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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind
you folks that talk about siberia being -30 to -50 year round are daft. it isn't that cold during the summer. And even if it is that cold, winter or summer, us canucks do that on a daily basis.
ho here has driven for more than a full day (24 hours +) in the middle of winter? I have, got me only 1000 miles, but whatever.
as for the distance from Edmonton to Moscow, it would be like driving from Edmonton to Montreal and back, again, not that far. To you yanks these distances may seem a bit extreme, and maybe call us canadians crazy, but remember, out country is wider then yours in every way but down (you guys have a deep fucking canyon). As such, we are used to long distance traveling.
I for one would love to ride my bike from here to Europe someday. would likely take 3 or four months, but thats why i'd start in summer to avoid siberian cool.
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Extreme distances haha. I think people in the Lower 48 particularly those back east have little concept for long distances. I reguarly make the trip from Seattle to Alaska by CAR! not ferry, and its not to bad. I think people out west have more tolerance for driving long distances.
That being said i doubt the average American or Canadian could tolerate a drive all the way to Moscow!! Of all places. Heck just a drive up to Alaska can be a pain in the ass from Seattle.
Just imagine driving to freaking Valdivostok or some place comparable. I could see this being a large boom for places like China however. If the high speed rail thing got going, it would be intersting to see how this would effect Northwest port cities like Vancouver and Seattle. It seems that it would be a boom to more interior cities like Fairbanks and Edmonton.
It may not be practical to drive all the way to Moscow, but going to places such as Vladivostok and NE Asia seems somewhat doable by train. I doubt this project will ever move forward any time soon.