Western Mongolia’s Altai region is one the most remote spots on the planet. Few roads traverse this massive area, and the high icy peaks of the Altai Range bordering Mongolia, Kazakhstan, China and Russia form an impenetrable wall that keeps all modern encroachments at bay.
Eagle hunters have been practicing the art of berkutchi across the Central Asian steppe for generations.
An old Kazakh proverb that sums up the hunters’ lives in the wild open spaces of the Altai: “Fast horses and fierce eagles are the wings of the Kazakh people.”
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160926-mongolias-6000-year-tradition
