Abstract OPEN IN VIEWER This image, taken during a trekking expedition in Kyrgyszstan, depicts the scenery hiking from Altyn Arashan to the Ala-Kol Pass at 3,860m. The Arashan State Nature Reserve is one of the Kyrgyz Republic's most spectacular areas with a population of snow leopards in the north eastern corner of the country bordering Kazakhstan and China. © John van Bockxmeer MBBS, Australia.