They were 'only' 4,000m peaks, but the two winter climbs in Kazakhstan's isolated Tien Shan mountains gave the pair all they ...

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山 ("celestial mountains"); Pinyin: Tiān Shān; Uyghur: تەڭرىتاغ Tengri Tagh), also commonly spelled Tien Shan, is a mountain range located in Central Asia.

Northwest of the valley, the Fergana Range leads to the broader region of the Tien Shan mountains—one of the major mountain chains in Central Asia, with peaks that rise over 7000m. The scenery ...

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