Cycling the Pamir Highway 2014 captured in a 5 minute video. View pictures and footage of our 13 days ride from Khorog to Murghab and then back into Kyrgzstan finally finishing in Osd. An epic cycle adventure that everyone should do.
Sary Tash to Osh. The End of the Road
If we thought the Pamir highway ended as we crossed back into Kyrgyzstan we were wrong. Sary Tash to Osh was less than 200km and we thought we could knock out 150-160km in one day, especially since 80km of it was downhill. This would get us super close to Osh and give us an easy […]
The Pamir Highway, Murghab to Sary-Tash
After our night with the mosquitos and the cooker breaking, we were up early to attack the climb. The wind was down and we had a good road all the way up to the start of the climb. On our way up we met a German couple who were on their way down. This was […]
The Pamir Highway, Khorog to Murghab
Once we left Kieran and Marley in Khorog, we had 13 days to cross the Tajikistan border before our visas expired. We had to cover 500km (310miles) of tough terrain that included numerous peaks of over 4000 meters (13,100ft) with the highest at 4665 meters. We knew it wouldn’t be easy but we had our […]
When Things Go Bad in the Pamirs
We were headed for the start of the biggest pass (4665m) with the plan to camp around 4000 meters. We had just resupplied in Murgab, the only real town along the Pamirs so dinner would not consist of 4 day old naan bread. The scenery in this area was literally out of this world with […]
Camping with the Kims
Back in May I was tagged in a post in the Warm Showers Facebook Group. It turned out that a Korean couple had started cycling in Australia and had just made it to the border of China/Kazakhstan. At the time we were only a couple of weeks behind them. Obviously Katie and I took this […]
Fruit Picking in the Stans
One of Katie’s favorite past times these past few months has been “guerilla shopping” or how I like to put it, acting like a giraffe. There have been plenty of mulberry and apricot fruit trees on the roads here in Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan which have led to Katie doing some off the bike midday stretching. […]
Do-it-yourself Tampons
After days and days of waiting to go to the Pamirs we were finally there. We enjoyed 4 days of cycling with Kieran and Marley, the British/German couple we met in Dushanbe, but said goodbye in Khorog as we headed east through the Gunt valley and they headed south to the Wakhan valley. It was […]
Kieran and Marley – Our Pamir Companions
After 10 days of waiting and numerous emotional roller coasters, our dream of riding the Pamirs was finally coming true. After our 11 hour ride to Kalaikhum from Dushanbe and a quick 6 hour sleep, the four of us (me, Jared, Kieran, and Marley) were ready to go. We loaded up our bikes with enough […]
Getting from Dushanbe to Kakaikhum by Jeep
Since we had to wait so long for our GBAO permits, we only had 14 days left on our visas, which meant we had to fast forward a bit of the Pamir. We decided to get a ride with Kieran and Marley to Kalaikhum, a city 390km from Dushanbe (South Road distance). And since we […]
Fann Mountain Vacation
While waiting for our GBAO permits in Dushanbe, Jared and I got a bit restless. We decided to leave the city for a few days and explore the Fann mountain range just north of Dushanbe. We set off on a Friday morning and returned to the guesthouse early Monday hoping to get our permits. The […]
Dushanbe. The Real Time Vortex
The time we spent waiting in Bishkek was child’s play compared to Dushanbe. Let me start at the beginning; Bishkek. While in Bishkek we got our Tajikistan visas and were under the impression we could get our GBAO permits, which are needed to ride the Pamir highway, as well. When we went to the embassy […]
Sanaba. Our Mother from Isfara
We camped about 40km from the border the night before entering Tajikistan. Jared was sick that night and we were both still tired from our 6 day sprint from Bishkek to Osh. It was hot and we had trouble finding good drinking water that day but we were excited to finally be getting to Tajikistan. […]