Beijing International Society Presents : Jeff Fuchs – The Ancient Himalaya Salt Route
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Jeff Fuchs will speak at Beijing International Society speaking about the lost nomadic route of salt: “In Search of White Gold – The...


Jeff Fuchs
- Aug 25, 2011
- 6 min
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 22, 2011
- 8 min
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 18, 2011
- 4 min
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 6, 2011
- 3 min
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 1, 2011
- 4 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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 3, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 4 min
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, 2011
- 7 min
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, 2011
- 6 min
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, 2011
- 7 min
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, 2011
- 6 min
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, 2011
- 5 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
Departure under the white
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Jeff Fuchs
- May 12, 2011
- 4 min
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, 2011
- 5 min
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, 2011
- 5 min
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, 2011
- 3 min
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...


Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 29, 2011
- 2 min
Preparations…and Expectations of the Salt Road Expedition
Mountain Warmth Time is always the great and constant editor and time winds down to the actual departure date of the Salt Road (Tsalam)...
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