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Originally Posted by Oo-SEB-oO
I hope so, it's worth it.
Just curious to know if Steffen ('survivor' of Yana's track) is going to do it alone on his XChallenge and if Muztoo will do it next week... Would be nice to also have feedback of some other on this as well.
I think the Bartang can be great fun (as I experienced it) but also a nightmare depending on conditions (bike-rider-weather).
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Still contemplating this. Just talked to the girl at the Khorog Info. She said a car made it through this week. So, they must have cleared the rockfall. She was also very nonchalant about it and after I mentioned that she should probably give more realistic info to riders, she said, "Oh, but they all love it." Hmm?
Talked to some knowledgeable local drivers and they say they do make it through a few times a year.
I also ran into the two Austrian cyclist you talked to. We talked quite a while about the track and they claim they never said it shouldn't be done on a bike :-)
There is definitely something funny about the water levels here. Water is pretty high right now, even here in Khorog. Something you'd expect in spring and early summer elsewhere. I guess it makes sense that snow melts very late in the summer in the very high mountains.
Pamir is awesome and I plan to make best use of my visa :-) Everything I expected and much more.
Cheers,
Steffen
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