pamir highway - Rolling East https://rollingeast.com A bike ride across the world Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:41:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://rollingeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-Untitled-design-2-32x32.png pamir highway - Rolling East https://rollingeast.com 32 32 Cycling the Pamir Highway: A Practical Guide https://rollingeast.com/the-ultime-guide-to-cycle-touring-the-pamir-highway/ https://rollingeast.com/the-ultime-guide-to-cycle-touring-the-pamir-highway/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:15:18 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=459 Every year hundreds of cyclists embark on the journey through one of the Mecca destinations for adventure cycling: the M41, more mystically known as the Pamir Highway. One of the highest highways in the world, second only to the Karakorum Highway, it winds through many 4000m+ peaks and the Roof of the World, the highest …

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]]> https://rollingeast.com/the-ultime-guide-to-cycle-touring-the-pamir-highway/feed/ 12 The Grass Is Always Greener https://rollingeast.com/the-grass-is-always-greener/ https://rollingeast.com/the-grass-is-always-greener/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2017 03:32:36 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=1249 As we sit on a train, travelling 6 hours from Vinh to Hanoi, I came across this blog written in Murgrab that never made press. It was great to read it after a few months and hopefully you will enjoy it too! It’s amazing the thoughts that go through your head while on the bike. …

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]]> https://rollingeast.com/the-grass-is-always-greener/feed/ 1 The 9 mountain passes of the Pamir Highway: distance, altitude and elevation https://rollingeast.com/pamir-passes/ https://rollingeast.com/pamir-passes/#comments Sun, 05 Nov 2017 01:33:59 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=1137 So you’ve committed the cycling the Pamir HIghway. Well done! Now, you start asking yourself questions, with the main ones being ‘How big are the climbs?’ And ‘What’s the altitude?’. If you just want to ride and have the exhilhertaion of not knowing whats around the next corner then click here now! If not, Here’s …

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]]> https://rollingeast.com/pamir-passes/feed/ 2 The Pamir Highway – From Murghab to Osh https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-murghab-to-osh/ https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-murghab-to-osh/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:01:49 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=405 On the day we left Murghab we set a target of about 55km, starting a slow ascent towards Akbaital Pass, the highest in the Pamir, and leave the remaining 20km for the day after. The pass itself was nowhere as tough as I had expected. There was indeed some bike pushing involved, but that was …

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]]> https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-murghab-to-osh/feed/ 7 The Pamir Highway – From Khorog to Murghab https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-khorog-to-murghab/ https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-khorog-to-murghab/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:30:52 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/?p=390 Everytime we meet some guys doing the Mongol Rally they do not hesitate in pointing out how crazy we are for doing the Pamir Highway on bicycles. On the steep 10km out of Khorog I couldn’t agree more with them. After a few rest day at the Pamir Lodge, the legs struggled to move, just as …

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]]> https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-from-khorog-to-murghab/feed/ 3 The Pamir Highway – From Kala-i Khum to Khorog https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-part-ii/ https://rollingeast.com/the-pamir-highway-part-ii/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:34:58 +0000 https://rollingeast.com/2017/09/15/the-pamir-highway-part-ii/ In Kala-i Khum we had a lush night in the most expensive hotel in town – which was only 30 USD, by the way. Birk and Lukas were keen on moving a few kms forward but after a beer, they were easily convinced that staying and enjoying some comfort and a proper shower was the …

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