ocr: LATE AUTUMN SNOW softens the granite pinnacles of the Tian Shan range, rising above the Oygaing River to 14,700 feet. With many rap- ids rated Class' VI in the Rus- sian system, the Oygaing is runnable only by the most skilled rafters. Flowing 50 miles west from its head- waters, it joins other rivers to empty into the Aral Sea. chairman of Rubtsovsk's outdoor club, he had been decorated for outstanding leadership by the governing body of the former state: rec- reation system. He'dl held the prestigious status ofj journey- man machinist in a military factory. But after the: Soviet Union broke ...
