A short cut & a Gold mine
September 2nd 2014 For run back to Bishkek, had spotted a short cut to Izzyk Kol over mountains, was this a good idea?
Started bit late at 1pm for 150km jolly, nice to start with, but 4 river crossing (wet socks) and topped out on glacial moraine heap at 3800m, generally another good day.
Stopped in another version of Butlins by Issyk kul, a nice salty swim in morning.
Owner told me about the bigg
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