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Khan Tengri 1991

Tien Shan, over 1500 miles long, is a beautiful and wild mountain range on the border of the Kyrgyzstan (the former Soviet Republic) and China. This area is home to the two northern most 7000m peaks in the world. Khan Tengri (7013m) and Peak Pobeda (7439m). In summer 1991, Khan Tengri was the target of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Climbing Expedition. The team consisted of six climbers.
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The climate conditions in the Alpine zone (Base Camp, South and North Inylchek glacier) are severe, for the basic camp is situated on 4000 m above the sea level, and more than 50% of the territory is covered by eternal snow. Daytime temperature drops from 15 - 7 C. At night the temperature is usually below 0 Celsius. This is frozen desert. For the time of our stay in the BC I took time for the search around and found that area is not so deserted at all. There are many little plants fighting for survival with this harsh climate.
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The climate conditions in the Alpine zone (Base Camp, South and North Inylchek glacier) are severe, for the basic camp is situated on 4000 m above the sea level, and more than 50% of the territory is covered by eternal snow. Daytime temperature drops from 15 - 7 C. At night the temperature is usually below 0 Celsius. This is frozen desert. For the time of our stay in the BC I took time for the search around and found that area is not so deserted at all. There are many little plants fighting for survival with this harsh climate.

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  • The climate conditions in the Alpine zone (Base Camp, South and North Inylchek glacier) are severe, for the basic camp is situated on 4000 m above the sea level, and more than 50% of the territory is covered by eternal snow. Daytime temperature drops from 15 - 7 C. At night the temperature is usually below 0 Celsius. This is frozen desert. For the time of our stay in the BC I took time for the search around and found that area is not so deserted at all. There are many little plants fighting for survival with this harsh climate.
  • Helicopter is here to take us down the hill and back to "civilization". As Gafa is checking settings on his camera, Hamo, far back in orange down jacket, is waiting to board.
  • Gafa, Durmo and Naim talking during the short brake at Maid Adyr Camp on the way out to Karakol.
  • The group before leaving base camp Khan Tengri.
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