Day 40 of 125

Day 40: A Lift Along the Chuysky Tract

On the Chuysky Tract in the Altai in July, a long-distance lorry driver stops for a hitchhiking student heading for the mountains.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Запрыгивай, студент, рюкзак за сиденье кидай. Куда путь держишь?

    Hop in, student, throw your rucksack behind the seat. Where are you headed?

  2. B

    Спасибо огромное, что остановились! Мне до Курая, если вам по пути, а оттуда пешком на ледник Актру.

    Thank you so much for stopping! I'm going to Kurai, if it's on your way, and from there on foot to the Aktru glacier.

  3. A

    По пути, я гружёный до Кош-Агача иду. Двадцать лет в дальнобое, этот тракт как свои пять пальцев знаю.

    It's on my way, I'm taking a load to Kosh-Agach. Twenty years of long-haul, I know this highway like the back of my hand.

  4. B

    А правда, что дальнобойщики автостопщиков не берут? Мимо меня за утро три фуры проехали, даже не притормозив.

    Is it true long-haul drivers don't pick up hitchhikers? Three lorries passed me this morning without even slowing down.

  5. A

    Кто как. Я беру: с попутчиком, говорят, дорога вдвое короче, сидишь, байки травишь, километры сами бегут.

    Depends on the driver. I do: they say a companion makes the road half as long, you sit there swapping stories and the kilometres fly by.

  6. B

    А расскажите какую-нибудь байку, раз уж дорога длинная.

    Then tell me one of your stories, since it's a long road.

  7. A

    Изволь. Подобрал я как-то на Семинском перевале паренька вроде тебя: тоже на ледник шёл, один, никому не сказавшись.

    As you wish. Once on the Seminsky Pass I picked up a lad like you: he was heading for a glacier too, alone, without telling a soul.

  8. B

    И что с ним случилось?

    And what happened to him?

  9. A

    Три дня его всем районом искали, спасатели, вертолёт. Нашли живого, слава богу, но с тех пор я каждому попутчику одно и то же твержу.

    The whole district searched for him for three days, rescuers, a helicopter. They found him alive, thank God, but ever since I've told every hitchhiker the same thing.

  10. B

    Что в горы одному нельзя?

    That you shouldn't go into the mountains alone?

  11. A

    Можно, если с головой. Маршрут в МЧС зарегистрируй и матери позвони, прямо сейчас, из кабины. Горы не трасса, там попутку не поймаешь.

    You can, if you've got your head screwed on. Register your route with the rescue service and call your mother, right now, from the cab. The mountains aren't a highway: you won't catch a lift up there.

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