On Nov 12, 5:20*am, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:44:17 -0800 (PST), riverman

wrote:
Looking at meeting in Ulaanbaatar around June 18, and departing around
10 days later. You considering it? :-)
If we can get a trip of just flyfishers, then there's no 'social
pressure' to make river miles, etc, and we can fish the river pretty
intensely.

Mmmmmm. *That is prime Rapid River time. *Any chance of moving it to
later in June, or first of July?

Also, Myron, what are you thinking about food? *Where would we buy it?
Are we using an outfitter? *What about local logistics? *Camping
equipment? *Water? *Better yet, beer? *d;o) *

Dave

I'll research a later start, but as we get into early July, we enter
the summer rainy season. The rivers tend to get blown out if its a wet
summer (the rainy season only lasts 3-5 weeks). Since we're at the
headwaters, we could layover for a few days to let it clear up, but
the intensity and duration of the rains is unpredicatable, so we try
to get out ahead of the season to ensure better weather and fishing.

As for food: all that is taken care of! Since we are so far from any
towns or shops (the nearest actual 'grocery store' is in Meron, about
400 miles away), the guides row a small baggage raft with staples like
potatoes, onions, wheat flour, eggs, hunks of meat, etc. They prep
each meal from scratch at camp...last year we had lots of baked/fried/
grilled meals, heavy on the red meat and starch, but very very tasty.
There's no food management issues on these trips. Local guides handle
ALL the logistics....we get off the plane in Ulaanbaatar, and get back
on 10 days later, with everything in between taken care of. That
includes interior flights, off-road transport, hotels at each end,
etc.

We drink river water: there is no point source of pollution upstream,
but we also boil and filter water for those who are insecure. However,
everyone (including SWMBO) drank river water last trip.

Beer is available, plentiful, and very tasty.

--riverman