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Ascent of Gold Pass
It is said amidst the Himalayas that it takes but a whiff of mountain air to know what is coming weather-wise. Neither Fred, Fik, nor I...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 16, 20138 min read
The Journey to Sho’La Pass – Part 5 – The Pass, The Wind, and a Daughter
A morning of departure portrait. Myself, Yanpi (centre), and Tenzin Up until the morning of our departure for the pass, our horseman has...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 10, 20129 min read
The Journey to Sho’La Pass – Part 4 – The Smell of the Pass
Baima’s empty valleys and snow shards stare at us. We have left Benzilan behind and ‘Ngawa the Machine’ is no longer with us. Mountain...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 6, 20128 min read
Sacred Lakes Expedition – The Night-Before Departure
Picking up supplies today for the upcoming journey, I asked our resident elder Aniè – who will be leading the group – what I needed to...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 1, 20122 min read
Sacred Lakes Expedition – Led by a Memory
Nighttime temperatures plummet and there are pockets of snow up in the mountains, yet there are no weather reports in the areas we will...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 30, 20122 min read
Salt Road Talk at Shanghai’s Capital M
Speaking on September 6th at ‘M on the Bund’ in Shanghai about another of Asia’s timeless commodities, ‘salt’ and our first (and the...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 1, 20121 min read
Kawa Karpo Expedition Feature out in Outpost Magazine’s edition #89
At long last the Kawa Karpo Expedition that Bill Roberts, Roberto Gibbons Gomez, myself and a titanic guide named Daba undertook and...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 18, 20121 min read
Kawa Karpo Expedition Updates
Our expedition has been generously joined by additional sponsorship and assistance from Canada’s Zoomermedia, travelling ‘off the beaten...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 2, 20121 min read
Feature Article in Outpost Magazine – Tsa’lam – The nomadic route of salt.
To the entire creative team at Outpost Magazine, Canada’s award-winning adventure travel magazine who helped turn the Tsa’lam feature...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 2, 20112 min read
An Ascent, An End
That which stuns, awes...looking at a wall within the Kawa Karpo range Skies, snow and peaks have replaced moss-laden trees and the mind...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 28, 20116 min read
Slips and Stones…
Mornings can ease in or they bump in. I wake in Gebo and have somehow managed to roll not only off of my matt but make it a good three...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 24, 20116 min read
Prostration and the Town of Thieves
Mountains and the worship of them are everywhere along the route Jana is one of those towns that looks to be embarrassed with itself,...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 21, 20116 min read
A Devil’s River of Heat
Another of the faces that stay with me. A nomadic pilgrim, having just dunked her head in a stream wipes the remnants off. Toughness in...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 17, 20115 min read
First Steps and a Phalanx of Bodies
In their wonderfully tangible way mountains introduce, stymie and beckon. Heading northwest from Gyalthang (Zhongdian) through rows of...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 7, 20114 min read
A Nomadic Mountain and a Yak God – Genyen and Brongri
One of the memorable faces that reside close to five kilometres in the sky near Genyen Brongri is a mountain god that is only called upon...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 21, 20115 min read
A bus, A Cherub and More Hills
A young nomadic boy in a rare moment of silent intent Gansa is no more – back to Xining and onto one of those bizarre 15 hour bus rides...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 25, 20116 min read
Mr. Lu’s Dong Ding – A Flight of Taiwanese Fancy in Qinghai
One of the many dreamscape tea vistas of Taiwan, where fogs permeate everything and wander at will Days of wandering the mountains and...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 22, 20118 min read
Horses, Blue and a Rail
Qinghai or for the Tibetans, Amdo – Michael and I have entered from the eastern Gansu border by that ‘everywhere’ mode of transportation...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 18, 20114 min read
Jeff Fuchs to headline “Explore” Series at Bookworm in Beijing
One of the very special 'lados' (muleteers), whose memories alone keep alive the ancient tales of life along the great trade routes...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 6, 20111 min read
The Way of Heights
A sight and activity repeated twice daily – milking. Tibetan tents and compounds are usually erected facing east…and the rising sun...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 6, 20113 min read
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