Earlier this year, Coldfire posted a link in a thread about a Chernobyl biker chick that sped through the radiated area on a Kawasaki, reporting back with pics and commentary. I was telling a friend about this last night and went back to the thread for the link, only to discover that, sadly, the original story turned out to have been a hoax or, at the very least, a bit of a stretch.
However, the originally linked to url is now a website providing a quite interesting story on something called The Serpent’s Wall, apparently a prehistoric rampart/battlement near Kiev that also was the site of many skirmishes during World War II and is littered with it’s relics.
In looking at this a bit closer, it would appear the author is again Elena, the same purported Chernobyl motorcyclist. As such, I’m taking her exploration accounts with a grain of salt but damn, it’s a really interesting story.
One more thing… here’s the link to her Chernobyl account. The anglefire window at the bottom makes for an interesting read, shedding perhaps a bit of light on Elena’s motivations and whether or not they should be suspect.
I had planned on a visit to Chernobyl as part of my upcoming trip to eastern europe (11 days and counting!), but the travel agencies cannot do tours at that time of year apparently.
For awhile, I was glad I could not go, given the instability in Ukraine, particularly Kiev, but it looks to have settled down now.
Jesus H, this woman is stunning. I’d like to marry her. I have sort of an attraction to foreign women with poor English. How could you resist a line like this:
“This subject is not from a garbage pit. It is my transportation here. I love scooturo. Son of a ditch goes everywhere and it goes fast. Light weight, it is built from racing components. Just not about aesthetics a bit.”
Elena, her husband and a friend took the standard, guided Chernobyl tourist fare trip available to any of the few interested, only they brought along a motorcycle helmet for inclusion in the pictures and framed the shots to give the appearance she was rocketing through by herself.
Still, as mentioned, her compelling story was able to bring back to the public’s attention a region and event that had been willingly forgotton by most.
