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Two Windy Spaces In the Andes
A memory of two spaces that remain locked in the memory and mind Altiplano Waves of sand and ash high on the Altiplano There are patterns...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 16, 20124 min read
A Departure, A Return
With the Kawa Karpo Expedition now complete – with limbs intact and the mind pulsing – a return to Beijing for tonight’s talk at...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 1, 20121 min read
White from Above – Expedition Countdown
Departure date looms, white falls from above One of the little towns that border our departure point With three more days to go until...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 12, 20121 min read
A Tea fit for a Trek
When selecting a tea for a mountain journey – and for every mountain journey there must be a tea – there is always a moment, a question:...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 12, 20125 min read
Jeff Fuchs confirmed to present at Shanghai International Literary Festival
In a little bit of early-year news, I will speak and present at the 10th Annual Shanghai International Literary Festival (and will also...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 3, 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
Expedition February 2012 – Ancient Trade Route to Sacred Mountain
One of the sites our eyes will take in upon the trek Back to the comforting cold and silence of ‘Shangrila’ here in northwestern Yunnan...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 27, 20121 min read
Bang Ma Sip
A little recollection of being introduced to Bang Ma tea; it contentedly remains a tea by my side on every journey since discovering it....
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 11, 201210 min read
Ascend to End
Looking northwards where all things begin - the mountains Traders, pilgrims – travelers, who utilized their legs and lungs through the...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 16, 20117 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
Jalam Teas Launch
Tea - Out of the Bag And so, after much sipping and traveling; after obsessing on how to get teas ‘out of the bag’ from the gardens and...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 22, 20111 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
Wild China Explorer Grant for 2012
Applications for the WildChina Explorer Grant due soon! By: WildChina | Categories: Adventure Travel in China Sustainable Travel...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 13, 20111 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 12, 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 9, 20116 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
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
Nov 6, 20111 min read
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