Tag: October
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Hunza Valley—Holidays in Pakistan
After weeks of pushing and ensuring we were not “too late” to get over the high passes, we are finally here in Pakistan. All the high passes are behind us. We are still over 2,500 meters, but from here, it’s only downhill—at least on average. Hunza Valley, the northernmost mountain valley of Pakistan, is a…
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Flying through China
Today, I am not actually cycling. In my imagination, we are flying up Muztagh Ata (7,509 m)—through the clouds, along the crevasses, deep into the core of the mountain, over the endless plains, and through the deep valleys. How beautiful it all looks from up here! And I can feel everything—the rough rocks, the mountain,…
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The Wakhan Valley and Our Highest Pass(es)
Good thing we’d left our emotional hiccups and unreasonable fears behind, because the real challenge hadn’t even started. But first, we still enjoyed a few comparably “lazy” days through the Wakhan valley, with Afghan markets, hot springs, bumpy and sandy roads, and mild, sunny, but short days. The extreme beauty and ruggedness of the landscape…
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The Beginning of the Pamirs
If you thought that was it, that my last post was enough of an emotional roller coaster, you (and I) were wrong. I thought that, after making it through the first stage (over the Anzob Pass to Dushanbe) and overcoming one major emotional struggle (my irrational fears), things would get easier from here. And, at…