L WINTERING OUT Kyrgyz girls fill water jugs from a frozen-over stream near their family's winter camp near Chaqmaqtin Lake in the Little Pamirs, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. " The Kyrgyz move with their herds across the Afghan Pamirs from spring through fall, " says Wald. " In the winter they remain at winter camps where their herds can find meager forage throughout the coldest months. " R KYRGYZ SPIRIT A Kyrgyz man poses in a mud hut at his family's winter camp in the Little Pamirs, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. July 2021 / OUTDOOR RETAILER 37