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Mark Jenkins

Mark Jenkins is a field staff writer for National Geographic Magazine and writer-in-residence at the University of Wyoming. In 2009 he won the National Magazine Award for photojournalism, along with his colleague Brint Stirton, for their National Geographic story “Who Murdered The Mountain Gorillas.” Jenkins was “The Hard Way” columnist for Outside magazine for eight years. He is the author of three books: The Hard Way (Simon and Schuster, 2002), To Timbuktu (William Morrow, 1997), and Off the Map (William Morrow, 1992). He resides in Laramie, Wyoming, with his wife and two daughters.

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Goat milk, goat cheese, goat meat . . . goat-hair rugs and vests. As they are for nomads throughout  central Asia, goats are fundamental to the Keketuohai Kazahks life.

China’s Little Yosemite

Summer 2012 | Essays

Foreigners are not allowed in newly opened Keketuohai National Geological Park. But, drawn by a hundred 1000-foot granite domes that rise above the coniferous forests and the gushing, emerald-green Irytish River, how could we stay away?

Goat milk, goat cheese, goat meat . . . goat-hair rugs and vests. As they are for nomads throughout  central Asia, goats are fundamental to the Keketuohai Kazahks life.

China’s Little Yosemite

Summer 2012 | Essays

Foreigners are not allowed in newly opened Keketuohai National Geological Park. But, drawn by a hundred 1000-foot granite domes that rise above the coniferous forests and the gushing, emerald-green Irytish River, how could we stay away?