Caravanistan

'was'?

in 2 weeks you cannot get the permit - it needs at leats 4 weeks to preceed (as it is official and must be signed of a big fish in bishkek). you can take it from a cbt office, e.g. in naryn - you can ask via email, pay online (western union), but receive in person only. http://cbtkyrgyzstan.kg/ but ...

ok, this is my story from some years ago, a bit funny, for relaxing. bordobo, coming from kyzyl art to sary tash, about 8am. entered the office. the customs and soldiers have their sleeping room right next (open) door, some of them still lying on their beds and yawn. the kyrgyz officer behind the of...

steve, please.
maybe not for "parties" having just 2 posts on caravanistan.
maybe for people who you can really trust.

i'm not wondering if it is worth or not.
(try to exchange money in khorog on weekend. the only place is the bazar.)
so what's the rate?

does anybody know the current rate of black market dollar to somoni?

landmines are not only in the wakhan corridor: - khaburabot pass - middle obikingob valley (north of langar) - the valley of pyanj from ishkashim to kala-i-khumb (many places) of course roads are safe but there are places that even in close proximity to the road could be dangerous. and: https://en.w...

markus, it is not a problem of having no topo. if your experience is big enough you can search even for an unconquered peak in a remote uncharted area. --- talk to people who where there, to experienced climbers, especially talk over the pictures, topos etc. not to unknown people on the net (they ar...

markus, for me it follows from your post that you are more a tourist than a climber (i was climbing in the mountains for more than 25 years, also - especially rather? - in winter, including solo, routes up to TD/ED, in different ranges, including himalayas and karakoram, so for me it is enough to ex...

> we have experiences in rock climbing with routes UIAA VI-VII. rock climbing cannot be compared to alpine grade. messner's diretta on marmolada cannot be compared to south pillar of shkhara (uiaa VI+ formally same as rus 5b). ok, maybe in another way. if someone claims his rock climbing as a point...