Tag Archives: Nomads

Amne Machin White and A Travelling Circus

Posted on May 27, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Our two yak stand still in the blowing white snow; around them there is nothing to suggest a specific time-period and looking at their ice-encrusted wool I imagine a time long ago when gas-spewing, noise machines on wheels hadn’t yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, Amne Machin, ancient salt road, buddhism, China travel, circumambulation, Expedition, Ge Re Monestery, Himalayan Trade, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Nam River, Nomad, Nomads, Qinghai, sacred mountains, sacred mountains of Tibet, sacred snow mountain, Salt, Salt Road, Tibetan mastiff, tibetan trade route, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Tsalam, Yak, Yak Wool | 1 Comment

Departure under the white

Posted on May 13, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, Amne Machin, ancient salt road, circumambulation, Expedition, Golog, Golok, Himalayan salt, Himalayan Salt Route, Himalayan Trade, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Michael Kleinwort, Nomad, Nomads, Qinghai, sacred mountains, Salt, tibetan trade route | 1 Comment

The Jewel of the Heights

Posted on May 12, 2011 by JeffFuchs

At first it is a glimmer, nothing more than a reflection that I think might be there. Shimmering heat already ripples in the morning air blurring my sightlines. Michael’s eyes are creased studying the same spectre that I see…he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, Amye Maqen, ancient nomadic salt road, ancient salt road, China travel, Gyoring Lake, Jeff Fuchs, Jeff Fuchs expedition, Jiang, Lhasa, Ma Chu, Mado, Madoi, Maduo, Ngachu, Ngoring Lake, Nomads, Qinghai, Qinghai trekking, Salt, Salt lake, Salt Road, Salt Route, Sichuan, Tea Horse Road, Tibetan, Tibetan trade routes, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Trade, Tsa, Tsam Tso, Wild Tibetan Ass, Yak, Yellow River | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, ancient nomadic salt road, ancient trade route, Himalayan Trade, Honkor, Jeff Fuchs, Mado, Nomads, Nyi Chu, Nyi River, Qinghai, Salt, Salt Road, Salt Route, salt trade, Sichuan, Tea Horse Road, Tibetan Plateau, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Tibetans, Tsalam | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, Amne Machin, ancient nomadic salt route, caterpillar fungus, Da Re, Darlag, Golog, Golok, Jeff Fuchs, Maqen, Nomads, Qinghai, sacred mountains, Salt Road, Serthar, Tsalam, Yellow River | 5 Comments

Golok – The Journey To….

Posted on May 3, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Before anything happens on our expedition, one has to actually get one’s body to the site– and this journey is often an adventure in itself. Michael will be following me a day later in Golok while I organize, coordinate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains | Tagged Amdo, Amne Machin, ancient trade route, caterpillar fungus, Expedition, Golog, Golok, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Maqen, nomadic, nomadic salt road, Nomads, Qinghai, Tibetan, tibetan trade route, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Xining | 3 Comments

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