Category Archives: Mountains

Mountains – Their serene and brutal abilities had been honed into me from years of climbing and wild escapades that began in Switzerland as a child. In the immaculate words of a Himalayan muleteer, “the mountains laws are unambiguous, honest and eternal”.

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Posted on April 9, 2011 by JeffFuchs

  Many say snow is silent; I would say that snow silences and mutes like few other elements known, but it is not silent. Snow at altitude pops and pricks and it bounces in small booms especially when its good … Continue reading →

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Shika Mountain – The Forgotten Guardian II

Posted on March 9, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Kilometres behind Shika landscapes become smudged white paintings – with a soundtrack of seething gusts.  It is not only the increase in altitudes that seem to strengthen the storm. It is the journey leading further into the remote valleys. Temperatures … Continue reading →

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Blizzard in the Mountains above Shangri La

Posted on February 23, 2011 by JeffFuchs

A blizzard ‘in waiting’ gains strength at 4,682 meters on the eastern extension of the Himalayas in northwestern Yunnan, China.

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Shika Mountain – The Forgotten Guardian I

Posted on February 23, 2011 by JeffFuchs

“Know when to rise and when to retreat if you wish to see another sunrise” – Himalayan muleteer saying – There are mountains that quietly come under the heading of ‘understated beauty residing in plain site’; Shika Mountain in northwestern … Continue reading →

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