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...

Jeff Fuchs

Aug 31, 20111 min read

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 25, 20116 min read

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 22, 20118 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 18, 20114 min read

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 6, 20113 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

Aug 1, 20114 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 26, 20112 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

Jul 3, 20111 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 6, 20114 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

Jun 2, 20117 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 31, 20116 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 29, 20117 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 27, 20116 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 23, 20115 min read

Departure under the white

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Jeff Fuchs

May 13, 20111 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 12, 20114 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 11, 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 7, 20115 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...

Jeff Fuchs

May 3, 20113 min read

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)...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 29, 20112 min read