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Kate Leeming
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Kate Leeming
Explorer/adventurer. Kate has cycled a distance greater than twice around the world at the Equator. In the early ’90s when she rode a total of 15,000 km as her way of experiencing Europe, Kate developed her passion for travelling by bicycle. Since then, Kate has stepped it up, performing three major expeditions: the Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, the Great Australian Cycle Expedition with Greg Yeoman and the Breaking the Cycle in Africa expedition from Senegal to Somalia. Her next venture is Breaking the Cycle South Pole, which will be the first bicycle crossing of the Antarctic continent via the South Pole. She is preparing for this challenge with expeditions (polar, sand, altitude) on six continents.
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: A cradle of civilisation and nurturing nature
8th – 15th May | Nukus to Urgench | Distance: 196km | Total Distance: 3051km Nukus was a two day pit stop where we changed filmmakers – Anna Plocinska arrived from Switzerland for a month-long stint and Georgia left for…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia – Moynaq to Nukus: Starting from the end (Amu Darya rivermouth)
4th – 7th May | Moynaq to Nukus | Distance: 256km | Total Distance: 2855km In Moynaq I arranged for a guide to be with us for the remainder of the way to Nukus. Khurmet, whom we had met at the Yurt Camp beside the…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Aral Sea South – Spectacularly sad
Nukus, Karakalpakstan, the UZ border to Moynaq Distance: 313km | Total Distance: 2599km The old Soviet-built train chugged slowly across the dry, featureless steppe stopping occasionally at villages and for about 90 minutes at the border for immigration and customs. I barely slept…
Breaking The Cycle Central Asia: Around The Aral Sea West Coast (Kazakhstan)
23rd – 27th April | Akespe to the border Distance: 305km | Total Distance: 2286km Day 31: Akespe to Akbasty – 104km Once out of the sand at Akespe, it was a relief to turn onto the Gas Pipeline Road –…
Breaking The Cycle Central Asia: Bringing Water Back To Aralsk – Rising Hope
20th – 22nd April | Aralsk to Akespe Distance: 141km | Total Distance: 1981km Aralsk is the only major town in the region, developed as the northern port on the Aral Sea. It was connected to the southern port of Moynaq,…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia – Far away and over the Seabed
15th – 20th of April Distance cycled: 121km | Total Distance: 1840km Barsakelmes Island diversion, Karateren to Aralsk From the former fishing village of Karateren I had planned a two day 4WD excursion to Barsakelmes Island and Kaskakulan. The Aral Sea…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia – All the way to the Aral Sea
10th – 14th April | Kyzylorda to Kokaral Dam Distance: 520km | Total Distance: 1719km Day 18 – 124km We left our Kyzylorda apartment – on the fourth floor of a Soviet-style building – apartment blocks have the same design all over…
Breaking the Cycle Central Asia: Kyzylorda and the Hydro-Complex
6th – 9th April | Turkistan to Kyzylorda | Distance: 323km | Total Distance: 1199km Day 14 (6th April) – 119km In Turkistan, our guide Islam was afflicted with a health issue and after much discussion with his family and the team,…