Jeff Fuchs

Nov 24, 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 17, 20115 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 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 9, 20116 min read

A Rock and The Pass

The first night of sleep is under an enormous rock which overhangs our informal outdoor space. A huge sacred rock covered in money,...

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

Nov 6, 20111 min read

Returned from Kawa Karpo Kora

Snow, pilgrims with tireless feet, endless spirit and mountains that one bows to every day…and the odd cup of tea. Posts of the journey...

Jeff Fuchs

Oct 21, 20112 min read

Kawa Karpo Sacred Mountain Trek – October-November 2011

The main peak of Kawa Karpo (Meili Snow Mountain) in northwestern Yunnan “It is when the mountains sigh, that the world is tested”...

Jeff Fuchs

Jul 3, 20111 min read

Jeff’s article in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on the Salt Road Expedition

Click here for the article. For access to the full feature article you must sign up (free for the first two weeks). Enjoy with a cup of...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 6, 20114 min read

Amne Machin Farewell – A Descent

Early morning wind upon an Amne Machin ridge Looking at the sky we see fierce white monotones and wind’s power, below in front of us on...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 2, 20117 min read

Snow-bound Glory – Amne Machin Rises

One of the practical necessities of a journey in Mother Nature’s realm – a solar charger We are moving higher yet – moving into ‘higher...

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 23, 20115 min read

Amne Machin – A Rush of White and a Kora

Amye Maqen (Amne Machin, Anye Machin) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amne_Machin), the stout, the muscular, and for much of time, the...

Jeff Fuchs

May 13, 20111 min read

Departure under the white

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