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On the Pamir plateau, at 4200m, a horseman is swept off his feet by the constant wind called "Bad-e Wakhan", which blows East most of the year, on the Afghan Pamir plateau..In camp of Ech Keli (er Ali Boi's camp)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Winter 2012

On the Pamir plateau, at 4200m, a horseman is swept off his feet by the constant wind called "Bad-e Wakhan", which blows East most of the year, on the Afghan Pamir plateau..In camp of Ech Keli (er Ali Boi's camp)...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.