Himalayas Change – A Nomad’s Words About Mountains

Posted on December 1, 2013 by JeffFuchs
A’bing of Ganzi at 4,700 meters in a tent speaking of life in the heights. “Winter no longer knows when it wants to come. It no longer comes with white snow. Now it is mainly dry. Maybe it is time to change from being a nomad”. 
Much in the Himalayas’ Climate has changed but few regard the words of the local nomads with much respect.
 Nomads-Jeff Fuchs

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.
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2 Responses to Himalayas Change – A Nomad’s Words About Mountains

  1. Giovanna says:
    December 3, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Thanks Jeff. Few words for a dramatic testimony and concise evidence of climate change.

  2. Pat Savage says:
    December 16, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    The world has its own cyclical path to follow. BUT, we humans, in our greed for an easy life of owning ‘ things’ and speeding through life filled with drugs, are devastatingly oblivious to the destruction we heap on our planet.
    Train, plane and ship accidents, as well as oil spills from ocean platforms, kill in so many ways. They are hard for us to ignore any more, but the energy companies spend millions to convince us that all is well.
    Women bring life into the world and are the best ones to lead the push for a safer planet .