Written by 80 Ways Tim on August 7, 2005
- We had some unfinished business with this mountain. It had beaten us once, but we weren’t about to give it up on it. This time round, we were going to take a different route, starting...
Written by 80 Ways Tim on August 7, 2005
- Known as Gorky to his friends, Maksima Gor’Kogo is a 6,050m (~20,000-foot) peak that has only seen three successful summit attempts and which was conveniently located within spitting distance of our base camp.
We were going...
Written by 80 Ways Tim on May 15, 2005
- (Excerpt from about 4 weeks into our trip. Having finished our climbing, we are several days into our trek back down the valley).
Our state of mild starvation has led us to devise a number of...
Written by fluppe on November 4, 2001
- Kyrgyz people are Nomads, that is why all the young boys can ride their horse so well. Some of our group tried it, but it didn`t go so well. Also the horse means the only...
Written by fluppe on March 17, 2002
- When we stopped in Naryn, we visited the local market but had some extra time because of the repair of a flat tire. I had time to observe the local lifestyle and as I...
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