M41 highway
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Oct 7, 2026
Jan BakkerGUEST
Well, uh, that, that journey actually started in 2009.
Jan BakkerGUEST
Um, I was, uh, with my wife, uh, cycling on the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan.
Jan BakkerGUEST
Uh, and we wanted to do some hikes, but there was absolutely no information.
Jan BakkerGUEST
Uh, the only information I had was Russian topographical maps-
Ric GazarianGUEST
Uzbekistan, I was, I was choosing for the, the mosques and the madrasas.
Ric GazarianGUEST
Tajikistan, I'm gonna choose for the nature, and probably the best ride I've ever been on my life, the best road trip, it's called the Pamir Highway, and this is a multi-day road trip, give or take seven days, 10 days, uh, if you're going at a good clip.
Ric GazarianGUEST
You trace the borders of Kyrgyzstan, China, and Afghanistan.
Ric GazarianGUEST
You either start in the capital, Dushanbe of Tajikistan, and end in Osh, uh, Kyrgyzstan.
Olly HargreavesGUEST
And Java is absolutely ridiculously hilly with gradients you've never seen before.
Olly HargreavesGUEST
You would have thought that I would have dealt with the biggest hills and stuff when either crossing like the Alps or some of the parts in Turkey, going over the mountains in Afghanistan or even the Pamir Highway or the Himalayas.
Olly HargreavesGUEST
But in actual fact, the worst place for it was Java.
Olly HargreavesGUEST
I'd say gradients getting up to like 30%.
PhilHOST
So today we are we're doing a deep dive into Central Asia.
PhilHOST
Specifically, we are auditing the Pamir Highway.
PhilHOST
in Tajikistan.
HHOST
Yeah.
PhilHOST
Oh, interesting.
HHOST
Yeah.
HHOST
The contrarian claim embedded in our sources is that the Pamir Highway isn't really a destination in the traditional sense.
HHOST
It is essentially a permit with a view.
Villányi AndrásGUEST
So it takes less time, but it's still a big challenge.
Villányi AndrásGUEST
I thought I'd go to Kyrgyzstan, and through the Pamir Highway, the Seyem Street, and there are 4550 meters high mountain peaks there, where you have to get ready for high mountain things, and there's a lot of off-road in it.
Villányi AndrásGUEST
That would have been my dream, but as I counted, it would have been at least seven weeks.
Villányi AndrásGUEST
And it's all family, it's all in the work environment, it's so high that I don't really have time to invest in it.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
You know what? I've had so many encounters with people that you're actually never alone.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
I mean, not, not just with the locals, but towards the end especially, when I got to the Pamir Highway.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
I was meeting cyclists all day, every day, especially towards the end, because I, I arrived when the season wasn't really there yet.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
But as I got closer, and I did it in reverse as well.
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Bella MolloyHOST
Mm.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
I mean, especially when I was in these remote areas in Tajikistan.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
Even though the Pamir Highway is quite popular, I was there when there was no one.
Oktawia Van TienderenGUEST
I saw one car per four hours, and the...