backpacking
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Uzbekistan. Arashan lakes. Day #1.
Arashan lakes are located on Angren plateau with heights from 2770 to 3350 above sea level. First day was a long way from Tashkent to Ertash village by minibuses. After that was a serpentine and off-roading – about 3 hours by soviet offroad cars “Niva”.
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Uzbekistan. Big Chimgan (3309m) climbing #2.
Started with the sunrise we achieved the top before the midday. The weather wasn’t too hot. Maybe it helped us had a high speed. The path was radial. The whole distance was about 14 km and the time was about 5 hours. We got an altitude gain about 1710m. And we had enough mana to…
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Uzbekistan. Ohotnichy peak(3099m)
Another crazy hike for fans. We started from Tashkent about 4AM to reach Chimgan village before the dawn. It’s a radial track. Our way ran over Pesochny mountain pass. Then visit to the “Fridge”, “Foggy” mountain pass and the “Gates”. The aim was to climb Ohotnichy peak. And of course to return back to our…
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Uzbekistan. Risky “Ochkovy Isthmus”.
This day starts with the climbing on western ridge of Big Chimgan (~2500m). There is a lot of snow yet on this height but first flowers appeared already. Further our way laid down to the Beldersay river. This path goes through risky pass called “Ochkovy Isthmus”. It is the main goal of this trip –…
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Uzbekistan. Travel along Koksu. Green river.
This hike started before dawn and finished not after dusk but in the middle of the night. It was because we overcame about 34 km this day. Our way laid along the rough mountain river Koksu to the place called The Crack. Weather was beautiful – sunny and not too hot. Spring, first leaves.. I…
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