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0539 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 / Page 539 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 140. VIEW FROM SHITAM PASS TO WEST (LEFT) AND NORTH-WEST (RIGHT).
[Photo] 141. VIEW FROM MORAINE BELOW SITARGH PASS TO SOUTH-WEST (LEFT) AND WEST (RIGHT).

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r into the Raumedh,
oldly serrated crest-
y the snow-covered
nshan. This region,
ny youth, was, alas,

beds and then along
s after about seven
he first point where
arrangements made
nd here a pose of
eve our hard-tried
r day's march down
ld moraine terraces
d us to emerge into
f Khaizhez.
carried us down to
ith the exceptional
ous gorges in which
o the Oxus. I now
emained the least
from the Pamirs,
ts traditional ways
ce.
ugh narrow deep-
masses wildly ser-
their foot. After
s of the river on a
on of trying climbs
here the track led
nly by footholds a