{"id":281669,"date":"2025-06-08T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/adventure\/an-expedition-through-the-altai-mountains\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T14:56:21","slug":"an-expedition-through-the-altai-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=281669","title":{"rendered":"An Expedition Through The Altai Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>My shoes are soaked to the gill, my feet cold as ice. Crossing over these marshes without sinking into six inches of icy water is proving to be an impossible task. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/mongolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mongolia\u2019s<\/a> largest glacier, surrounded by the country\u2019s highest peaks and located in a remote pocket of the Steppes considered sacred by the Kazakh and Tuva nomadic tribes that call this part of the world home, a little discomfort is negligible.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hiking to Potanin Glacier inside the Tavan Bogd National Park in Mongolia\u2019s westernmost frontier on Intrepid\u2019s inaugural Uncharted Expedition. Wedged in an isolated corner of Bayan-\u00d6lgii province in the Altai Mountains, this glacier is about as remote as you can get. Not surprising, then, that getting there is a challenge. On paper, we\u2019ll need to walk 18 kilometres (mostly uphill) to reach our base camp by the glacier for the night, before packing our tents and trekking a further 20 kilometres (mostly downhill) the next day to our campsite in the White River Valley, for a dinner date with a family of nomadic Tuvans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38416 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506.jpg\" alt=\"Trekkers walking through a beautiful valley in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506.jpg\" alt=\"Trekkers walking through a beautiful valley in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-15-e1570765552506-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>This overnight trek promises to not only give our group plenty of time to soak up the majestic mountain scenery as we walk through colourful meadows of summer wildflowers (it\u2019s July, after all) and alpine grasslands, but the following two days also gives me time to probe into the minds of this group of intrepid travellers. Specifically, I want to know why someone,\u00a0<em>anyone<\/em>, would sign up to a 22-day mystery trip with no fixed itinerary through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/kazakhstan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/mongolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mongolia<\/a>, where the only certainty is that they\u2019ll be visiting some of the most remote and least explored parts of the world? Turns out, their motivations are rather simple: they\u2019re modern-day adventurers, keen on experiencing the world authentically.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>John\u2019s story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After setting off for the hike just after 9am from our camping site by the Oigor River, our small group of 11 travellers from Australia and the USA take our first proper break around midday, settling down for a picnic lunch of stir-fried beef, veggies and rice at a spot overlooking a verdant valley and craggy mountain spires. We\u2019re at about 3,000 metres in altitude now, and it\u2019s starting to get hard \u2013 thinning air and all that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely tough going, even at this early point. But then you don\u2019t sign up for a trip like Uncharted without expecting a challenge. Take Kuan-Ling (John), 35, from Dallas. He knew this trip was going to be challenging \u00ad\u2013 he just didn\u2019t know what form the challenge would take. For him, the physical aspects of Uncharted have proven the hardest. \u201cHiking is not my forte,\u201d he chuckles as we set off after our lunch break. \u201cI can do it, but I\u2019m not good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38415 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997.jpg\" alt=\"Trekkers on their way through a valley\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997.jpg\" alt=\"Trekkers on their way through a valley\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-14-e1570765404997-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>He tells me about his experience hiking to the Blue Lake in Russia, just four days ago. \u201cThat hike, at that particular elevation (around 3,000 metres), was pretty challenging for me. When I started the walk that day, I was ready to give up about a fifth of the way into it.\u201d He turns to me and smiles, \u201cBut thanks to (our trip leader) Anton, and the rest of the group \u2013 who continually encouraged me to push on \u2013 I kept going. Without them, I would have given up at the first rest point, but I didn\u2019t. I embraced the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>The heavens open up just after lunch and release a drizzle that continues for the next 15 minutes. We do our best to keep our feet dry amidst the marshes, but it\u2019s a lesson in futility. So I embrace the wetness and walk right through the marshes, making a beeline for the general direction of the glacier. This hike would be a lot harder if we had to carry our own backpacks. Thankfully, we have a trio of camels (yes, camels. By a glacier.) for that, led by a couple of herders on horses. They pass us, smiling, shortly after lunch in front of a small alpine lake that reflects the ominous clouds above.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38412 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767.jpg\" alt=\"Camels in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767.jpg\" alt=\"Camels in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Camel_Trekking-e1570765194767-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>Pushing on from lunch, we eventually reach a stone monument at the top of a mountain. These stone cairns are known as\u00a0<em>ovoos<\/em>\u00a0and are built around sacred sites as shrines or altars. Facing the sacred peaks of the national park (the name of the park, Tavan Bogd, translates as \u201cfive saints\u201d after the five snow-covered mountain peaks that reign over the park), it\u2019s right at home here. Draped in colourful prayer flags, Timur, our local guide based in Ulaanbaatar, tells us to walk around this Buddhist shrine once, three or nine times, on each pass throwing stones on its roof and making wishes. And so we do, making pass after pass, contemplating what we want and hoping for the best.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s what lies beyond this monument that\u2019s most impressive. It\u2019s here that we catch our first glimpse of the massive Potanin Glacier. Stretching for over 14 kilometres, Potanin Glacier is the largest ice-cap in the country, period. At this elevation, our base camp is now also within view.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/expeditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FIND OUT MORE ABOUT INTREPID\u2019S RANGE OF OFF-TRACK EXPEDITIONS HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meredith\u2019s story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38417 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122.jpg\" alt=\"Prayer flags at a glacier in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122.jpg\" alt=\"Prayer flags at a glacier in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Prayer_Flags-e1570765604122-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>As we descend down to base camp, I start thinking. It would be easy to pass this monument as an independent traveller without learning what it stood for, or the cultural practices that surrounded it. Indeed, it\u2019s easy to miss a lot of stuff when travelling alone if you don\u2019t actually know what you\u2019re looking at. But Timur, and the other local guides on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/expeditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expedition<\/a>, have always been at hand, teaching us what everything means.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s gaining access to these deep reservoirs of local knowledge that continually draw Meredith, 53, back to Intrepid again and again. For this Melburnian, travelling with Intrepid satiates her natural curiosity and gives her an immediate insight into a different way of life than her own; with the help of local guides, she\u2019s able to go deeper into a local culture than if she was to travel by herself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38418 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397.jpg\" alt=\"A man helps a woman across a stream\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397.jpg\" alt=\"A man helps a woman across a stream\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_River_Crossing-e1570765724397-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>\u201cI try to see and experience how a culture and country works. I\u2019m aware that what I\u2019m familiar with may not be the best or most compassionate way to live. I love learning about the world and I am exploring new ways to live a more meaningful life,\u201d she tells me as we walk together for the rest of the afternoon, crossing streams and navigating through the challenging marshland. \u201cI signed up to Uncharted because of my sense of adventure. The unknown itinerary would be a surprise every day, and I welcomed this,\u201d she continues. Eventually we reach base camp, setting up our tents as the setting sun paints the sky pink and purple. I sleep well that night. We all do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EXPLORE OUR FULL RANGE OF NEW ADVENTURES IN 2025 HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Kim\u2019s story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I wake up just after sunrise for some early morning photography. My shoes are still wet from the day before and it\u2019s freezing cold, but the golden light on the glacier is more than worth the slog up the vast mounds of rock and sediment that skirt the ice-cap. These moraines, some sections more than four-storeys-tall, were bulldozed into being by the sheer force of the glacier. Symbolically, the relentless determination of the glacier strikes me as a metaphor for what it takes to travel in this day and age. Just like a glacier, we, as travellers, often need to push on and overcome our own boundaries and limitations \u2013 which are often built on fear \u2013 if we are to have authentic experiences of the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38414 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers on the step in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers on the step in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Potanin_Glacier_Hiking-10-e1570765317206-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>Take Kim, for example. She\u2019s an experienced and enthusiastic traveller with over 10 Intrepid trips under her belt and dozens of countries to her name. And yet, she\u2019s afraid of flying. Despite this fear, she continues to travel and fly in planes, even signing up for incredible adventures around the world, such as this Uncharted Expedition.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from flying, Kim lets me in on a couple of her other travel-related fears as we leave our campsite and set off for the White River Valley: language barriers and mysterious foods. \u201cWhen signing up for this trip, I knew that a few adventurous meals and drinks would be shared due to the area in which we were travelling. But to be honest, it hasn\u2019t actually been that bad if you keep an open mind and give it a go.\u201d Ultimately, Kim has managed to overcome her fears by immersing herself in the experience and trying to enjoy it as much as possible. Easier said than done, I know, but it\u2019s the truth, and I know it\u2019s a sentiment shared by everyone on this trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/mongolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SEE ALL INTREPID\u2019S SMALL GROUP ADVENTURES IN MONGOLIA HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Paul\u2019s story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38419 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601.jpg\" alt=\"A tour group with a local family in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-38419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601.jpg\" alt=\"A tour group with a local family in Mongolia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mongolia_Altai_Tavan_Bogd_Tsagaan_Gol_River_Tuvan_Family-1-e1570766039601-585x329.jpg 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>Kim\u2019s openness to new experiences reminds me of a conversation I had with Paul, 54, on the overnight train journey from Karaganda, Kazakhstan to Barnaul, Russia, in the first leg of our adventure. Like other adventure-seekers on this trip, Paul signed up because he was attracted by the possibility of exploring new cultures and possibilities. \u201cFor me, travelling has always been about the journey, not the destination,\u201d he told me as we looked out at the passing scenery in far-eastern Siberia one morning. \u201cI liked the concept of only having a vague idea of where we were going, but none of the details. I was open to the adventure of it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Paul, being open also means a willingness to connect with new people you wouldn\u2019t normally get to meet, including locals and other travellers. For example, this expedition has put him in direct contact with Mongolian nomadic tribes, young people studying in the Kazakh capital, Nur Sultan, and Russian train drivers, just to name a few \u2013 characters he\u2019d never meet back in his home town, Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Walking away from the campsite, Timur points out Mongolia\u2019s highest mountain, Kh\u00fciten Peak at 4,374 metres tall. Permanently capped with snow, Kh\u00fciten sits at the tri-border between Mongolia, Russia and China, and summiting it is the reason many venture to this isolated pocket of Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we won\u2019t be climbing Kh\u00fciten or any other monstrous mountain on this trip \u2013 we\u2019ve got dinner plans with Tuvans, after all. But still, it\u2019s amazing to be so close to the intersection between these three vast countries. But even more amazingly, it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure getting to know my fellow travellers on this Uncharted Expedition and, through them, rediscovering the true meaning of adventure travel. I finish the hike convinced that intrepid travellers are a special breed: they\u2019re open to challenges and new experiences, they\u2019re curious about the world and fearless \u2013 all qualities I deeply respect. I finish the hike as inspired as ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out Intrepid\u2019s full range of expeditions, or find out more information about our Altai Mountains expedition here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>All photos by Shaun Busuttil.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My shoes are soaked to the gill, my feet cold as ice. Crossing over these marshes without sinking into six inches of icy water is proving to be an impossible task. 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