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Vitim River is harsh and unpredictable. The upper reaches of the Vitim famous sharp rise in water level. (For an hour or two level rises a few meters).
Even the locals are caught off guard.
Here is one such case that we saw during one of the alloys Vitim:
A team of villagers on a tractor with carts went to the other side Vitim River to bring hay.
After two hours, returning to the same ford, they get in a sharp rise of water. Tractor pulling the cart starts to slip. It comes to the aid of the second tractor, but both of them filled with water.
To help them come two more tractor by hooking utopshie long cable car, trying to move them.
However, the first tractor was hanging between the cables.
The stream of water it lifts and turns to the side!
Now pull technique is useless. They decided to wait until the water level drops. We evacuate tractor.
It's time to move on.