Departure from Göteborg & LondonText & photo: Team Hyperactive   
Waiting for the train to Heathrow airport
[2004-08-12 Day 1] Paddington Station, London
Yolanda and Altin leaves from London late on a Thursday night. Here we see Yolanda next to the Heathrow Express at Paddington station with their entire luggage, 50 kg in total. They flew via Moscow overnight and then straight to Mineralny Vody with domestic flight early in the morning.
Dressed for success?!
[2004-08-12 day 1] Hotel in S:t Petersburg
To minimize the weight of the luggage you can wear some of it on you. Marco had the alpine shoes on, the
Gore Tex jacket and a shirt. An extra "heavy" hand luggage with camp gear was handled as a normal light,
small hand luggage. He never had to pay for extra weight. The room
has to be chared with another, unknown person. Later on that evening Marco's room mate appear. He
was also a climber, that recently reach the summit of Peak Lenin. Good work. They talked about different
adventures, experiences, climbing and so on for several hours.