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Open Gobi Desert landscape in Mongolia

Ash Dykes · 2014

Solo and unsupported across Mongolia

West to east, Ölgii to Choibalsan, through the Altai Mountains, Gobi Desert and steppe

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Mongolia · Completed

Dykes crossed Mongolia alone and without resupply, hauling everything he needed in a homemade trailer.

The journey is described as the first recorded solo, unsupported crossing of the country, and it led to his 2015 adventurer-of-the-year awards.

Records and firsts

  • First recorded solo, unsupported crossing of Mongolia (per his official expedition record)

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