Looking East

Found another little track to south, over highest pass yet 3965m, but was cold 8°C, vs 25°C down by lake Issyk kul. Smooth tracks down, but wish I had warm jumper!

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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 ... read more

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