The Road to Kegety Yesterday I left for something I didn't know, would be the toughest but also most rewarding climbs I have ever done. I left Ortok in the morning and followed the main road. In Djong Alysh, the last town, an old man asked me where I was going. I explained him i was going to cross Pereval Kegety. He told me better to turn around. "It is cold up there and there and it might be snowing!" I told him that I wanted to try it. The next 20km I passed many trucks with yurts on them and the shepherds with their flocks. Some told me there was another cyclist about 2hrs ahead of me. Two thoughts came up: If it is too hard I'll meet him on his way back, if not I won't. Than I finally had to turn right. 11km ahead of me was the pass. The Pereval Kegety is one of Kyrgyzstan highest mountain passes (3832m) and in these days hardly used. Most of it would be climbing so I wasn't expecting it to be over soon. The beginning was ok, slowly going up with some brakes to breath again. The first hairpins came up and I crossed the little stream twice where I filed up my bottles with this fresh water again. Than, at the last 3km I had to get of, the rocks on the road became more and bigger and bigger. At first I thought it was just a little push but from that moment on the cycling was over. I pushed and pushed my way up with the occasionally breaks in between. And than, about 4 hair pins before the top I saw another guy pushing his bike!??! With twice the luggage I carried, he was pushing his bike along. We said hello and kept on pushing. We had to cross a land slide where our job became a bit harder but finally made it trough the top. It was white! The snow filled up the last bit to the top and around the corner, the north side, most of it was covered with snow. It was a hard job, but once up there, it was one of the most amazing adventures of this trip! Thanks for sharing this with you Andy! .. #bikepacking #worldbybike #Worldtraveler #kyrgyzstan #bike #biketouring #travel #traveling #travelgram #endlessroads #dessert #cycling #bicycle #outsideisfree #kegety #kyrgyzstan🇰🇬rocks #Кыргызстан #mountains #mountain #hairpins #roadslikethese #perevalkegety #кегети
