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The start of a long, cold descent and the last 5000m pass of the trip.
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The end of highway 219. The hardest 2140km I’ve ever done.
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Yet another missing bridge. There’s no road visible here because I had to go a long way upstream...
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Tibetans love playing pool – but for them it’s an outdoor sport and they’re not too fussy about the table.
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Weather….. and muddy puddles, some of them 2ft deep: roadworks Tibetan style
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Last pass before Ali; the first proper town for weeks. The road was excellent on the climb but the descent was a mess of deep sand and dust.
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Sumxi, the first Tibetan village, 5300m. Even in the height of summer it was desperately cold here....
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Tinshuihai. One of the occasional truckstops where I stocked up on supplies, ate, and in this case slept in a flea-ridden dormitory.
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The Aksai Chin plateau. 4 days with no food or water across an ancient seabed pushed up to...
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Kirgizjangal Pass. 2nd really high one – just short of 5000m. Pic taken looking back the way I’d...
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First descent in the Kunlun Mountains . The pass is the notch in the skyline – only 3300m.
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Taklamakan Desert, day 2. Very hot and pretty tedious – 1300m.
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