Six layers of clothing, including three lower ones, a carefully insulated head and motorcycles specially prepared for the first winter women’s motorcycle rally: this is the combination that four participants of the international motorcycle movement “Al-Kashi” preferred to traditional “tulip restaurants” on International Women’s Day. Among them was Samara journalist, employee of the Volga News portal Anna Vyrina with the street name “Henrikh”. New points on the map of the country Icy March wind and -25°C “overboard”: with these conditions Novy Urengoy met the girls on the eve of the motorcycle rally. Anya Vyrina (Henrikh), Irina Shishina (Tarantino), Irina Makina (Liza) and Yulia Solntse flew to the central part of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug by plane from different parts of the country (Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Syktyvkar). ) we unite for one goal – to complete the first winter women’s motorcycle rally by crossing the Arctic Circle four times and visiting the mountain village of Kharp, located on the 67th parallel along the only polar highway in the Far North. . And if possible, set a world record. “In ordinary life, I like to travel on a motorcycle,” Anna told Volzhskie Novosti colleagues. “If this is not possible, then any transport will do to hit the road and expand your horizons. Unfortunately, I have to work between trips,” she laughs. “I’m driving at the same time.” blogs about Zen motorcycle travel and writes a book about it. I hope that the history of Yamal will be final (for a book, not for motorcycle travel) and it will be possible to begin correcting, designing and printing.” The winter motorcycle rally was the opening of the 10th motorcycle season for Anna. “It all started in 2014, and in the spring and summer of 2015 I hardly slept at home. In 2016, I went on my first “dalnyak” (long-distance trip). The geography of my travels is still small: Central Russia, Crimea three times, Yamal twice in the summer, Dagestan, Altai, Khakassia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan (Pamir Highway). I don’t perceive motorsports as a sport. This is part of my life. , is already an integral part,” the girl admits. On the eve of the start, on March 6, participants of the first women’s winter circumpolar motorcycle race arrived in Krasnoselkup. Here they met with high school students from the Rainbow school and, among other things, talked about their plans to place “flags” on the map of Russia in the cities of Novy Urengoy, Nadym, Labytnangi, Salekhard and Kharp, and cross the Arctic. Circle. in four places and visit the steles marking it. March 8 – beyond the Arctic Circle. The motorcycle rally itself symbolically began on International Women’s Day. As the participants admit, the tasks included not only “skating”, but also celebrating March 8 in the Arctic Circle, visiting Reindeer Herder Day in Novy Urengoy (which was celebrated on March 10 in 2024), testing themselves and, as a bonus, setting a world record. “We did it,” they modestly nod to the cameras (with lips frozen from frost, but happy eyes) a week later. That’s exactly how long it took (from March 8 to March 14) to cover a distance of 1,457 kilometers in the Far North on a motorcycle. The achievement of the fragile but brave girl was officially registered by the largest agency in Eurasia for registering world records and achievements, the first international Russian-language alternative to the Guinness Book of Records and the international book of records “Interrecord” under the league. The team composition, mileage and route are indicated there: Krasnoselkup – Tazovsky – Zapolyarny – Aksarka – Salekhard – Kharp. “The record recorded a mileage of 1,411 km, because the commission decided to consider the village of Kharp as the last point. But we weren’t upset,” the girls smile. Hot northern motorists and wind from the tundra All days of the motor rally, the participants of the motor rally faced harsh, but usual weather conditions for these places: with each settlement passed, the thermometer values decreased by at least one. degrees and continued to fall, and a side wind blew from the tundra. Not only the weather, but also the drivers reminded us that we should not relax behind the wheel. As the race participants admit, the temperament of local motorists surprised them: “The drivers are as passionate as in the south, they don’t let you relax!” Irina “Lisa” commented on the situation to local media. “In two days of driving – 515 kilometers, of which 150 km are winter roads. On the first day we covered 241 kilometers, on the second – 274,” a Samara journalist recorded the average results of the race for local media. “If you are driving in a hot car, with a thermos of tea,” it will seem like we have traveled a bit. But in conditions when the wind blows, the indicator is decent. So we’re moving adjusted to the wind.” At one of the points along the route, the participants of the women’s winter motorcycle rally met with members of the “Russian Geographical Society” of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and warmly greeted each other, and on the sixth day of the harsh motorcycle journey, the girls crossed the 66th parallel, at the same time experiencing the rite of passage into polar explorers. Local residents, in turn, , did everything to make motorcycle guests fall in love with the harsh north “Regions again. Before this, all the rally participants had already been to Yamal, but in the summer. “In every city we were met by friends, comrades and people whom we did not know then. They did everything to make us feel at home and helped us with everything!” – Henry shares his impressions. “We provided warm garages for equipment. , housing for us, food, water and entertainment. In the places where we spent the night, many friends always gathered, we chatted, sang with a guitar. I have never met such kind, open, friendly people with warm hearts. Thank you for your concern, support, hospitality, we walked this path, and along the way even “We didn’t notice fatigue. People helped and brightened up the race so much that without them it would not have happened. On behalf of everything. team and technical support team, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to every person who was on our way!” The man told what the women did. The idea of organizing a women’s motorcycle rally belongs to Vitaly Gnutikov with the name of the road “Nemestny” from Krasnoselkup (a village in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug). He and his colleague from Gubkinsky (a city in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) Pavel Modzalevsky with the street name “Hockey” accompanied the girls to the rally in two cars. “I somehow gave them an idea, they grabbed it and began to develop it,” Vitaly Gnutikov explained to local journalists who were preparing a special report on the world record. “At first I even slowed them down, saying: wait, maybe. You won’t go anywhere anyway. This is understandable. “That everyone has a job and a family. But they pushed the issue anyway and went. And it’s almost fantastic.” “Last year on the morning of November 2, I opened my eyes and saw a message from Vitaly Gnutikov. He suggested putting together a team of four girls, including me, and traveling in “cars” around Yamal. He also gave me an idea of the time, explaining that until the end of March the daylight hours are longer there, there are no longer severe frosts, and you can go to Boa Shepherd. No one even doubted it, everyone immediately agreed,” continues Anna. We prepared for four months, and the first days passed slowly. We discussed equipment, took advice on what shoes and gloves would be suitable, and how many layers of clothing there would be. Optimal.” Vitaly has extensive experience in winter motorcycle racing, we listened to his advice and bought a uniform. By the way, the motorcycles were also supplied by Vitaly. One – Honda Silver Wing 600 – was in Krasnoselkup and was ready for our arrival. The second – CF650TK – we were transported on a trailer from Novy Urengoy. We had to install a wide homemade windshield on it, examine the tires (a new tire was installed in Novy Urengoy), and also cover it with foil insulation,” recalls. Samara motorcyclist. At the end of the trip, Vitaly Gnutikov presented Henry, Tarantino, Lisa and the Sun with personalized certificates from the Russian Geographical Society of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug about the route taken by motorcycles in winter. In turn, the girls said that they would not stop at the achieved record. The minimum goal is to maintain the bar, the macro goal is to surpass yourself. “Plans… Of course, after such a vivid impression I want to continue winter travel. But such things are not written “on the knee” and are not decided in a few days. You need to choose a direction, calculate the travel points, starting and ending points. A lot of work. But one thing is for sure – this was the first, but not the last rally,” Anna “Henry” Vyrina summed up optimistically.
A motorcycle journalist from Samara set a world record in Yamal – Russia today
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