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Immortal Words of the Mountains
Another in the series of ‘mountain immortals’ and their equally timeless words. Neema, at 89 years old, says of his days upon the...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 2, 20131 min read
Mountain Eloquence
#HimalayanExpedition #oralnarratives #Traders #Himalayantravel #HimalayanHistory #Himalayas #JeffFuchs #mountains #Mountainculture
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 25, 20131 min read
The Lost Route, Found – The Sacred Lakes in the Heights – Part ll
When a memory of a memory inevitably isn’t quite what one expected there is a kind of exasperation, a kind of disbelief that one cannot...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 11, 20129 min read
Mupa, Nyima, and Songjè – (Cloud, Sun, and Songjè)
The word for mist, clouds, and fog in many Tibetan regions is the same: mupa. Mupa is what engulfs us and sucks us all into itself and...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 8, 201211 min read
Doctor ‘Mountain’ and the Temple – Part l of ll
One of the waterways that veers its way through the valleys, west of ‘Shangri-La’ Within a valley west of Shangri-La’s vaunted title and...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 18, 20127 min read
Kawa Karpo Expedition feature in Outpost Magazine coming August 6th
Bill Roberts’ feature article of our February expedition to Kawa Karpo is set for an August 6th release date in Canada’s award-winning...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 30, 20121 min read
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
Nomads, Their Lands and a ‘way’ that slowly disappears
A land away, and its people Participating in a photo competition where the subjects are my beloved nomadic landscapes and the spirits and...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 2, 20121 min read
China Radio International interview with Jeff Fuchs
Vincent Zheng of China Radio’s “Voices from Other Lands” interviews Jeff on the Tea Horse Road’s many strands and influences:...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 15, 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
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 15, 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 1, 20112 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 23, 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 16, 20115 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 11, 20116 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
Jul 31, 20114 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
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
Abujee
A three hundred degree view taken within the protective walls of Abujee facing the valley that is both entrance and exit point for us....
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 9, 20115 min read
Articles by and Interviews with Jeff
Here you will find links to tea and mountain related articles written by Jeff Fuchs as well as interviews with Jeff Fuchs. A little bit...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 10, 20111 min read
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