heat loss. Strong 8 mm zippers with safety covers and Velcro are backed up by storm toggles for extreme situations. Lillo:“It will certainly do the job for you folks”.
We are of course delighted with the fact that these high tec winter jackets, provided by KARIBOE, are made of organic eco-friendly materials. |
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The well known Arctic and Antarctic Belgian explorer Dixie Dansercoer and his wife Julie Brown have always been a source of inspiration to us! They are explorers with a heart for our mother Earth. 
