One year older. No, one year more grown-up. This year is absolutely not easy for me, but it is a very important year. Right now I’m at a big crossroads,…
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Isn’t it cool if the first person from my home country, Kyrgyzstan, to conquer the highest peaks of all continents will be openly gay? Do you believe into my team…
IDEA I organize an adventure expedition to Central Asia in August 2020 (postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemics to 2021) for my queer friends and straight allies across the Globe....
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I slept only an hour or two before our summit. Sleepy and tired I woke up with a strong urge to poop. I had worries that I had diarrhoea because…
We had a very nice morning with a view of pink clouds and Mount Meru. Soon the first sun rays hit our tents. This was long-awaited after an unendless cold…
Today we were allowed to get up an hour later. This was the least stressful morning so far and we had enough time to do morning chores before our hike…
We woke up again at 6 a.m., completed our morning rituals and started to walk. This camp was much colder than the previous one. Martin got frozen last night and…
We got up at 6 a.m. and our morning was rather stressful: we needed to wash ourselves (warm water was cordially brought again right to our tents), to pack, to…
Early in the morning we had our breakfast, packed all necessary equipment for the mountain, left the rest of our luggage at the hotel, and started our drive to Londorossi…
We arrived early in the morning at 5:30 at Kilimanjaro Airport. Surprisingly the border officials let me into the country quite quickly without even looking at my printed electronic visa…