The Bering Strait Expedition

The „Maurice Lacroix Bering Strait Expedition“ team leaded by the Swiss Geza Scholtz tried last year for the first time to cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia by kiteboard. Due to extremely heavy weather conditions the kiters had to call off the expedition. This year the kiters will have a second attempt. With all their experience from the first attempt the team is confident to reach their goal.

Under the motto of „Follow Your Convictions“ the „Maurice Lacroix Bering Strait Expedition“ will begin in July 2011. The goal of the expedition is to cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia on a kiteboard and setting a world record.

The three kiteboarders Geza and Andre Scholtz (Switzerland), and Constantin Bisanz (Austria), all of them in peak physical and mental condition, will face different hurdles:

• Distance: 100 km
• Six to eight hours on the kiteboard
• Wild waters with temperatures in the 2-3°C range

The first leg of the journey is a flight from Zurich to Anchorage and then on to Nome. The trip then continues by car along desolate rural roads to Teller, a village with a population of 180, where the team will set up its base camp and prepare for the world records.

Follow the challenge by reading the diary of the expedition!