Kyrgyzstan 2024
Introduction Roughly 1000km south of Russia, squashed between China to the southeast, and Kazakhstan to the west, lies a small country called Kyrgyzstan. In soviet times two valleys in Karavshin gained popularity for their solid rock climbing. These are the Kara su and Ak su valleys . In December 2023 I received a message from a friend of mine asking if I would be keen to visit these. Left: climbing on Perestroika crack. Top right: Pik 4810 (Odesa) Bottom right: Russian tower from camp. Journey to Kyrgyzstan It was in this capacity, that at 12pm on Friday the 5 th of July, instead of working on excel sheets I found myself boarding a Pegasus plane first to Istanbul, and then to Osh. In Istanbul we met a grandmother from Osh. She spoke limited english but was very cheerful. She used her status as an elderly lady to carry several extra boxes onto the plane, 2 of which she persuasively asked others to carry for her! On the flight to Osh I was blessed to be sitting behind t...