Formerly ‘chubby kid’ first to complete ultramarathon series in under a year after being warned ‘you’re going to die’
A formerly “chubby kid” who made history completing ultramarathons in the Arctic, Amazon, desert and mountains said sports ...
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Two Climbs in the Remote Tien Shan
They were 'only' 4,000m peaks, but the two winter climbs in Kazakhstan's isolated Tien Shan mountains gave the pair all they could handle.
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Tips: What's the Best Time to Travel to Kyrgyzstan?
a popular base for exploring the Tian Shan mountains. The official language is Kyrgyz, though Russian is widely spoken. Kyrgyzstan is a democratic republic with a legal system based on civil ...
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THE ECONOMIST: Surging gold prices have mineral-rich countries seeking foreign investors
The price of gold has more than doubled since 2019, which is good news for both governments and miners in the poor but ...
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Laser-based lidar tech is rewriting history — if climate change doesn't erase it first
Nestled in the Tien Shan mountains, the largest east to west mountain range on Earth, merchants from all over Europe and Asia would travel to Tashbulak and Tugunbulak to hawk their wares.
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Black Death Likely Originated in Central Asia
In the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains in what is now Kyrgyzstan, tombstones in the Kara-Djigach cemetery with Syriac inscriptions showed that the village’s death rate skyrocketed over a two-year ...