Summer 1988: Alai and Pamir Range

• Fergana --> Isfairam valley in the Alai Range --> crossing the Alai Range over the Tengis-Bei pass --> Daraut-Kurgan in the Alai valley --> crossing the Transalai Range over the Ters-Agar pass --> Altin Masar (near the mouth of the world largest glacier, the Fedshenko glacier) --> Dshirgital --> Sary Tash --> lake Karakul --> Gudara --> lake Sares --> Ljangar pass --> camp site near Dshilandy --> Murgab
• further photographs
  • one way to cross a river
  • another way to cross a river

Summer 1989: Alai and Pamir Range again

• Fergana --> Aksu valley --> crossing the Alai Range over the Karakasyk pass --> Koksu valley --> Daraut-Kurgan --> Sary-Tash --> lake Karakul --> Murgab --> Dshilandy --> lake Turumtaikul --> Shachdara valley --> crossing the Shachdara Range into the Pjandsh valley --> along the river Pjandsh from Ljangar-Kisht up to Kalai-Chumb
• further photographs
  • view across the Alai Range

Summer 1990: From St.-Petersburg to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

• St.-Petersburg --> Alma Ata --> Blagovashchensk --> Khabarovsk --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Avachinskaya Sopka (2710 m) --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Moskva

Summer 1991: Hindukush and Karakorum Range

• Karatchi --> Peshawar --> Chitral --> Mastuj valley --> Chapali --> Zagaro valley --> pass Zagar An (5010 m) --> Bahushtaro Gol valley --> Gupis in the Ghizar valley --> Gilgit --> Altit and Baltit in the Hunza valley --> Miniapin glacier --> Gilgit --> Lahore --> Karatchi

Summer 1993: Central Tienshan Range

• The Central Tienshan range is the area covered by the letter "A" if you follow this map-link.
• Alma Ata --> Bayankol valley --> Ashuter pass (4352 m) --> Sarybshas valley --> Tyus valley --> Tyus pass (4115 m) --> South Inyltshik glacier --> helicopter flight across the Central Tienshan Range --> Alma Ata

Summer 1994: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy --> Milkovo --> Klyuchi in the Kamshatka valley --> half way up the Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4750 m) --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Avachinskaya Sopka (2710 m) --> vulcano Dzendzor --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Moskva

Autumn 1995: Himalaya Range

• Dehli --> Katmandu --> Lukla --> Namche Bazar --> Thame --> Marulung --> Renjo pass (5345 m) --> Gokyo --> Chola La (5420 m) --> Lobuche --> Dingpoche --> Pangpoche --> Namche Bazar --> Lukla --> Katmandu

Spring 1997: Iran

• Shiraz --> Kerman --> Bam --> Yazd --> Esfahan --> Kashan --> Tehran

Summer 1997: Central Caucasus Range

• Mineralnoy Wody --> hamlet Elbrus --> towards the glacier Schchelda --> Werchny Baksan --> Kirtik valley --> Iriktschat pass --> Irikschat valley --> hamlet Elbrus --> Asau --> Prijut 11 --> ascending to the East summit Elbrus (5621 m) --> camp Nowy Tschondugan (Adylsu valley)

Summer 1998: British Isles

• Oxford --> Llanddeusand (Brecon Beacons) --> Gwynant --> Snowdon (1085 m) --> Llandudno --> Once Brewed (Hadrians Wall) --> Tyndrum --> shortly before the summit of Ben Lui (1130 m) --> Raasey --> back to Oxford via Arnside and Denby Pottery ( history and present products)

Spring 2000: Lycian Coast (Turkey)

• Istanbul --> Denizli --> Fethiye --> Ölüdeniz --> Kirme --> Faralya --> Kabak --> Ahnca --> Bel --> Belcegiz --> Pydnai --> Letoon --> Ölüdeniz --> Denizli --> Istanbul

Spring 2001: Iran

• Tehran --> Mount Damavand (5671 m) --> Mashhad --> Neyshabur, Torbat-e Jam --> Tehran

Spring 2003: Iran

• Tehran --> Esfahan --> Shahr-e Kord --> Pol-e Zamankhan --> Esfahan --> Kuh-e Kabosh (approx. 4000 m) --> Esfahan --> Tehran

Summer 2004: Kamchatka

• St. Petersburg --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy --> Milkovo --> Kosyrevsk --> Bogdanov-Gletscher --> Ushkovski (3903 m)--> Srednaya Sopka --> pass (approx. 3000 m) between Kamen and Klyuchevskaya Sopka --> Bezimyani hut --> Bezimyani (2869 m) --> Tobalchik pass --> Tolib hut --> Leningradskaya hut --> Kosyrevsk --> Milkovo --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> St. Petersburg

Summer 2006: Kamchatka

• Moskva --> Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy --> valley of geysers --> Uson Caldera --> vulcano Burlyashshti --> Bolshoy Semyatshik --> hamlet Shupanova --> Novy Semjatshik --> Mali Semjatshik - vulcano Karismki --> lake Karimski --> river Krestyanskaya --> crossing the levaya and pravaya Shupanova --> Gavanka valley --> Dolinnaya valley --> Nalytshevo national park --> Petropavlovsk-Kamshatskiy --> Moskva

Summer 2008: Iran

• Tehran --> Yazd --> Esfahan --> Qom --> Tehran