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No, not that headline. This headline:
Thai delegation interested in ski resorts of Kazakhstan
I ask that question because the article says nothing about ski resorts of Kazakhstan. Almaty is a ski resort, but this is not clear in the text.
What is an 'akim'. Is this akin to something similar to an akim?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Correction: on second reading it does say something about ski resorts of Kazakhstan (but not a huge amount). Apologies to Borat and Kazakhstan.
Anyone skied in Kazakhstan, apart from Borat?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Correction: on second reading it does say something about ski resorts of Kazakhstan (but not a huge amount). Apologies to Borat and Kazakhstan.
Anyone skied in Kazakhstan, apart from Borat? |
Learn how to use a colon correctly. 
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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If I'd guessed at a response to the rubbish above it would not have been that. Thank you!
Google says an akim is akin to a mayor. Should have looked that up in the first place. Thank you, Google.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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bh1,
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Learn how to use a colon correctly
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In the context of what DG is sometimes accused of speaking that could have more than one meaning. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Why start such a crap thread?
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| .......Learn how to use a colon correctly. |
Are you suggesting that DG should use any colon, or just his?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Thank you, laundryman. Always the gentleman and scholar.
The main concern is that this thread should be seen as pure silk, not "crap" as bh1 so delicately put it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Anyone skied in Kazakhstan, apart from Borat? |
Well, I do not think that he ever skied in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh parts of the movie were shot in Romania.
Later, the residents of a Romanian village sued the filmmakers for $30 million claiming they were misled into thinking they were participating in a documentary about Romanian poverty.
But, there is a slight chance that he may have skied in Romania ...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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An acquaintance of mine who works in a professional capacity for a UK tour operator speaks very favouraby of Chimbulak and Kazakhstan.
Not ready for mass tourism in his opinion, and may explain why they didn't make the shortlist of 3 for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
He sent me this,
'My contact in Kasakstan is Kasbek Valiyev and his brother Dauren Valiyev. They are both directors of a company called Kan Tengri Mountain Service
Tel: +7 3272-91880, -916006
Fax: +7 3272-912010
Email: kazbek@kantengri.kz
Website: www.kantengri.kz
As I mentioned Kasbek has one of the most impressive climbing records around today especially if you consider all of his serious climbing was done in the Soviet era when they had no money and even less equipment. He was also an officer in the Soviet special forces during their occupation of Afghanistan so he has a few stories to tell. He is an absolutely awesome guide despite being in his 50's. He arranges heli-trips in the Kan Tengri area approx 7000m in the
summer operating from a base camp at about 4,000m'
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kerekip and Mike Pow, many thanks for those postings, which have got me off the 'Why start such a crap thread?' hook.
Kasbek certainly sounds quite a character. I typed his name into Google but got nothing, strangely, but your link is really interesting. It's got some fun English too:
"The altitude overfall is about 2000 meters. Even profesional skiers will never fill indifferent skiing on a fast snow and rare visited mountains."
Overfall is a great word. This is what it means:
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O´ver`fall`
n. 1. A cataract; a waterfall.
2. (Naut.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal. |
[The Free Dictionary]
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You know it makes sense.
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| Kasbek certainly sounds quite a character. I typed his name into Google but got nothing ... |
An alternate spelling is Kazbek. Google prefers this spelling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazbek
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| This photograph of Mt. Kazbek was taken from the International Space Station on August 13, 2002. The astronauts and cosmonauts took the photograph at the request of the Russian URAGAN project, which is studying changes in the world’s glaciers in response to global climate change. |
http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/iss005e09691.jpg
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