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Every evening, Kyrgyz men and women must gather yaks, sometimes by chasing them and scaring them by throwing dry dung at them..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan

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Image Size: 4800x3607 / 4.5MB; © http://www.paleyphoto.com; Afghanistan Amu Darya Asia Central Asia High Asia Kirghiz Kirgiz Kyrgyz Little Pamir Oxus Pamir River Roof of the world Wakhan corridor adventure animals anthropology border cold ethnography expedition exploration extreme frozen geopolitics high altitude history lifestyle mountain mountain images mountains nomadic nomads outdoor peace park photography shepherd snow travel photographer tribe valley winter yak
Contained in galleries: Pamir, winter 2008, Afghanistan. Unvisited since 1972

Every evening, Kyrgyz men and women must gather yaks, sometimes by chasing them and scaring them by throwing dry dung at them..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan