Cycling 3,000Km From Samarkand Through the Pamirs
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Ravshan Amirov, a 39-year-old library director at Samarkand International University of Technology, cycled 3,000km in 33 days from Samarkand through Tajikistan, China, and Kyrgyzstan, summiting the Ak-Baital Pass at 4,655m and crossing into high mountain terrain, inspired three years earlier by meeting a French cycling couple.
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