Uchitil: Can you see the ibex?

On a balmy mildly rainy August day, we departed from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in nearly shorts. A blizzard set in as we approached the glacier near the alpine cabin. The next morning all parties (1-2 in size, plus usually with guide)were turned away from the Uchitil (Russian for "the teacher") summit by high winds.