Fetyukov biography

Copy Alexander Fetyukov. Photo: The personal archive of Alexander Fetyukov today, October 2, turns four years old, as a resident of Estonia, Alexander Fetyukov, went to an unexpected and very desperate step: having the minimum experience of Kayaking, he entered into a barely equal struggle with the waves and winds, going on a journey from Norway to Estonia. What made him overcome the path of a kilometer long?

Why one? Why did the start occurred in the fall, when the daylight hours are short, and the air temperature steadily drops below zero? According to the Kayaker himself, there was a combination of circumstances. Alexander Fetyukov began his journey, being a newcomer in Kayaking. Photo: Personal archive “From July to September of the year, my friend with whom we had previously traveled a hitchhiking in Europe, worked in the Norwegian Goodwagen in a company conducting kayaking tours along the fjords.

Then I first saw a kayak and more or less figured out what's what. That is, by the time of the start of the trip, my Kayaking experience was two months. Once a friend suggested sliding in Estonia. They laughed and forgot, ”recalls Alexander Fetyukov, who later still returned to this idea. At the end of summer, he received from Estonia the sad news about the tragic death of his girlfriend-the famous fitness coach Irena Richkrand, who drowned in the lake.

It is not known when each of us comes to an end, but for now you can try to do something special and experience fate, ”says Kayakker. Not everyone believed in the seriousness of the intentions, “well, two weeks, perhaps you will stand - if you call, we will take you by car,” Norwegian colleagues told our hero. However, overcoming fear, pain, cold and element, he managed to carry out the plan.

Travel route. Photo: The personal archive of Alexander Fetyukov every morning at the night in the tent of Alexander Fetyukov began with the planning of how much to pass today. According to him, in the winter, with a short light day, on average it turned out by kilometers, and in the fall and summer kilometers, but, of course, a lot depended on the weather.

I almost always had food about four days in advance, mostly ashore I went to water. Thus, it was necessary to plan not only the route, but also to look for shops and take into account the hours of their work. ” There I injured the leading right hand, which all the time turns the oar. Fortunately, near Oslo, in Asker, I had friends, they agreed to take me from Larwick and shelter.

Until November 22, I lived with them and restored my hand, - describes Alexander Fetyukov. But on the first day, the former injury of hand made itself felt, I had to retrain on the left, the benefit of the design of the oars allows. I got used to it quickly. " Physical activity was very serious, during the trip the Kayakker lost a lot of weight and got stronger. Photo: The personal archive of Alexander Fetyukov does not turn over by studying everything regarding the kayak and non -standard situations that can occur in the process, Alexander Fetyukov developed for himself the most important rule that he tried to adhere to - not to turn over in cold water.

It was not easy for him to give an Eskimo coup - a reception of staging an inverted kayak on an even keel with a jerk of hips and support on the oar: “When performing the Eskimo coup, you feel fear, because you are your head under water, this pose itself terribly disorients and provokes panic. You need to get used to it, plus cold, plus equipment on Kayak. For a beginner, this is generally horror.

Therefore, I periodically turned over myself in order to somehow get used to this pose and understand that if that, then I can handle it. This simplifies perception and removes the fright. That is, in principle, the work of experience and practice. ” Alexander Fetyukov. Photo: Personal archive every day the weather was getting worse and worse. After November 22, it was regularly cold, at night the temperature dropped to zero or lower, the tent froze, even the sticks from the tent were difficult to pull out, I had to breathe on them, ”says Kayakeker.

At the same time, Alexander Fetyukov has never caught a cold - too much stress and movements, he jokes, although, of course, competent equipment played a role in this, including two sets of clothing and thermal underwear. He was supported by family, friends and acquaintances, he always kept in touch with them through the Internet: “For myself and my loved ones, I shot the video, however, the beginning of the path, unfortunately, went to the sea bottom, because I drowned the Gopro camera.

There is a rule on the kayak: what is not “nailed” and not fixed, it will certainly fall into the water. So it happened. And so something turned out on the road to mount. He threw the main points to the phone and already in his free time from Kayaking edited them, ”he explained.

How did you manage to charge the phone and other gadgets? True, this did not always work out. In Norway, they once expelled, because there it is considered theft of electricity. But the tent can be placed anywhere. Naturally, if in private territory, then no closer than meters to the house and with the permission of the owner. It’s easier with this, unlike the rest of Europe.I also took the solar panel with me, I always had it outside, packed in sealed bags.

In addition, he took with him several portable chargers. ” Happy accidents when Alexander Fetyukov got to Sweden and went down to Goethorg, he found out that there was a passing through the whole Sweden. At the same time, I was literally in the very place where you can start. I decided to take advantage of the clue, got to Schetorkp, and it turned out that this channel was under reconstruction and partially drained it.

Plus, frosts hit, and in those places where the water was still, ice formed, and not one centimeter, but five. I had no choice but to drag a kayak along the canal, since I managed to buy special wheels in Gotheborg, ”says Kayakker. He injured his knee while he was dragging the Kayak, and kept exclusively on his power. The further course of events was determined by the case: “In Shytorp, a man came up to me and asked what was happening.

I answered, they say, I look at how to drag a kayak, but it seems that everything has already froze. At that moment, workers passed by, who were engaged in the reconstruction of this channel, who confirmed that everything was covered with ice. The stranger suggested leaving a kayak from him until spring, and then return and continue his journey. He behaved very friendly, so the thought did not arise that he could deceive.

" Periodically, the kayak had to be dragged. Photo: The personal archive of Alexander Fetyukov “again such a coincidence happened that I traumated my leg and stopped right at the house of a man who is ready to store Kayak and part of my things,” said Alexander Fetyukov, who reached Stockholm, and from there on December 13 returned to Estonia on a ferry. The ticks attack him continued his way, now from Sweden to Estonia, May 26 of the year: “It turned out that in the summer everything is much simpler and more pleasant - the water is warm, the sun is shining, everything is wonderful.

Of course, the weather was changeable, sometimes there were storms, but still with winter adventures this cannot be compared. ” On the shore, he never had come across wild animals, but once he had to fight off the ticks. I stopped on one island, put a tent, look - and ticks crawl around me. One tick crushed, then another. Then he went into the tent and began to take them off.

I was in a panic, because there were larvae, nymphs, and adult ticks. I shot them with dozens! The calculation was such that I was in the tent, and it is sealed, so they could not crawl. Therefore, he crushed how much he could, shook everyone off his clothes, checked a tent with a flashlight and so tired of stress, went to bed, ”Alexander Fetyukov shares his memory. I parsed the tent also very interesting, because every 15 seconds I looked at my feet and shook off my ticks so that they would not have time to climb high.

And so I counted about 70 individuals. ” Honored rest after several hours of work with oars. Photo: He overcame the personal archive of Alexander Fetyukov for a month almost kilometers and was in Tallinn on June 23. When asked whether there are thoughts to repeat the journey, Alexander Fetyukov replied: “Nevertheless, for several weeks of kayaking, this is quite difficult.

One week is suitable for putting thoughts in order, if more-this is already a test, and injuries at some point begin to make themselves felt. ” By the way, it was not difficult to spend so much time with himself and with his thoughts: he calls himself a typical introvert. Now in the thoughts of Alexander Fetyukov - to get on a bicycle to Greece. Of course, this idea requires very serious preparation and, possibly, a more stable coronavirus situation in the world, so there is no need to talk about specific dates.

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