Into the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan - New York Times

Into the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan - New York Times: "“Chut!” Bakut yelled as he yanked the horse’s bridle. “Move!” His cries echoed off the mountains around us, a threatening desert landscape I’d only ever seen in Wile E. Coyote cartoons. But the horse would not budge; it had found a safe spot on the perilously steep and sandy slope, and was not coming down without a fight."