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  • Trekking and camping in a tent in Mongolia.
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  • Writer Mike Finkel jumps over a river. The Kyrgyz settlement of Tchelab, near Chaqmaqtin lake, Haji Bootoo Boi's camp...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Trekking and camping in a tent in Mongolia.
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  • Tent and equipment of photographer Matthieu Paley. Trekking up and along the Wakhan river, the only way to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Trekking and camping near the Ureg Nuur lake, Uvz Province, Mongolia.
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  • A marker on the trail, in Pakistan, near the border with China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • In Chilma Rabbot, below the Boroghil pass entering Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, whinowing wheat. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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  • The way to China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • A shrine...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • A young shepherd takes a break at his high altitude pasture. Trekking in Basho Valley..Karakoram mountain range, Baltistan, Pakistan.
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  • Near Shimshal village...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • Near Shimshal pass...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • Sleeping out under the star, at the border between China and Pakistan. Pakistan..Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • A young shepherd...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang). September 2006.
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  • Snow leopard pug marks...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_19.jpg
  • The way to China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • A flock of geese migrating through the Karakoram, flying above 5000m...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
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  • A young horse rider waits before the start of the Nadaam (Nadam) festival, a horse race taking place every year in Ulan Bator in summer. Young Mongolians usually learn to ride horses before they can even walk...
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  • An old Wakhi woman crosses a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
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  • In every yurt throughout Mongolia, opposite from the entrance and beside the shrine,  are portraits of the family members.
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  • A summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the TSaast uul mountain.The three headmen of the settlement sits in front of their yurts.
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  • A Mongolian family, (husband, wife and brother in the back), with their shepherd dog stand in front of their yurts close to Karakoram. They wear their traditional  Mongolian robe called a del.
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  • A Kazak couple poses for the camera in their yurt in Western Mongolia. Kazak nomads are Muslim, mostly herders, living of their animals.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia. Mareile in the back of a truck, while hitch hiking.
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  • An Ij Planeta, the most popular motorcycle in Mongolia, made in Russia.
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  • A Bactrian camel in Mongolia.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Landscape in Mongolia.
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  • A Kazak horsemen, wearing a felt hat on his head, poses with his white horse in Mongolia.
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  • In Deosai plateau, a park ranger shows us the way Himalayan Brown Bears sleep. Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • A man of the Kazkah minority stands proud in front of his yurt in Western Mongolia, Baya Olgii province.
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  • A young boy on horseback carrying a long pole to herd his livestock.
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  • Tow young kids near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Cloth drying on a wooden cart. Mongolia.
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  • In a run down hotel in Mongolia.
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  • A TV showing an old movie in a yurt, powered with solar panels. Mongolia.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • A young man proudly displays his eagle inside his yurt. Eagles, blinded in order not to bite its owner, are used to hunt to catch rabbits, baby wolves, marmots etc. The fur of these animals are sold in towns. Wetsren Mongolia.
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  • A horse man crosses the Arkhangai river close to Tsetserleg, in Central Mongolia. Mongolians learn to horse ride before they can even walk, they are expert hose riders...
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  • Inside Jolon's yurt, the mutton meat is dried in summer in order to face the long winter months. Every yurt throughtout Mongolia is organized the same way - beds, saddle, cupboard, pictures, stove etc are always at the same location.
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  • An eagle hunter, called Aksakal (= white beard), returns home on horse back after hunting for rabbits, wolves and snow leopards, in Western Mongolis, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain. this hunting practice is the traditional hunting technic among Mongolians, Kazaks, Kyrgyz etc
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  • An Aksakal (a honorific title meaning "White Beard") hitchiking on the back of a truck, on his way to the market town of Khovd in Western Mongolia. The hat he wears identifies him as a eagle hunter, and is made of fox fur.
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  • Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia. It is also easy to rent camels from local nomads and take a ride through the Gobi desert.
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  • Mareile welcomed back at a village in Chapursan Valley, North Pakistan.
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  • Misgar Village and surrouding treks in Gojal Region, Northern Pakistan, close to the China/Afghan borders. On the trek to Wodwashk Pass, first crossing of westerners.
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  • An old Burushaski woman..Hunza, Pakistan. Hunza people, Women and men
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  • An old Wakhi woman after crossing a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
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  • On the Baltoro glacier, the trek leading to K2 basecamp, the world's second highest mountain, a trekker stop below a huge ice block. Karakoram mountain range, Baltistan, Pakistan.
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  • The son of the Raja shows off a traditional gun used for festive ceremony such as weddings, at Khaplu town, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Walking on the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Young boy of Balti origin in the village of Kachura, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Women Pakistani climber. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
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  • Mount Rakaposhi. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
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  • A backpacker crossing a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
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  • Balti students after school, in Baltistan, a province bordering Kashmir, located in the heart of the Karakoram. Baltis have tibetans origins and their language is an archaic form of tibetan. They are now Shia Muslim, and were buddhist 600 years ago. Pakistan
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  • A young boy stares in disbelief at the camera, right in front of his yurt, in Western Mongolia, on the border with Russia.
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  • A couple dance in front of their yurt after eating a Marmot BBQ stew and drinking vodka. Near Bayan Nuur lake, Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • Two young kids after a fight of the traditional mongolian wrestling game called Böz.
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  • Landscape with clouds in Mongolia.
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  • Landscape with a cloud in Mongolia.
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  • Landscape in Mongolia.
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  • Fetching water at a summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, the traditional Mongolian house made of felt, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain.
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  • Young Mongolian girls amazed at the rare sight of a foreigner. Young kids usually milk the family yaks every evening. Near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • A Marmot hunter, dressed in apparel,  near Zagastain Davaa, the "Fish Pass" in Zavkhan Aimag. Mongolia.
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  • Story teller. Gulmit village, Gojal region, Northern Pakistan.
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  • Hasni, a poet, sings a song in his native Balti language, of Tibetan origins. Skardu, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • An exploratory trek in the Basho valley, Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan.
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  • Camping in the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • A woman walks on the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • A wall full of Pakistan history, including many images of Benazir Bhutto. In Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • A young boy takes a break after fishing along a river in Mongolia.
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  • Mareile in a Hotel in Mongolia.
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  • Matthieu Paley lifting off his tent to clean it. <br />
Mongolia is a trekker's paradise, with virtually unlimited possibilities of remote treks. Camping is available anywhere as land-ownership is impossible in Mongolia.
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  • Jolon holds his dog when visitors approach to his yurt, otherwis dogs might attack the traveller. To prevent a dog attack, local people signal themselves by shouting "Hold your dog" when getting close to a yurt in Mongolia.
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  • A traveller across Mongolia, carrying his backpack on his back, threatened by an upcoming storm, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, in Western Mongolia. Mongolia is a camper's paradise with no land-ownership, you can virtually camp anywhere, there are no restrictions.
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  • A 14 years old girl after milking her yak in the morning. A yak can weight up to 1 ton. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia.
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  • Under a half moon, beside a desert, a Mongolian nomad throws a line for fishing in the Bayan Nuur lake, Zavkhan Aimag, Mongolia.
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  • A summer settlement of yurts, also called Gers, in Western Mongolia, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain. Husbandry is the main livelihood in Mongolia, but was victim of severe drough in the past few years.
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  • A young woman half way immersed in water at a lake near the Kachura village, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Young polo players on the edge of Skardu town, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • A sand dunes scenery close to Skardu, capital of Baltistan in Northern Pakistan, in the heart of the Karakoram mountains.
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  • Paul Salopek trekking with donkeys. Views from Sekr Yanj (meaning "Red Canyon"), our camp for the night. Trekking up the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to the Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Paul Salopek trekking with donkeys. Views from Sekr Yanj (meaning "Red Canyon"), our camp for the night. Trekking up the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to the Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Mountain valley view. Towards Sekr Yanj ("Red Canyon"), our camp for the night. Trekking up the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to the Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Wakhan river below. Trekking from Shaur camp across Baharak, to the valley of Sang Nevishta (meaning "Written Stones"). Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya. Wakhan Corridor.
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  • Views from Sekr Yanj (meaning "Red Canyon"), our camp for the night. Trekking up the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to the Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Trekking from Shaur camp across Baharak, to the valley of Sang Nevishta (meaning "Written Stones"). Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya. Wakhan Corridor.
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  • Paul Salopek on a natural stone bridge that gives the valley its name. Trekking from Baiqara camp into the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • In Baharak. Trekking from Shaur camp across Baharak, to the valley of Sang Nevishta (meaning "Written Stones"). Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya. Wakhan Corridor.
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  • Trekking from Shaur camp across Baharak, to the valley of Sang Nevishta (meaning "Written Stones"). Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya. Wakhan Corridor.
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  • After 5 days, a member of a caravan hides from the frigid wind under a blanket. The Pamir plateau is just half a day away..Trekking through a plain called Mirzo Murad. .Trekking up to the Little Pamir with yak caravan over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • Trekking in the Pamir. First unnamed pass at 4600m. View over Peak Engels (dome shaped peak, 6510m) and peak Karl Marx (6723m) .<br />
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Trekking over 3 high passes from the end of the Shokhdara valley (at a place called Jawshangoz) to Vrang village, in the Wakhan corridor. Near Khorog town.<br />
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The town of Khorog (2200m), is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO) in Tajikistan. It is situated in the Pamir Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) at the confluence of the Gunt and Panj rivers.<br />
The city is bounded to the south and to the north by the deltas of the Shakhdara and Gunt rivers, respectively. The two rivers merge in the eastern part of the city flow through the city, dividing it almost evenly until its delta in the river Panj, also being known as Amu Darya, or in antiquity the Oxus on the border with Afghanistan. Khorog is known for its beautiful poplar trees that dominate the flora of the city.<br />
Khorog is one of the poorest areas of Tajikistan, with the charitable organization Aga Khan Foundation providing almost the only source of cash income. Most of its inhabitants are Ismaili Muslims.<br />
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Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.<br />
Tajikistan became a republic of the Soviet Union in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.<br />
It was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence in December 1991.
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  • Cigarette pack from Kyrgyz nomads. Trekking up the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to the Irshad Pass (4950m) into Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Paper with Farsi. Trekking from a Wakhi pasture called Warm across the wide snowfree Aqbelis Pass, entering the Little Pamir range. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Cartridge. Trekking from a Wakhi pasture called Warm across the wide snowfree Aqbelis Pass, entering the Little Pamir range. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Rope made of yak hair. Trekking from a Wakhi pasture called Warm across the wide snowfree Aqbelis Pass, entering the Little Pamir range. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Dried up rhubarb leaf. Trekking from Baiqara camp into the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Ruf of yak hair. Trekking from Baiqara camp into the Tash Köpruk valley, leading to Pakistan. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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  • Sheep hair. Trekking from a Wakhi pasture called Warm across the wide snowfree Aqbelis Pass, entering the Little Pamir range. Guiding and photographing Paul Salopek while trekking with 2 donkeys across the "Roof of the World", through the Afghan Pamir and Hindukush mountains, into Pakistan and the Karakoram mountains of the Greater Western Himalaya.
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