L WOMEN, FIRE, ICE Top: A Kyrgyz woman pauses during outside chores at her family's winter camp near Chaqmaqtin Lake in the Little Pamirs, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. Bottom: A Kyrgyz woman and girl cook traditional flatbread over a fire in a yurt, while a Kyrgyz man warms himself after a day of herding. " The white headdress worn by the older woman indicates that she is married, " says Wald. " Unmarried girls wear red headdresses. " R NOMADS Top: Wald poses with a yak wrangler who accompanied her on part of her three-week winter journey into the Afghan Pamirs. Bottom: A Kyrgyz boy sits next to a little indoor corral of winter-born lambs. " They are kept inside the family hut to stay protected from the bitter cold and are only taken out twice a day to nurse their mothers, " says Wald. July 2021 / OUTDOOR RETAILER 39