Comments on: Living on the edge: A trip to the Wakhan Valley http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Backpacker.RU http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4449 Backpacker.RU Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:07:30 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4449 To all those, who visited the Wakhan Valley in period August-Oktober 2006: A russian adventurer missed: Sergei Bereznitskiy, born in Moscow, Russia on July 9th, 1980. Planned itinerary: Moscow-Tajikistan-Faizabad-Ishkashim-Vakhan Corridor-Iran-Moscow. Was supposed to return no later than early October 2006. Last SMS sent from Faizabad on August 27, through Afghan Wireless Communication Company. LAST SEEN IN THE WAKHAN VALLEY LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 2006. Description: 180 cm tall, black hair, brown eyes, straight nose. One ear has unusual angular shape. Clothing: yellow-green pants with yellow pockets, black pants, Russian-made trekking boots, camouflage anorak coat, beige and white brimmed hat, dark-blue fleece pullover. Gear: large black backpack, pickaxe, crampons. Skills: experienced mountaineer and hitchhiker, has visited Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran, speaks fluent English and colloquial Arabic. Documents: Russian passport 60 N4943168; letter from the Academy of Free Travel in Arabic, possibly also in English and Farsi; Vakhan Corridor maps. Photo of Sergei Bereznitskiy pls see here: http://www.ljplus.ru/img/r/a/razar/bereznickiy.jpg If you saw Sergei or have any information about him, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Please leave a message here or send a message to the coordinator of search: Kononov Nikolay, nickolay.kononov@gmail.com -------------------------------------- A russian article see here: http://www.utro.ru/articles/2006/11/10/600051.shtml To all those, who visited the Wakhan Valley in period August-Oktober 2006:

A russian adventurer missed:

Sergei Bereznitskiy, born in Moscow, Russia on July 9th, 1980.

Planned itinerary: Moscow-Tajikistan-Faizabad-Ishkashim-Vakhan Corridor-Iran-Moscow.

Was supposed to return no later than early October 2006. Last SMS sent from Faizabad on August 27, through Afghan Wireless Communication Company.

LAST SEEN IN THE WAKHAN VALLEY LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 2006.

Description: 180 cm tall, black hair, brown eyes, straight nose. One ear has unusual angular shape.

Clothing: yellow-green pants with yellow pockets, black pants, Russian-made trekking boots, camouflage anorak coat, beige and white brimmed hat, dark-blue fleece pullover.

Gear: large black backpack, pickaxe, crampons.

Skills: experienced mountaineer and hitchhiker, has visited Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran, speaks fluent English and colloquial Arabic.

Documents: Russian passport 60 N4943168; letter from the Academy of Free Travel in Arabic, possibly also in English and Farsi; Vakhan Corridor maps.

Photo of Sergei Bereznitskiy pls see here:

http://www.ljplus.ru/img/r/a/razar/bereznickiy.jpg

If you saw Sergei or have any information about him, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Please leave a message here or send a message to the coordinator of search:

Kononov Nikolay, nickolay.kononov@gmail.com

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A russian article see here:

http://www.utro.ru/articles/2006/11/10/600051.shtml

]]> By: Ben http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4377 Ben Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:18:33 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4377 Stunning set Teo, really enjoyed it. Stunning set Teo, really enjoyed it.

]]> By: teo http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4324 teo Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:30:17 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4324 Lots more photos from the Wakhan and the Pamirs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teokaye/sets/72157594273136157/ Lots more photos from the Wakhan and the Pamirs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teokaye/sets/72157594273136157/

]]> By: Ben http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4293 Ben Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:40:59 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4293 Thanks Robert and Alexander for your insightful comments! Also, Robert, looking forward to the new Odyseey guide - please drop us an email once it's out - we'll post information here! Thanks Robert and Alexander for your insightful comments!

Also, Robert, looking forward to the new Odyseey guide - please drop us an email once it’s out - we’ll post information here!

]]> By: Alexander Sadikov http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4284 Alexander Sadikov Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:29:48 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4284 Yes, the 201st motor rifle division was quartered in the central part of the country. Now it is the 201st Russian military base. Russian Border Force has always been a separate military unit under the command of the Federal Security Service (FSB). Yes, the 201st motor rifle division was quartered in the central part of the country. Now it is the 201st Russian military base. Russian Border Force has always been a separate military unit under the command of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

]]> By: Robert Middleton http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4257 Robert Middleton Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:45:37 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2006/11/09/living-on-the-edge-a-trip-to-the-wakhan-valley-in-tajikistan/#comment-4257 Enjoyed your blog - you write well. A small comment: as far as I know, the border was never guarded by the 201st Motor Rifle Division, but by the Russian Border Guards, who have now been replaced by the Tajik Border Guards. I noted your comment about the tendency of men to leave the harvesting to the women - this is a particularity of Ishkashim. In other districts you will find both sexes in the fileds! I pointed it out to the men many times in village meetings, but, it seems, without success. Watch out for the new Odyssey guide to Tajikistan and the Pamirs on which I am working - should be out mid-2007! Cheers Robert Enjoyed your blog - you write well. A small comment: as far as I know, the border was never guarded by the 201st Motor Rifle Division, but by the Russian Border Guards, who have now been replaced by the Tajik Border Guards.

I noted your comment about the tendency of men to leave the harvesting to the women - this is a particularity of Ishkashim. In other districts you will find both sexes in the fileds! I pointed it out to the men many times in village meetings, but, it seems, without success.

Watch out for the new Odyssey guide to Tajikistan and the Pamirs on which I am working - should be out mid-2007!

Cheers

Robert

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