"Taking a deep breath, holding the handlebars tightly from the left side,
I give a good push into the water and the front wheel rolls forward and
then drops so far down that the water is nearly rushing over my front
panniers. The drop causes me to be pulled further into the water than
anticipated. My heart skips when I realize that the wheel is not even
touching the ground. Water is up to the bottom of the rear panniers and
up to my knees. I can feel the front of the bike wanting to be whipped
down the river. Nellie behaves like a buoy and I think if I can press
the front down, it will help stabilize it.But this doesn’t work and the
further the front goes down, the greater pressure I feel from the river
pressing my bike against me."
See what happens to Ellie (and Nellie, her Soma Saga in this SIDETRAK article where she shares about some scary moments in Tajikistan)
Eleanor Moseman began cycling Asia in the Spring of 2010 and has just
completed 15,000 miles through 7 countries. She incorporated her
photography to document the communities and peoples of the Western
borderlands of China, including Tibet, Xinjiang and Central Asia.
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