Are You ready to come higher? Of course, You’re ready! We are to long way today, dear friends. But we don’t get used to give up! Eh? Horses have already moved ahead with their - no, with our loads, then we follow them. We are to ascend to quite high pass called Ak-Tubek. This way is not so long, but we are going to get quite appreciable altitude. So, it’s important thing to use Your energy sparingly today in order to be still in good mood and to feel only light touch of sweet fatigue in the body tonight when we come to the lodging for the night.
Descent to the Orto-Chashma river valley is long-continued but at the same time it is very enthralling and it passes across alpine meadows to confluence place where two rivers - Ak-Tubek and Dukenek, coming from two glaciers of the same name - flow into Orto-Chashma river. Tongues of these glaciers slip down from Turkestan ridge, losing more and more moisture from year to year and decreasing in size. But rivers though gladden the eyes with jolly swash on stones and plenty of water. And we are going to overnight here - near this confluence on the edge of juniper forest, and tonight You will see the show of the nature: in evening glow surrounding high summits will merge little by little into the background of becoming dark sky and soon they will completely disappear in the night darkness. But our fun company is not going to feel darkness - all people will get together at the table in roomy tent in order to eat with gusto at the dinner time and recover their powers spent today. It’s so fine - to sit around cozy campfire tinged with fragrance of dry gummed juniper twigs…Then - let You sleep, sleep, sleep!
Overnight in Orto-Chashma Camp
Trekking distance: 12km / 5hrs
Altitude difference: +1890m / -1390m.