Beijing International Society Presents : Jeff Fuchs – The Ancient Himalaya Salt Route
Jeff Fuchs will speak at Beijing International Society speaking about the lost nomadic route of salt: “In Search of White Gold – The...
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Jeff Fuchs
Aug 25, 20116 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, 20118 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, 20114 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, 20113 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, 20114 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, 20112 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, 20111 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, 20114 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, 20117 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, 20116 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, 20117 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, 20116 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, 20115 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, 20111 min
Departure under the white
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Jeff Fuchs
May 12, 20114 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, 20115 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, 20115 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, 20113 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, 20112 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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