• one of the first ever solitary expedition to the one of the most inaccessible places on the world – the Chang Tang expanse on the north-west of Tibet. The idea of a two months journey across absolutely isolated areas is much more valuable then a desire of breaking world records. That trip is to be my own fight with weakness, fight, which would revalue my life perspective.
• to confirm the assumption, that crossing the Chang Tang area does not require an involvement of hefty animal caravans or a fleet of jeeps featured with the most advanced technology.
• to create a detailed database, containing the most current information on that area.
• to update an expedition blog with news and photos taken during the journey.

The router can be divided into a few stages:

Stage 1 - Kathmandu-Lhaze (distance: 500[km], time: 10 days + acclimatization)
After leaving Nepal I’m aiming for Lhasa, biking via the 500 km long Friendship Highway which links Kathmandu and Tibet. There are a few passes on the way with the average altitude of five thousand meters above sea level. That requires good acclimatization, which will take a few additional days. The next three stages are considered as a warm-up part, during which I will gradually get used to the sore Tibetan climate.

Stage 2 - Lhaze-Raga (distance: 300[km], time: 6 days)
Lhaze is located on the crossroads of two famous routes: the Friendship Highway and the Western Tibet road linking both, Kasgar and Lhasa within a distance of 300 km. After reaching a few passes on the way I will get to the Raga village, where I will begin to aim for north from, in the direction of Gerze village.

Stage 3 - Raga-Gerze (distance: 400[km], 10 days)
On this stage, while directing more and more to the north, the area will become wilder and more unreachable. The route leads to Gerze village, situated on the south part of the Chang Tang, where I’m going to have a square meal and to refill my food saves for next phases of the expedition.

Stage 4 - Gerze-Karasay (distance: 900 [km], days: 45-50)
Gerze – the last stop, where I will be able to replenish my food supplies for next fifty days of the expedition. After that I will be on the road again aiming for the Bagdad lake and the Keriya Shankou pass. Subsequently, I’m going to continue the journey via a migration tract of Tibetan antelopes to a place of their birth, which is the Shor lake and its source – Slektuz river. The last part of this stage leads via a stone desert, which crossed would allow me to reach Karasay village, the first inhabited place on this route. During this phase I will not have an opportunity to met any human beings. It is assumed, that this route has never been traveled across.

Stage 5 - Karasay-Andirlangar (distance: 110[km], time: 3 days)
Should everything happen accordingly to plan, Karasay will be the first place where I will have an opportunity to get a square meal after my two months journey through all that deserted, inhabited regions. When leaving Karasay I’m starting the last phase, which leads via the Taklamakan desert to the Andirlangar village.
A daily distance is assumed to account for around 20 km when traveling through the Chang Tang region. The route is considered as a main difficulty, since a lot of tracts can be found there, which in majority lead somewhere to so called dead valleys. All essential food products are to be bought in Karasay. The most nutrient and light products are considered, with the following amongst them: oat flakes, Chinese soups, pasta, high-sweetened soy milk powder, dried fruit and vegetables, high-sweetened biscuits (so called army biscuits, which successfully applied while my last trip to Tibet – the food energy of 250 gram is around 1250 calories), condensed milk and freeze-dry meals. The daily weight of food is assumed to fluctuate around 0,5 kg.

I might also face a lack of water problem, caused by the fact, that there are no rivers in the Chang Tang area. Additionally, it may happen that water coming for lakes, located in the region in question, can occur to be unapt to drink. The ground of this region, similar to the South Pole area, is constantly frozen and even if any underground sources emerge, they are mostly unavailable.
There will be additional 25 kg weight of my equipment (cloths, a tent, a sleeping bag, tools and spare parts of bike ) and around 10 liters of petrol used for cooking during the trip. The total mass of my baggage will get up to around 60 kg.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to foreseen the road conditions, however on the basis of my previous trip, when I managed to get to the edge of the Chang Tang area, I can say that it is a broad graveled region gashed with icy creeks, rivers and wetlands, which in the worst case can stop me from clinching my expedition and may force me to admit defeat.
It is very likely, that for major part of my trip I will be forced to thrust my bike loaded with the entire equipment, since biking on such a type of surface may be practically impossible.
After leaving the last civilized location of Gerze I won’t be able to get any help from outside, even if having a satellite phone. In case of sickness I shall rely on myself only. If I deplete all food supplies and there won’t be a possibility to find drink water, the tragedy will become a fact.