kayakstan.net :: exposure
This section outlines the post-expedition publicity received, and outlines where and how you can find out more about our expedition if desired.
Magazine Articles
Paddles, January 2006, Issue 112
The first of two related articles By Tim Burne about the mission down the Song-Kol river, covering the lower gorge. It involved a lot of portages, but remains one of the highlights of the trip.
Paddles, February 2006, Issue 113
The second article By Tim Burne about the mission down the Song-Kol river, covering the upper and harder gorge section. It took 8 hours to cover the 8km...
Playboating, Issue TBC
Another article by Tim on the epic multi-day that was the Naryn. The mag has gone to town on the graphics, the highlight of which is a rather large disembodied head of James! The issue will be available from the playboating site.
Canoe Focus, February 2006
A general article about the trip as a whole written by Dave. A picture of Rob and Phil even made the front cover - I'm famous!! The issue will be available from the canoefocus site.
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Presentations
In addition to magazine articles, we've been giving various presentations around the UK. To date, we've presented at:
- 20th Oct 2005, Imperial College Exploration Society, London
- 29th and 30th Oct 2005, SCA Paddle 2005, Perth
- 5th Nov 2005, Tyne Tour
- 1st Dec 2005, Cheltenham Canoe Club
- 3rd/4th Dec 2005, Gene17 adventure paddling weekend (how did it go?)
Further talks are anticipated, possibly on at the reformed London River Rats, and maybe ICE. An example pdf of a typical 45 minute slide-set is downloadable if required [4.3Mb].
On the Web
There's been plenty of web publicity for the expedition, no least on this site itself. Below are a few links to articles that appeared after we got back.