• fann tour #4

    June 5, 2024 in Tajikistan ⋅ 🌫 5 °C

    on this day, we had to climb up to 3800 meters to cross the next mountain pass. to make this climb, most tourists that go there (we encountered a surprising amount that day) rent porters with mules to carry their stuff and help with navigation. we're built different tho

    we took a little detour to another lake first and then started the climb. we heard a storm rolling in again and quickened our pace to not get caught by it in a bad place. luckily, we were above freezing level when it started, so we only got snow. we passed pretty much all the other tourist groups on the pass and made it to the other side safely. on the way, there were a bunch of mules, including such individuals as lexus, toyota and tesla. they were really cute and i got the idea to maybe buy one in kyrgyzstan.

    after a day of hiking, we got to our lakeside camp spot for the day, where we met three of the guides again and before i knew it, i was riding a donkey. my batteries were all dead by this point, so i spent the rest of my evening building stone piles. ooga booga.
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