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.
Tatvan, Ice Cream, Mt Nemrut, & Boat Rides
Our original plan for our first week in Eastern Turkey was to cycle from Elazig to Van, which was about 550 km, and take a day off. Unfortunately we heard backk from any couch surfers in Van at this point, but we got a reply from Kursat in Tatvan.
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 […]