MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. Well-known Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov is yet to cover 9,000 kilometers to reach Cape Horn in Chile, the first stopover during his round-the-world voyage, his son and chief of the expedition headquarters Oscar Konyukhov told TASS on Wednesday.
"Tomorrow will mark exactly one week since the beginning of the voyage. The weather is not very favorable. Because of the head wind, Fyodor can hardly maintain the 180 degree course (southward). Fyodor got into a working rhythm, checked all the systems, got a feel for the boat, on which he spent just ten training hours before embarking on the voyage. (He’s) psychologically pumped for the route that lies ahead - 9,000 kilometers to Cape Horn," he said.
The round-the-world expedition will have three stages: Dunedin, New Zealand to Cape Horn, Chile; Cape Horn to Cape Leeuwin, Australia; and Cape Leeuwin to Port Dunedin.
Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov has made five voyages around the world, crossing the Atlantic 17 times and becoming the first Russian who climbed the seven highest summits in six parts of the world, and also traveled to the North and South Poles. In 2007, Konyukhov circled the Southern Hemisphere in a sailing boat dubbed the ‘Scarlet Sails’ through the waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The 102-day voyage did not involve port calls.