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Eish Says: My memories of this sauna close to the Pik Lenin base camp (about 5km away) make me smile. I anticipated our group all sitting together having a relaxing social sauna. Instead the sauna - based at the TV relay station overlooking the base camp - was in a tiny room that...
Eish Says: Pik Lenin is one of the most accessible and least difficult peaks above 7000m to climb. It does require snow/ice experience, but is a good introduction to the high altitude peaks of the Himalaya and Pamirs. This was why we were there. The base camp was at 3720m, and it was...
nepalgoods Says: On the other side of the valley you'll see some snowcapped mountains. It is just overwhelming to watch the first light glow on the glaciers early in the morning.One of this impressive 7.000m high mountains is Pik Lenin. In 1871 it has been called Pik Kaufman after der former...
nepalgoods Says: The word yurt is originally from the Turk word meaning "dwelling place". This word is mainly used by foreigners. The Kyrgyz people say "Boz Üy". Very similar yurts can be found in Mongolia, where they are called "Ger".The yurt consists of a circular wooden frame carrying a...
nepalgoods Says: The poor road leading from Irkeshtam border point to Sary Tash is in very bad condition. But the valley with its nomads and herds and the snowcapped mountains around is spectacular. The mountains are the more than 6.000m high mountains of Pamir Alay. The drive takes about 4...
nepalgoods Says: It is possible to stay overnight in yurts. Some families living in Sary Tash offer this kind of accomodation. The yurts are traditional round huts, which can easily be transportet. Or in other words (quotation from Wikipedia):A Yurt is a portable, felt-covered, wood...
nepalgoods Says: Sary Tash has some houses, where you can stay overnight. Many families happily offer their own bedrooms for your accommodation. Our group stayed in one of the larger guesthouses. This house had 4 rooms: one where the family slepped and three with mattrasses. There were...
at a Local Yurt: Breakfast and Dinner
nepalgoods Says: The food served in the yurts is simple but very good. I was quite astonished to find a salad of tomatoes and cucumber seasoned with dill on the table. As it is impossible to grow vegetables at this height, people have to bring it from somewehre else. With the salad we were...
Across the alluvial plain to Pik Lenin
Eish Says: From Osh to Pik Lenin Basecamp took 10 hours for 300km. We did it there in our trusty 4x4 mitsubishi minibus, and back in the truck in the picture. It was organised as part of the support for the Pik Lenin climb by Dostuck trekking.
nepalgoods Says: As there are no trees in the high valley, they traditional main resource for heating the yurts and cooking is dried cattle manure. It is collected on the graslands and brought into staples for further use. As long as they are dry they do not smell. But the fire made of...
nepalgoods Says: Sary Tash is a small village up in a high valley of the Pamit Alay mountains. It is the first available stop after coming from the Chinese border at Irkeshtam Pass. There is no restaurant or hotel here. BUt the local people offer accommodation and simple food along with a...
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Sary Tash has some houses, where you can stay overnight. Many families happily offer their own bedrooms for your accommodation. Our group stayed in one of the...
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Sary Tash is a small village in the Pamir Alay Valley. A few houses, some Yurts: that's it! The surrounding is spectacular!
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