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A bruised rib after some more mandatory wrestling
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 15 August 2024
Updated on 15 August 2024
That same afternoon, we reached our final destination: the largest of the eight mountain lakes. We had to swim in it. Around noon, we returned to the family where we had slept, and it quickly became clear that we couldn’t move on until we had wrestled each of the men one by one. It provided a lot of spectacle and laughter, but also a bruised rib that would remind me of that afternoon for weeks to come.
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Traveled route: Ulaanbaatar, Kharkhorin, Hatgal, Khorgo, Tstetserleg, Red Waterfall, Zamiin-Uud
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