Spring 2019 – Part 2 – Solukhumbu – The Spires and The Everest Three Passes Trek
The second part of our journey took us from the high arid zones of Mustang right into the rumbling, high spires of Solukhumbu. The lands...
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Jeff Fuchs
- Jan 14, 2019
- 7 min
Mustang Spaces 4 – Lo Gekar and Kunga
Abu is chatty. Not prone to overly long sessions of speaking, Abu, when he is talking, usually has something to expel and it is always a...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 2, 2018
- 1 min
Himalayan Pashmina – The Journeys That Wool Took
Outpost Magazine just revisited a story I wrote about a series of trade routes that brought Pashmina wool from high in the Himalayas down...
Jeff Fuchs
- Oct 15, 2015
- 6 min
Glacier Melt – Nomad Streams
The long ridgeline of sediment and stone from a glacier has made a wall beside our trail. Known as an esker it is a thing of power and...
Jeff Fuchs
- Sep 15, 2013
- 4 min
Asses, Water, and Footprints
‘That’ Wild Ass…. Wild Asses exist. One long muscular creature stands in front of the shimmering surface that marks the legendary Tso...
Jeff Fuchs
- Aug 1, 2013
- 3 min
Expedition ‘The Route of Wind and Wool’ – Getting There
A trader once said that there was no point thinking too much about how one would spend his money when he was only half way to his...
Jeff Fuchs
- Oct 7, 2012
- 6 min
Songjè and a Sacred Lake – Part l of ll
Bells chime through the wet air and the odd manic high-pitched wail of urging in Tibetan rips over the grassland. Plodding through the...
Jeff Fuchs
- Jul 28, 2012
- 1 min
Kindle Ebook of my “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” coming soon…
Dorje, the man who was such a potent and entertaining part of the book, is soon to find an updated version of himself available for all...
Jeff Fuchs
- Feb 12, 2012
- 5 min
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
- Dec 16, 2011
- 7 min
Ascend to End
Looking northwards where all things begin - the mountains Traders, pilgrims – travelers, who utilized their legs and lungs through the...
Jeff Fuchs
- Nov 12, 2011
- 6 min
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 9, 2011
- 6 min
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 6, 2011
- 1 min
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
- 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
- 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)...
Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 12, 2011
- 1 min
More to read and see from and of Jeff…
Silkwind magazine March/April 2011 Templar Tea Company – Tea blog with Jeff Fuchs Kyoto Journal Kyoto Journal II South China Morning Post...
Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 9, 2011
- 2 min
Shika Mountain – The Forgotten Guardian II
A storm moves into the valleys prefaced with ferocious winds Kilometres behind Shika landscapes become smudged white paintings – with a...
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