Climbing Mt. New York on Sept 11th (US time) Darkhan, Mongolia

This is about the tallest mountain around Darkhan and they call it Mt. New York.  Funny!  We enjoyed the 4 mile hike to the mountain and a pretty good climb. The view was great! The weather was beautiful and a strong wind.

We're going there! :)

 

We had some guests waiting for us near the top.

 

The City of New Darkhan is on the left and just past that is the City of Old Darkhan. To the right and behind my head is the Ger District. As you can see they placed it far from the city area to keep the smog down from each Ger heating with coal and wood and lots of smoke.  In UB the city is surrounded by Gers right up to the city. Ulaanbaatar (UB) is one of the most polluted cities in the world. In the winter there are times you cannot see a stop light 50 feet away.