Agafia Lykov, the Woman who lives alone in the Siberian wilderness. “Born on the Erinat Ri
Agafia Lykov, the Woman who lives alone in the Siberian wilderness. “Born on the Erinat River in Siberia in 1944, Agafia has lived all of her years in the Siberian taiga, roughly 160 miles from the nearest sign of other humans. But she’s no Nell. In fact, she had a moderately sized family growing up — both parents and three siblings, who have all since passed. The family wasn’t officially "discovered” until 1978, when Agafia was 34 and a group of geologists (read: prospectors) spotted the family’s cabins from a helicopter. In February we spent a week in Siberia with Agafia and her neighbor, a one-legged geologist named Yerofei who moved into a cabin downhill from her in 1997.Although the landscape was buried in snow, Agafia had no problem skiing and hiking all over the the place, and quite frankly, we struggled to keep up with her. She’s tough as nails, and we can only hope we’ll be as spry as she is when we’re approaching the seven-decade mark.“ (source)The photos above are by Peter Sutherland. -- source link
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