Tag Archives: Tsalam

Ghosts and ‘Ka’ (Snow)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by JeffFuchs

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 that we now seek is becoming akin to chasing vapours, or trying to track windblown … Continue reading →

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Further, Higher

Posted on May 7, 2011 by JeffFuchs

We have moved further southwest near Da Re (Darlag), from Maqen towards the badland-borders with Sichuan province, less than one hundred kilometres from Serthar. We’ve arrived to a town that sits squeezed along the Yellow River wedged in between auburn … Continue reading →

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Preparations…and Expectations of the Salt Road Expedition

Posted on April 29, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Time is always the great and constant editor and time winds down to the actual departure date of the Salt Road (Tsalam) journey. One can prepare gear, the body and the mind but that first blast of wind in the … Continue reading →

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Tsalam – The Ancient Salt Route

Posted on April 9, 2011 by JeffFuchs

The Route of White Gold When: May, 2011 Who: Jeff Fuchs, Michael Kleinwort Where: Southern Qinghai (Amdo) One of the ancient world’s great and unheralded trade routes was the eastern Himalayas’ Tsalam, or Salt Road. Known to many Tibetans as … Continue reading →

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