Archive: April 27th, 2010
The Tien Shan is the largest mountain range in Asia, in surface area; length (2800km); and width (at one point reaching 800 km wide) – with a total of 40 peaks over 6000m. It stretches across several countries and about much of the system lies in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. Extending over 2800km [...]
Just outside Balykchi is a statue of the Russian explorer Pyotr Petrovich Semyenov leading his packhorse. He was awarded the honorary title TienShansky by the Tsar in 1906, some 50 years after his expeditions, in recognition of his achievements.
In another postcard I wrote about how I had decided against taking a trip to the World Exhibition of Sustainable Mountain Development in Grenoble, France, at the end of April, as a result of the Easter Revolution. As it happens, even if I hadn’t taken that decision, I almost certainly would have had problems making [...]
