Today is a great day, my first 4 000, or not far from. With my colleague Oleg, we climbed up the Пик Турист, 3 970 meters according to his altimeter watch, 3 956 meters according to the map. Aujourd'hui, j'ai gravi mon premier 4 000, ou presque, le Пик Турист, qui est a 3 970 metres selon la montre altimetre de Oleg avec qui j'etais, 3 956 metres selon la carte.
This is the Пик Турист.
First we made a stop at Big Almaty Lake. Nous avons d'abord fait un stop au grand lac d'Almaty, a 2 200 metres.
I have to confess that the first part of the climbing has been made in jeep (Alex, you have to wait 1 more month before posting unpleasant comments ;-). On commence par grimper jusqu'au col en 4x4.
The saddle, with the scientific station (see http://hervemariage.blogspot.com/2008/07/station-scientifique.html), is the starting point.On laisse la voiture au col, a cote de la station scientifique.
No real track, we climb up in the middle of stones.
La grimpette n'est pas agreable, au mileu des pierriers.
We had snow sometime, but with sun.
Nous avons eu de la neige, mais avec du soleil.
The top. Le sommet.
Seen from the top, the (I don't remember the name), 4 900 meters. Vu du sommet une montagne qui culmine a 4 900 metres.
Seen from the top, Almaty. Vu du sommet, Almaty.
On the way back. Sur le chemin du retour.
Result: 4 hours jeeping, 4 hours to climb up, 2.5 hours to go down, altitude from 1 000 to almost 4 000 meters, temperatures from 35 to 3 degrees, I am totally exhausted, but proud and happy.
Bilan : 4 heures de 4x4 (AR au col), 4 heures de montée a pied, 2 heures et demi de descente, de 1 000 a 4 000 metres, de 35 a 3 degres, je suis completement creve, mais fier et content.