This is a story worth reading - quite exceptional ...... a bike trip and an education
http://www.fcdnet.org/chernobyl/
EDIT: And I've just found she has a newer website with more info, more pictures, more about her bike.
She's also trying to do things to help the remaining people of the area.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... arage.html
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An Amazing Journey
“Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
Saw this back in 2004, At the time there were loads of evidence discounting her travels. Probably still is if I bothered to google it past wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Filatova
A brief history of 'gamma girl'
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread_arch ... eadid=8951
Nevertheless it is a good story and does serve to draw people's minds back to the forgotten victims of the technological age, which isnt a bad thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Filatova
A brief history of 'gamma girl'
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread_arch ... eadid=8951
Nevertheless it is a good story and does serve to draw people's minds back to the forgotten victims of the technological age, which isnt a bad thing.
Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly