Wednesday 4 July 2007

Bikinis at 3635 metres

Today was a day of contrast. Squash has 28 pairs of pants whilst Suzy has only 5! Amongst our fellow climbers our new best friend Alison has been within 200 metres of the Everest summit
We left the bustling city of Kashgar for the isolated yurts of Lake Karakol which will be our acclimatization camp with their new 21st Century solar panels.
Incredibly excited by our first glimpse of Mount Mustagata. It looks like its going to be great to ski and board down. The day culminated in us swimming in Lake Karakol under the mountain's shadow. However, erupting from the glacier water and staggering beauty of the surroundings we were informed that our dip had cost us $30 each!

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