I'm told Aeroflot, Russia's airline, has a reputation of losing luggage.
There were a couple of participants who took part in the first Mongol 100 last year (2019) where luggage arrived late and in one case arrived too late for the start of the event itself leaving the particpent with no kit and had to borrow and make do with what he was wearing and carrying as hand luggage.
I've decided to take a large red suitcase which will protect my kit and hopefully stand out for airport bag handlers and so reduce the risk of my kit being mishandled or lost. Especially since there will be 2 flight changes en route to Ulaan Bataar for me.
However, Rat Race ask for a soft holdall type bag for the internal flights and transfers to base camps.
So inside the suitcase I will take a holdall bag that I will use for the internal flight from Ulaan Bataar to Moron. Rat Race will hold on to my suitcase at their agent's office and I will get it back after the event.
I have a couiple of holdalls but none large enough to carry everything, so I borrowed my brother in law's holdall and saved myself from buying a new one which I'd unlikely use again.
Everything fits in the holdall and the suitcase - even the skating poles, which just fit in if I take them apart.
I'll carry a backpack (different to the one I'll be using on the ice) which will have some kit, snacks and travel documents.
Sorted!
Photos to follow!
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