About JeffFuchs
Having lived for a decade in Yunnan, Fuchs’ work has centred on indigenous mountain cultures, oral histories along with an obsessive interest in tea.
Fuchs is the author of 'The Ancient Tea Horse Road' (Viking-Penguin) and he was the subject of 'The Tea Explorer' documentary based on his exploration of the Tea Horse Road.
His photos and stories have appeared on three continents in publications such as Kyoto Journal, TRVL, and Outpost Magazine, as well as The Spanish Expedition Society, The Earth, Silkroad Foundation, The China Post Newspaper, The Toronto Star, The South China Morning Post, and UNESCO amongst others. Various pieces of his work are part of private collections in Europe, North America, and Asia. Fuchs served as Asian Editor at Large for five years at award-winning Outpost magazine.
Jeff has worked with schools and universities, giving talks on both the importance of oral traditions, tea and mountain cultures.
His recently released book ‘The Ancient Tea Horse Road’ (Penguin-Viking Publishers) details his 8-month groundbreaking journey traveling and chronicling one of the world’s great trade routes, The Tea Horse Road. Fuchs is the first westerner to have completed the entire route stretching almost six thousand kilometers through the Himalayas a dozen cultures.
Fuchs partnered with Wild China to create a journey along the Tea Horse Road which National Geographic Traveler called one of the "50 Trips of a Lifetime".
He is co-founder of Akahiao Nature Institute on the island of Hawai'i along with his wife, Julie Rogers.
The Tea Explorer has its first on-air television slot on CBC’s Doc Channel in Canada on July 23rd, 2017 at 9pm ET. Continue reading →
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Tagged 90th Parallel, Andrew Gregg, Asia, Caravan, cbc, CBC Docs, CBCDocs, documentary, film, Himalayas, history, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Tea, Tea Horse Road, Trade, Travel
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“A land of little and a route of much” is how I often view this present journey and it is how I’ve viewed many of Himalayan trade routes I’ve travelled. Our present route here in Mustang has taken us past an … Continue reading →
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Tagged altitude, Asian History, Asian travel, Culture, Expedition, He Kai, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kali Gandaki, Khampa, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Pu'erh, Salt, Tea, The Tea Explorer, Tibet, Trade Route, Traders, Travel
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Trade routes (still) offer up hints and teasers about how lands evolved and functioned. Everything from DNA to luxuries and tid-bits from the past travelled and each shipment and caravan needed the guardians, the traders and the willful to ensure … Continue reading →
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Tagged buddhism, Climate Change in Asia, Expedition, exploration, Explore, glacier, Himalayan Trade, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kali Gandaki, Lo, Lo Manthang, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Nomads, Outside, Tea, Tea Horse Road, tea trade, The Tea Explorer, Tibet
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It is a day of rest for the workers with only a few finishing up with a newly finished late harvest offering. The nearby high Mahalderam estate makes up the famed ‘quad’ of formidable tea providers joining Goomtee, Jungpana, and Muscatel in this valley of the leaf. Continue reading →
A joy is sometimes not having a huge frame of reference nor expectation. There are no cues, limited preconceptions, and there is that wonderful feeling of slight ignorance. It is in this ‘not knowing’ that there is some room to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Black Teas, Classic Teas, Darjeeling, Glenburn, Himalayas, India, Indian teas, Jeff Fuchs, Jungpana, Makaibari, Raj Bane, Tea, Tea Explorer, Tea Journey, tea trade
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Berinder is impatient and staring in his mournful way at Saurabh and I to hurry. He wants to move and it is our day to make another incursion into the Chaturangi Glacier valley and then head south up a smaller … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bhagirathi, Chaturangi, Expedition, Ganges River, Gangotri, Garwhal Himalaya, Glaciers, Glaciers' Breath Expedition, Goal Zero, Himalayas, Ice, Jeff Fuchs, Meru, Shivling, Tea, The North Face, Third Pole, Uttarakhand, Water
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Camp Nandanvan (or “Paradise”) is the first of a series of camps within the greater valley that shoots northeast out of Gangotri. Gangotri is one of 4 “dhams”, or places of pilgrimage for Hindus. To the west, Yamunotri is where the Yamuna River is worshipped, Gangotri where we are is where the Ganga or Ganges is worshipped, Kedarnath where Shiva is worshipped (Kedar is another name for Shiva, who is considered not a god, but rather a yogi), and finally Badrinath where Vishnu is worshipped (Badri is one of the names for Vishnu). Continue reading →
The line is uneven. Random dark and bright spots lie along a long diagonal path that at times is nothing but some smudges in the sand. Our team is spread along a kilometer long portion heading south further into the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bhagirathi Sisters, Ganges River, Gangotri, Glaciers' Breath, India, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Third Pole, Uttarakhand
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Berinder is his name. Tiny, unsmiling, and topped off with a vibrant pink woolen cap I’ve locked onto him and his intense energy. These porters can take the breath with their abilities to pirouette on little more than rubber soles, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Expedition, Ganges River, Gangotri, Garwhal Himalaya, Glaciers, Gomukh, Himalayan Peaks, Ice, India travel, Meru, Shivling, Uttarakhand, Water
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First steps towards Gangotri Glacier involve words from an impeccable source. For six decades Swami Sunderland has climbed, wandered, and worshipped the great bodies of ice and stone from his simple home in Gangotri. He arrived here and was held … Continue reading →
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Tagged Climate Change in Asia, Debra Tan, Expedition, Ganga River, Ganges, Gangotri, Garwhal, Glaciers' Breath, Himalayas, Ice, Indian Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Uttarakhand, Water
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