Bill Roberts’ feature article of our February expedition to Kawa Karpo is set for an August 6th release date in Canada’s award-winning Outpost magazine. The story will document our successful attempt to be the first-ever Canadian team to make it to the sacred 4800 metre pass in Yunnan’s northwestern tip.
A pilgrimage footpath, trade route into the sky, and ancient migration route, the Tea Horse Road extended far into the Himalayas and beyond. Our destination was the fabled and daunting 'Sho'la' Pass, and our successful attempt made us the first documented Canadian team ever to make it.
A huge 20-plus-page feature with photos and notes from yours truly will accompany Bill’s article and Roberto Gibbons Gomez’s additional imagery.
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.
I’m a new member to your blog and am interested what you have to say. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been reading about your tour of The Ancient Tea Horse Road through WildChina. I’m interested in taking the tour in spring of 2013 and hope to do so along with some other travel. For now, thank you for your writing and photos – inspiring!
Kim
Glad there is some interest in these pages. The Wild China tour is – needless to say – loaded with tea so come with a thirst.
Be well and greetings to the west coast.
Jeff