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Matthieu holding a small rope to secure Malang, a Wakhi man, on slippery ice above the river. Malang taking a short cut along a dangerous patch on the frozen river - yak caravan can not follow, it must make a long detour...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Winter 2012

Matthieu holding a small rope to secure Malang, a Wakhi man, on slippery ice above the river. Malang taking a short cut along a dangerous patch on the frozen river - yak caravan can not follow, it must make a long detour...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.