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CX 173 images Created 17 May 2021

CX - Xinjiang Expedition - 2001 
Description: A mountaineering expedition to Xinjiang, China and Shipton's Arch (one of the Earth's biggest rock spans) for National Geographic. 
Details: Photos captured in China from 2000 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Modern buildings to house new Chinese immigrants to region.
    CX 0102.jpg
  • A nomadic Khirghiz woman poses beside her yurt and camel she rents for tourist photos beside a mountain road in the Bogda Shan Mountains near Urumqi in Xinjiang province, China.
    CX 0155.jpg
  • A Uygar youngster stuggles with a cow at the Sunday cattle bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0210.jpg
  • A Uygar street vendor dishes out a mysterious soup he has cooked at the weekly animal bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0227.jpg
  • A Uygar boy rides naked and bareback to test ride horses at the Sunday Market in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0241.jpg
  • A Uygar boy rides naked and bareback in a canal to test ride horses at the Sunday Market in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0248.jpg
  • A Uygar boy rides naked and bareback to test ride horses at the Sunday Market in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0251.jpg
  • Uygar men haggle over a cow at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0271.jpg
  • A horse cart driver waits for a fare at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0286.jpg
  • CX 0305.jpg
  • A wandering salesman peddles fried bread at an outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0308.jpg
  • Hat merchants sit by their stalls in a covered bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0314.jpg
  • Village farmers bring hay to market at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0317.jpg
  • A Uygar merchant adjusts his wares in the sprawling bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0324.jpg
  • Uygar men and women shop for apples from a cart merchant in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0335.jpg
  • A Uygar man watches the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0355.jpg
  • A pagoda rises above Heaven Lake in the Tian Shan Mountains of Xinjiang, China, near Urumqi.
    CX 0130.jpg
  • While his sister looks askance, a Uygar boy peers into a dentist office in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0361.jpg
  • A Uygar man cooks up soup at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0363.jpg
  • A Uygar boy rides naked and bareback to test ride horses at the Sunday Market in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0389.jpg
  • Uygar men and animals crowd the animal sales lot at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0396.jpg
  • Uygar men and animals crowd the animal sales lot at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0411.jpg
  • A Uygar test drives a horse and cart at the weekly bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0419.jpg
  • Uygar men and boys barter for reeds to be made into floor mats in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0509.jpg
  • Uygar men and boys make and trade reed floor mats in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0514.jpg
  • A Uygar husband and wife ride a speedy hired horse cart to the Sunday bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0602.jpg
  • A Uygar husband, wife and daughter - who hides her face from the camera - ride a donkey cart to the Sunday bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0608.jpg
  • Uygar men carry wood products on a donkey cart to the bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0618.jpg
  • Uygar friends driving old and new transportation chat as they travel a tree-lined road in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0711.jpg
  • Uyghur elders chat outsidea mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 0806.jpg
  • Ornate tiles decorate the minarets, walls and dome of Yusuf Khass Hajib Tomb in Kashgar (Kashi) a town on the Silk Road in Xinjiang, in far western China. This was built to honor an 11th century Turkic poet.
    CX 0853.jpg
  • Ornate tiles decorate the minarets, walls and dome of Yusuf Khass Hajib Tomb in Kashgar (Kashi) a town on the Silk Road in Xinjiang, in far western China. This was built to honor an 11th century Turkic poet.
    CX 0858.jpg
  • A rose garden grows near Yusuf Khass Hajib Tomb in Kashgar (Kashi) a town on the Silk Road in Xinjiang, in far western China. This was built to honor an 11th century Turkic poet.
    CX 0875.jpg
  • A rose garden grows near Yusuf Khass Hajib Tomb in Kashgar (Kashi) a town on the Silk Road in Xinjiang, in far western China. This was built to honor an 11th century Turkic poet.
    CX 0877.jpg
  • Uygar men prepare kebabs in the sprawling outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0917.jpg
  • Uygar tend their family’s brass shop in the sprawling bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0936.jpg
  • A Uygar tailor sews hats at a bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China.
    CX 0946.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Uygur vegetable merchant in Kashgar Bazaar.
    CX 0957.jpg
  • CHINA,  Xinjiang.  Uygar girls giggle over encounter with photographer in Kashgar.
    CX 0971.jpg
  • Uygar women relax in an outdoor fabric shop they run in a bazaar near Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1311.jpg
  • Xinjiang Province, China.  Tushuk Tash Mountains on edge of Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 1380.jpg
  • An elderly Uygur man walks a wooded lane near Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.  His hat identifies him as a Muslim and perhaps because of that the Uygur people are widely oppressed in China - almost to the extent of the Tibetans.
    CX 1415.jpg
  • Uygur women sell tomatoes at an outdoor bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1473.jpg
  • Uygur men sell chili peppers in a bazaar in the village of Muq near Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1511.jpg
  • A Uygar woman sells brightly colored fabric in a bazaar near Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1531.jpg
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  • A Uygar villager carries firewood to market on a horse cart.  Behind him is the arid Kara Tagh range (Black Mountains) on the edge of the Taklaimakan Desert.
    CX 1613.jpg
  • A Uygur villagers steers his horse cart down a rugged road on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 1630.jpg
  • A Uygar villager from Mingyol steers a burro cart carrying his wife and him to a market town below the arid Kara Tagh Mountains on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert near Kashgar (Kashi) in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1636.jpg
  • Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges is well hidden in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 1692.jpg
  • Uygur women bake flatbread in a tandoor oven in Mingyol village in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1807.jpg
  • Mountaineers Mark Newcomb and Nancy Feaghin explore a desert wash looking for a route to Shipton’s Arch (upper left) in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition climbed it from the other side, then crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyonthat emerges on the far right of this frame.
    CX 2201.jpg
  • Mountaineers Mark Newcomb and Nancy Feaghin explore a treacherous slot canyon carved through conglomerate rock below  Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 2225.jpg
  • Mountaineers explore an approach to Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 2292.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Expedition (MR) enroute to first ascent of huge Shipton's Arch in Kara Tagh Mts. near Kashgar.
    CX 2563.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Sam Lightner (MR) below huge Shipton's Arch in Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar & Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 2587.jpg
  • Sam Lightner (tiny) scrambles below huge Shipton's Arch  in the Kara Tagh Mountains near  Kashgar & the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 2601.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Tiny climbers (MR) stand atop huge Shipton's Arch in Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar & Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 2847.jpg
  • Mountaineers stand atop Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 2875.jpg
  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
    CX 2953.jpg
  • Sam Lightner (MR) climbs huge dangerous crumbling conglomerate rock on huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar & the Taklimakan Desert. Nancy Feagin belays.
    CX 2993.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind  him.
    CX 2996.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
    CX 2998.jpg
  • Sam Lightner (MR) climbs on Shipton's Arch - one of earth's biggest rock spans, Tushag Tagh Mountains, near Kashgar.
    CX 3018.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 3033.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
    CX 3131.jpg
  • Sam Lightner (MR) rappels off Shipton's Arch, above arid slot canyons in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3135.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind him.
    CX 3139.jpg
  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb ascends treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.  Later the team crossed the range, descending into the dangerous and previously unknown slot canyon behind him.
    CX 3162.jpg
  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
    CX 3171.jpg
  • While Mark Newcomb (MR) waits above, Sam Lightner rappels off huge Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert. (The figures are almost too small too see.)
    CX 3215.jpg
  • A mountaineer stands atop Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 3216.jpg
  • A tiny climber stands atop massive Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3259.jpg
  • While Mark Newcomb (MR) waits above, Sam Lightner rappels off huge Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert. (The figures are almost too small too see.)
    CX 3266.jpg
  • Sam Lightner (MR) rappels on huge Shipton's Arch, one of earth's biggest, in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3334.jpg
  • Sam Lightner(MR) rappels on huge Shipton's Arch, one of earth's biggest, in arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 3343.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Gordon Wiltsie (MR) near huge Shipton's Arch, one of earth's biggest, in arid Kara Tagh Mountains, near Kashgar.
    CX 3363.jpg
  • Mountaineers stand below huge Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 3383.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Climbers (MR) look up at huge Shipton's Arch, one of earth's biggest, in arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar.
    CX 3396.jpg
  • A mountaineer stands below Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges, in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 3503.jpg
  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb rappels below massive Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 3518.jpg
  • A mountaineer rappels below Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 3808.jpg
  • A mountaineer rappels below Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges, which is well hidden in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 3838.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) rappels down dangerous loose, crumbling rock in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3910.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang.  Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mts near Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3912.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) descends a slot canyon below huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near the Taklimakan Desert in China's Xinjiang province.
    CX 3929.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Expedition (MR) in slot canyons below huge Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mts. near Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3955.jpg
  • Mark Newcomb  descends a scary slot canyon below Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 4030.jpg
  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb (MR) navigates treacherous slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 4103.jpg
  • A mountaineer emerges from slot canyons after the first-ever crossing of the Tushag Tash Mountains, via Shipton's Arch.
    CX 4139.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Mark Newcomg (MR) by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mts.) bkg.
    CX 4374.jpg
  • CHINA. Xinjiang. Nomadic Kyrgyz women prepare tea and lamb fat for dinner inside felt-lined "akoi" (yurt) near Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4414.jpg
  • CHINA. Xinjiang. Nomadic Kyrgyz women prepare tea and lamb fat for dinner inside felt-lined "akoi" (yurt) near Lake Karakul.
    CX 4416.jpg
  • Nomadic Kyrgyz family inside felt "akoi" (yurt) near Lake Karakol.
    CX 4433.jpg
  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Bactrian Camel by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4443.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Kyrkyz children outside their family akoi (yurt) near Karakul Lake, Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4448.jpg
  • A Bactrian Camel in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China, has a peg through its nose for a lead rope.
    CX 4510.jpg
  • 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Ata reflects in Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang Province in far-western China.
    CX 4522.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomads rides Bactrian camels by Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains.  7719m Kongur Shan bkg. (L)
    CX 4527.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
    CX 4533.jpg
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