From L to R, Mt.Naran, Mt.Khuiten, the head of the Potanin Glacier, Mt.Malchik
View of Mt. Khuiten, at 4374 m/14,350' the highest mountain in Mongolia.
It borders both China and Russia at the western end of the Mongol Altai Tavan Bogd (5 Holy Peaks, sometimes
transliterated as Taban Bogdo Ula)
People of Mongolia
Mongolian herdsman
Khazak eagle hunter
Child & Yurt
Fresh Yak Milk ?
First, the Approach ...
Across the snowfields of Icy Pass
Fritz Selby & Camels
Ghost Rider
Petrified forest beyond Icy Pass
On Toward Basecamp
Travel Group
Fritz Sellby & Lee Elman
Meanders
Sunset
Wild flowers
Camp, with Icy Pass in the background
Finally, the Climb.
Mt.Naran from moraine
Looking at the head of Potanin Glacier
Potanin Glacier seen from ridge; it is the longest in Mongolia, stretches
20 kilometers, and connects the Tavan Bogd (the 5 Holy Peaks) of the Altai Mountain Range
Our mountain guide Osokhbayar, a member of the first Mongolian
team to summit Mt.Everest, sitting in the snow
