Here is our last missive. The hijinks may continue for us here in Tajikistan, but you won’t have to read about it every week. Our last river was the Obi Khingou. The truth is that if we’d had a more convincing rationalization than just some blisters and a leaking boat, we would have opted to [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Trip Report 7- the wrap-up show
Posted in The first trip- 2007 on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Trip report 6
Posted in The first trip- 2007 on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So at last we were heading to the Muksu, the river that lay monumentally before us, darkening any thoughts of a sunshiny future, making long- term plans seem speculative and premature. The “hardest river of the USSR.” But in the end, the challenge of the Muksu lay almost entirely in getting there.
The first leg of [...]
Trip report 5
Posted in The first trip- 2007 on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have returned from our final mountainous venturing to the warm electrical glow and variety of foodstuffs that define our current Dushanbe lives. There is much cold, high-altitude toiling and its rewards to speak of, but our journey begins with a 2-day drive to the Pamirs. The route is only 250 miles and is the [...]
