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Gobi March (2013) blog posts from Raymond Kan

07 June 2013 03:18 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

dear all,

            thanks for encouragement from all of you, yesterday should be the stage 5 ,long march day, however, the weater was extremely terrible, it was raining  at that the beginning, when i arrrived check point 2, the temperature was around 13C and the check point 4 (summit) was nearly zero. by the time around 11:00am i kept on walked uphill to check point 3 , rain was pouring dowm from the sky, i was totally wet when i arrived check point 3 and find very cold. meanwhile, the staff anounced that all check point closed and the stage 5 call cancelled due to the bad weather. now i stay in the camp site waiting for the last 13K to the finish line line by tomorrow.  it was a pity i can only finish 200 K instead of 250 K. no matter what safety first.
antonery thanks for you and your parents

liz thx
isiters,brothers, thsx

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Gary Gorman

Posted On: 10 Jun 2013 11:37 pm

Great Job Ray...can't wait to hear about your experience when you are home. Travel safely!!!!

06 June 2013 02:07 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Dea 3  all,

            i had finished stage 3 by 10:15 hrs  (including 1.5 hrs break) and stage 4 by 9:30 hr (1 hr break), .it was raining whole night on the day before yesterday.  we all got wet at the begining. the tough part was from camp 2 to camp 3. we had climbed up 350 meter/1000 feet hill and  started by half way to summit, there was foot no foot path at all. i was almost exhausted when i reach camp 3.  however, eventually i finished it.

              stage 4 is much ease and my backpack look like real lighter than before.
               tomorrow is a long march, we have 52 miles non stop for 24 hours course. hoping i could finsih it peacefully.

lee, calvin thanks for your encouragement.
Antonery, thx. see you next week
sisters brothers and all my relative, thanks.
vivian, thanks, i lost my ipone cable, i will try to buy one, once i arrive beijing . if ii cannot get it, i will contact you by my ipad.

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Sam And Dave

Posted On: 07 Jun 2013 11:53 pm

Great accomplishment Raymond. We've been tracking you. Be happy and proud and safe. We've been to restaurant 3 or 4 times and never open. Saw Chow and Sarah at airport leaving for Las Vegas. Nice of you to give them week off with pay. Register wouldn't fit in suitcase so they cleaned it out and left it at airport. Good luck to you and them. Sam and Dave

david delmonico

Posted On: 07 Jun 2013 07:01 pm

Hi Raymond, Great job on the first 4 stages!! Hang in there for the final 2 and enjoy them the best you can. Wonderful accomplishment. Be safe. Regards, Dave Delmonico

alice kan

Posted On: 07 Jun 2013 11:19 am

raymond, enjoyed and relaxing under the sun, use a super natural power to the finish point, ( GAR YIU )!!!!!

alice kan

Posted On: 06 Jun 2013 04:42 pm

my hero!keep going!you almost there we are pround of you! be safe finish the most difficult part. ( GAR YIU )!!!!!!!!

Anthony Rousseau

Posted On: 06 Jun 2013 02:07 pm

Ray, you are my hero. Finish up strong, like I know you will. Enjoy your time there and have a safe trip back. I have a nice bottle of water waiting for you on your return home. See you next week, Anthony

Atul Patki

Posted On: 06 Jun 2013 12:37 pm

Raymond, I know you do not know me and sorry to write on your blog when we do not know each other. First of all, I give my hearty congrats to you for competing stage 4. I am following up your this race closely and every day I look for your post. I plan to run in Sahara in Feb 2014 for the first time and would like to see how this race goes. Your blog helps me a lot in knowing the race technically. I plan to run this race next year and your this detail blog will help me then. I wish you very best and wish you could finish stage 5 which is the most difficult part, with flying colors. Keep posting. All the best Cheers --Atul Patki USA

Kent Yu

Posted On: 06 Jun 2013 02:38 am

All of family member are supporting you, and we are proud of you on running this tough journey. Whole family giving you a super natural power to climb over the mountains.

04 June 2013 09:22 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Dear all,

                 Today is the second day oof the courrse,  it is a 38 K course, had finished by 4:45 hrs.    faster than ytesterday. it is not so tough .  It was only climbed up about 300 meters/1000 feet.  The whole course went through a lot  of dy rocky river valley.   Unfortunatlly, i had bring the wrong shoes, it was find sleepy when i got downhill , and a bit painfull when i run/walk along those rocky path.  My shouder is not so painful as day before. To morrow, we had one difficut and one very difficult stage, that is stage 1 and 3 respectively.  So that i may have no time to write bolg, calvin, lee thanks.
Vivian tell hammy i will back by week, portable solar system cannot  charge fully, so i can do nothing for my iphone. Vincent, the whole medical team are ER doctor.

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Elizabeth Stewart

Posted On: 06 Jun 2013 01:55 am

Keep going strong! There are some great pictures online. Looks like you are still having fun in spite of the challenges!

alice kan

Posted On: 05 Jun 2013 11:29 am

Proud with you ! (Gar yiu) !!!!!! Alice

Vincent Kan

Posted On: 05 Jun 2013 02:43 am

3 days down! Keep it up!

alice & wai wong

Posted On: 04 Jun 2013 12:15 pm

hi brother,your picture looks good ,I like the green colour, keep going!!!! I will sand you a pair of wright shoes by hellcopter!

Rose Rousseau

Posted On: 04 Jun 2013 11:00 am

You are making us very proud in West Springfield ! Go Ray Go!! Keep up the spirit! Skip, Rose and Anthony

02 June 2013 01:54 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Dearmy family,brothers and sisiter of hong kong post , Dragon and Horse hiking membersteam and all friends of W.estspring,
 
     Today  is the frist day of Gobi  March 2013, The temperature is 30C somrthing.  We have to climb up 1000 meter/ 3000 feet. The whole stage is up and down rocky hills and walk/run along those path romote village. i take.  9 hours this stage. . The backapck feel heavier than before ,especially the last 10 K..  Tomorrow will be stage 2. I promise all of you ,I will try all my best to finish the whole race

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alice kan

Posted On: 03 Jun 2013 10:07 am

my dear brother, keep going !do you best! (gar yiu)!!!!! I will send you some noodle soup & steam fish by camel! yum!yum!

01 June 2013 02:41 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Just finished the race briefing and received the passport of the race, we will have to check all our mandatory items afterward. We will leave hotel to the camp by 4,00 pm. The first stage of race will start by tomorrow( 2 June ) morning

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Anthony Rousseau

Posted On: 03 Jun 2013 01:17 am

Go Ray Go!!! We wish you the best... Rousseau Family in West Springfield

alice kan

Posted On: 02 Jun 2013 11:41 am

dear raymond , how's going today keep going!(GAR YIU)!!!!!

Calvin Nguyen

Posted On: 02 Jun 2013 01:55 am

Good luck Raymond! Do your best out there!

alice kan

Posted On: 01 Jun 2013 10:57 pm

raymond, (gar you) !!!!!!

Kent Yu

Posted On: 01 Jun 2013 05:50 am

Good Luck!

23 May 2013 09:18 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Today is 30 days to Gobi March 2013, I had just started to run with my 10 lbs backpack on by last week. It was hard for the first day, it feels better later on. I decided to increase the weight of my backpack to around 20 lbs by the last week training. Hoping i will finish my race with no injury.

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23 May 2013 09:17 am (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi

Just received tent assignments by today. Now is 10 days to the race. I had trained for 20 lbs backpack on for few days I will get on my plane on 7 days by Hartford Bradley, CT. . i had try to lower the weight of my backpack. Eventually, it is around 21 lbs by now. see everybody at Bole soon.

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kan gordon

Posted On: 02 Jun 2013 03:12 pm

努力！！

alice kan

Posted On: 01 Jun 2013 10:33 pm

raymond ( gar you )!!!!!