Articles by Aizhan Arshabayeva

My Summer Memories From Peak Komsomolsky

This summer I was in the mountains of the Zailiysky Alatau on a multi-day trek to Komsomolsky Peak. The air was thin and dry. At dawn the ridges looked close enough to touch, but the ice that shaped them felt far away. I do not collect data myself, yet our group included people who know…