Jeff Fuchs

Nov 12, 20116 min read

A Beast, A Saint and Perpetual Movement

Drolma's energy and abilities to create from nothing a sumptuous meal, made her one of our saints It is about movement. This circle of...

Jeff Fuchs

Nov 7, 20114 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

Sep 12, 20118 min read

The ‘Tea’ of the Tea Horse Road

A still-active strand of the Tea Horse Road in northwestern Yunnan province where that relentless editor 'time' has changed very...

Jeff Fuchs

Aug 18, 20114 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 1, 20114 min read

Yaks, Creases and Nomads

The calm force that is Songjem The man we pick up in Nyimalung has the calm eyes and weathered face that the mountains create and sculpt...

Jeff Fuchs

Jul 26, 20112 min read

Gansu – Towards the Hills

Michael and I are back in our beloved hinterlands driving deep into the nomadic territories of Gansu province. Continuing my travels into...

Jeff Fuchs

Jul 7, 20114 min read

Mountain Passes – A Mountain’s Memories

Peaks and mountain spires often steal the dreams and minds – with billowing snow-encrusted lines, thin-aired risks and altitude numbers...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 10, 20111 min read

Radio Interview

Interview with Jeff Fuchs on EZ in the City #TeaHorseRoad #Nomads #Traders #Expedition #JeffFuchs

Jeff Fuchs

May 31, 20116 min read

The Fight and the Turn Right – Amne Machin

So often it is the elders who remember tales through their time spent recounting orally the comings and goings of the past. Here Amne...

Jeff Fuchs

May 29, 20117 min read

Yak ‘Beauty’ and a Switch – Mountains’ Tales

We awake with a shudder to mountain cold and the realization that something has changed overnight regarding our ‘team’. Clear air with a...

Jeff Fuchs

May 27, 20116 min read

Amne Machin White and A Travelling Circus

Our two yak stand still in the blowing white snow; around them there is nothing to suggest a specific time-period and looking at their...

Jeff Fuchs

May 13, 20111 min read

Departure under the white

#HimalayanSaltRoute #Nomad #HimalayanTrade #ancientsaltroad #Nomads #Qinghai #Amdo #sacredmountains #Golok #Himalayansalt...

Jeff Fuchs

May 12, 20114 min read

The Jewel of the Heights

Jeff coddles some white gold At first it is a glimmer, nothing more than a reflection that I think might be there. Shimmering heat...

Jeff Fuchs

May 11, 20115 min read

Ghosts and ‘Ka’ (Snow)

We are hunting a ghost, ghosts in fact it seems. The Salt Route that hasn’t been documented, this Tsalam that I have dreamt about and...

Jeff Fuchs

May 7, 20115 min read

Further, Higher

We have moved further southwest near Da Re (Darlag), from Maqen towards the badland-borders with Sichuan province, less than one hundred...

Jeff Fuchs

May 3, 20113 min read

Golok – The Journey To….

Before anything happens on our expedition, one has to actually get one’s body to the site– and this journey is often an adventure in...