photo pages:  <<  <  11  12  13  14  15  16  >  
< 127 of 136 >
Mirza Todorovich > Satellite image of the Rush Creek / Silver Lake area. Start close to the winter closure gate across the Power Station. End at the Silver Lake Resort lending area, easy pick up and enough parking. Nice cold drinks at the small restaurant/store.
Mirza Todorovich > Team members from left to right: Muhamed Shishic - Hamo (Sarajevo), Dragan Zlatanovic - Zlaja (Belgrade), Edin Durmo (Zenica), Naim Logic (Sarajevo), two members of the Kiev group and far right Muhamed Gafic - Gafa (Sarajevo) leader of the expedition. Missing from the image is Mirza Todorovich (Tuzla), he is behind the camera. Image taken on the Kiev airport. From Kiev we are flying to Bishkek (Kirghiz's capitol). - Clanovi Alpinistickog tima sa lijeva na desno: Muhamed Shishic - Hamo (Sarajevo), Dragan Zlatanovic - Zlaja (Beograd), Edin Durmo (Zenica), Naim Logic (Sarajevo), dva clana Kijevske ekipe i Muhamed Gafic - Gafa (Sarajevo) vodja ekspedicije. Kalendarski Plan Ekspedicije: 18 Juli 1991 - Polazak vozom iz Beograda, Srbija (YU) 20 Juli - Dolazak u Kiev, Ukrajina (CCCP) 21 Juli - Let iz Kieva (9 ujutro) za Biskek (Frunze) glavni grad Kirgizije, slecemo u Rostov-na-Donu par sati 22 Juli - provodimo dan u glavnom gradu Kirgizije Bishkeku (Frunze) 23 Juli - letimo za Karakol (Przevaljsk) 24 Juli - boravimo jedan dan u Karakolu 25 Juli - letimo helikopterom za Bazni Kamp Khan Tengri, na putu nocimo u kampu Maida Adyr 26-28 Juli - organizacija Baznog Logora 28-31 Juli - prvi aklimatizacioni uspon do 5200m, Kamp 2 1 Avgust - dan odmora 2-5 Avgust - drugi aklimatizacioni uspon do 6000m, Kamp 3 6-7 Avgust - dani odmora u Baznom Logoru 8-13 Avgust - uspon na Pik Khan Tengri, 7013m 14-17 Avgust - rezervni dani 18 Avgust - povratak u Karakol 19 Avgust - boravimo u Karakolu, posjeta jezeru Issyk Kul 20-21 Avgust - boravak u Biskeku i let nazad za Kiev* 22 Avgust - boravak u Kievu 23 Avgust - put za Beograd 24 Avgust - stizemo nazad u Beograd * Plan je bio malo promjenjen. Poslije uspjesnog uspona clanova ekspedicije na vrh Khan Tengrija ostalo nam je par rezervnih dana koje smo iskoristili da posjetimo prastari grad Samarkand (2500 godina). Tamo smo letili iz Bishkeka avionom a vratili smo se autobusom preko Tashkenta za Bishkek. Bilo je interesantno putovanje.
Mirza Todorovich > Tien Shan is really an attractive massif. Deep valleys, beautiful unclimbed peaks. I was going from one side of the helicopter to another. It is totally different feel to look from above then if you hike same area. It takes few days by foot from Maida Adyr to Base Camp on South Inylchek Glacier. With helicopter around two hours. - Tien Shan je stvarno atraktivan masiv. Duboke doline, predivni vrhovi na koje se niko nije popeo. Citavo vrijeme sam isao sa jedne strane helikoptera na drugu. Pogled sa visine daje potpuno drugaciju perspektivu nego da smo isli pjeske na dnu doline. Trebalo bi nam najmanje tri dana pjeske do baznog kampa. Helikopterom je samo dva sata.
Mirza Todorovich > Steep valleys are holding hanging glaciers on theirs tops. - Strme doline pridrzavaju "visece" glecere.
Mirza Todorovich > Lake Merzbacher. In 1903, German explorer Gottfried Merzbacher led an expedition through the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the aim of which was to scale the great Khan Tengri peak (6,995m - old measurements, new elevation is 7013m). On the way, having pitched camp on one of the slopes, Merzbacher became the first to discover a high-altitude lake dotted with floating icebergs, which would later be named after him. - Jezero Merzbacher. 1903 godine, Njemacki istrazivac Gottfried Merzbacher vodio je ekspediciju kroz Kirgiske Tien Shan planine, ciji cilj je bio uspon na ponosni Khan Tengri vrh (6995m po starim mjerenjima, nova izmjerena visina je 7013m). Na putu prema vrhu, postavljajuci kamp na padinama oklnih vrhova, Merzbacher je bio prvi koji je otkrio jezero locirano na visini i prepuno plutajucih gromada leda. Kasnije, jezero je dobilo ime po Merzbacher-u.
Mirza Todorovich > On the other side of the glacier mountains are "under fire". - Sa druge strane glecera planine su u "vatri". -
Mirza Todorovich > Every year the Merzbacher Lake appears, expands, dies in a spectacular death and is reborn the following year. This all occurs in a steep, virtually inaccessible, valley where two glaciers meet in a remote region of the Tien Shan Mountains. To view this spectacle involves a huge amount of time and patience, due to unreliable predictions of when the lake will begin to disappear and to the fact that the process is still poorly understood. There is only a very narrow window in which to see it, as the lake completely empties in a matter of three days. Blink and you could miss it. Still, compared to other vanishing glacial lakes (examples also exist in Greenland, Iceland and Switzerland) what makes the Merzbacher Lake so unique is the regularity of its timing. The lake forms during the summer months when rising temperatures cause water from the melted ice to flow into the valley. Here it is collected and held by an ice dam causing a glacial lake. The dam itself is caused by an ice flux from the South Inylchek glacier diverting towards one end of the valley. The rising temperatures of the summer cause the lake to fill extremely quickly. Studies of the lake’s changing water levels have shown that it fills at an amazing 5cm per hour in the summer, reaching an area of 5km2 before it begins its spectacular disappearing act. - Svake godine, jezero Merzbacher, pojavi se, naraste i nestane spektakularno i ponovo se pojavi slijedece godine. Sve se to dogadja u strmoj, nepristupacnoj dolini, gdje se dva mocna glecera susrecu u zabacenom dijelu Tien Shan planina. Posmatranje tog spektakla zahtjeva mnogo vremena i strpljenja, jer se sve dogadja nepredvidjeno. Pratiti spektakl moguce je samu u vrlo kratkom vremenskom periodu, jer se jezeri isprazni za manje od tri dana. Poredeci Merzbacher jezero sa slicnim glecerskim jezerima koja nestaju (primjeri kojih postoje na Greenland-u, Iceland-u i Svajcarskoj) ono sto pravi jezero Merzbacher posebno je ponavljane procesa u istom vremenskom periodu. Jezero se stvara u toku ljetnih mjeseci kada porast temperature izaziva topljenje leda i mjesavina leta i vode puni dolinu. Voda se skuplja i zadrzava ledenom branom formiranom od velikih komada glecera. Brana se stvara kada led iz Juznog Inylcheka skrene i ulazi u dolinu prema Sjevernom Inylchek gleceru i tu se stapa i veze za ledene blokove. porast temperatura u ljetnim mjesecima utice na brzo punjenje jezera. Studije jezera pokazuju izuzetno brzo punjenje od 5cm na sat ljeti, stvarajuci jezero velicine 5x2km prije nego sto spektakularno nestane.
Mirza Todorovich > People on the heliport. - Lokalni putnici na sletilistu.
Mirza Todorovich > Happy travelers relaxing in the small airplane on the flight from Bishkek (Kyrgyz's capitol) to Karakol (former Przhevalsk). Karakol is small town of about 70,000 people in the Tian Shan massif, close to Issyk-kul lake (fifth deepest lake in the world). This is starting point for expeditions going towards south side of Khan Tengri. - Putnici u malom avionu za vrijeme leta od Biskeka (Kirgiz glavni grad) do Karakol-a (bivsi Przevalsk). Karakol je mali grad sa otprilike 70,000 stanovnika, lociran u Tien Shan planinskom masivu, vrlo blizu Issyk-kul jezera (petog po dubini na svijetu). Karakol je pocetna tacka svih ekspedicija koje idu na juznu stranu Khan Tengrija ili Pik Pobjedu.
Satellite image of the Rush Creek / Silver Lake area. Start close to the winter closure gate across the Power Station. End at the Silver Lake Resort lending area, easy pick up and enough parking. Nice cold drinks at the small restaurant/store.
Mirza Todorovich > Satellite image of the Rush Creek / Silver Lake area. Start close to the winter closure gate across the Power Station. End at the Silver Lake Resort lending area, easy pick up and enough parking. Nice cold drinks at the small restaurant/store.
Satellite image of the Rush Creek / Silver Lake area. Start close to the winter closure gate across the Power Station. End at the Silver Lake Resort lending area, easy pick up and enough parking. Nice cold drinks at the small restaurant/store.
See photo in original gallery.
photo pages:  <<  <  11  12  13  14  15  16  >  
< 127 of 136 >

Comments

|

New comment:

Name: Email: Link:


To foil spammers, enter this code: copy this text in this box: Code unreadable?

Add Comment Cancel

All photographs by Mirza Todorovich - © 2008