Author: John Mitchell

The final piece of the Tajikistan Expedition

  Here is a small video to share with you the same experience we encountered on the expedition. The whole trip was a huge success. We covered over…

Tajikistan 2014: Final Stage of Trip

11 May woke this morning to heavy rain flooding everywhere, we were supposed to start heading north but due to a major landslip the road has been closed…

Tajikistan 2014: Ishkaham and on to Langar

Just back from driving down to Ishkaham then driving along the Wakhan corridor right the way to Langar. The whole valley is dominated by mountains over 5000 meters….

Tajikistan 2014: Onward to Khorog

We have now arrived in Tajikistan and, after spending a day in Dushanbe sorting out equipment and looking round Dushanbe Botanic garden, we hired a 4x4to drive us…

Expedition to Tajikistan

Two horticultural staff from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Mitchell Alpine Supervisor and team leader with Richard Brown have been joined by a member of staff from…