Shakheera Valley

Using Khorog as a base we made our way up the Shakheera (Sharkdara) Valley where we had to walk across a cable bridge to get to a small village. During the visit we found an unusual wheat that looked more like a two row barley. The farmer only had a little of the seed but told us it came from further up the valley. Jose Piggin, our travelling expert, felt it was some type of old world wheat or a land race. That's the problem with genes; you just don't know what's inside.