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How a nomadic tent network opened the untamed ‘Mountains of Heaven’ to hikers

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By Stephen Lioy, CNN Ala Kol, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — Just a few dozen steps over snow-covered scree remain to the top of the pass, and then I finally climb up to a panorama of mountain ridges backdropping a stretch of blue glacial water.

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    By Stephen Lioy, CNN Ala Kol, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — Just a few dozen steps over snow-covered scree remain to the top of the pass, and then I finally climb up to a panorama of mountain ridges backdropping a stretch of blue glacial water.

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