Kyrgyzstan (Summer 2008): Visokiy Alay
and Western Kokshaal-Too
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In the summer of 2008, I
did two treks in
Visokiy Alay (red-box area in
the map below) is part of the long Pamiro Alay range. It is located in a
complex political area, between
The
Western Kokshaal-Too is a mountain range (red-box
area in the map below) south of Lake Issyk-Kul, on the boundary with China
(Xinjiang). Its access is rather difficult. We eventually reached it from Naryn. I heard that Kyrgyzstan has recently transferred a
small portion of its territory to China. So, the border with China may have
changed.
On this trip I was
accompanied by two great Russian/Uzbek guides, Maxim, with whom I already
visited the Kichi
Alay region of the Pamiro Alay range in 2004, and Vyacheslav, who had been twice
before into the Visokiy Alay. The logistics for this
trip (transportation, permits) was arranged by Boris Karpov, who knows
well the mountains of
From right to left: Maxim,
Vyacheslav, and me.
To see photos of these two
treks, click on the following links:
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A few of the many flowers
in the Kyrgyz mountains.
