Pamir (Summer 2010):
Tanymas river and Abdukagor glacier
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My goal during this trip
was to cross the Fedchenko glacier from East (Tanymas river) to West (Vanch valley). Unfortunately, several unexpected
difficulties along the Tanymas river
led me to decide to interrupt this traverse and, instead, to try the ascent Fedchenko glacier from the West through the Abdukagor pass. So, this trip ended up being made of two
parts (to see pictures of these two parts, click on the links below):
- a
trek
along Tanymas river on the east side of Fedchenko glacier and
- a
climb
of Abdukagor glacier on the west side.
In retrospect, I regret
somewhat my decision to interrupt the traverse. Relatively difficult trips
should never be done under tight time constraints.
My travel party included
three Russian-Uzbek climbers from Tashkent (Victor, Maksim, and Alexei). I had
already traveled with Victor in 2009
and with Maksim in 2004
and 2008.
Like for all my previous trips to Central Asia (2004,
2005,
2006,
2008,
2009),
the difficult logistics was arranged by Boris Karpov.
From left to right: Victor,
Maksim, and Alexei.
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Map: road travel in red and trek areas in black.
