Yesterday a piece of news about Ms. Tsin, a cyclist from Korea pedalling her way from Finland to Murmansk, reached me, followed by a today’s update to the effect that she got into an accident. It appears she got off lightly thought, and will present herself to the public at the New York Coffee in Murmansk tomorrow as scheduled.
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re: the Korean girl winter bicyclist to Murmansk
North Korean winters are bitterly cold, with heavy snowfall in their mountains. Most of the Chinese and U.S. wounded in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, November 26-December 1,1950, during the Korean War, 1950-1953, were from -40 C. cold, heavy snowfall, and frostbite.
Do you have any further information regarding this cyclist? She is widely followed on the web but she has posted nothing for two months.
Thank you for any help.
Nothing new since that accident story. Latest articles in the local press are http://severpost.ru/read/16520/ and http://murmansk.kp.ru/online/news/1900391/, and say that she was on her way to Helsinki. Both were about mid-November 2014.
‘Uncle Pasha’ … thank your very much for your prompt reply. It seems that she is well. Following links, I find that cycling in Murmansk in winter might not be a good idea! A Japanese cyclist, Watanbe, was killed about a year ago. (But then again, it’s not uncommon in any country these days.)
I want to go by dog or reindeer Sledge slow but safe and sure
Here are some commented photo from Jin’s trip: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T-dk4NzXHQgJ:en.universewithme.com/horrible-car-accident-inhuman-russian-never-want-go-russia-2/. The heading is “Horrible car accident, inhuman Russian; I never want to go to Russia again.”
And an spirited discussion, in Russian, on why travelling here on a bike was a bad idea: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/1259245.html