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Feature Article in Outpost Magazine – Tsa’lam – The nomadic route of salt.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by JeffFuchs

To the entire creative team at Outpost Magazine, Canada’s award-winning adventure travel magazine who helped turn the Tsa’lam feature into one of their classics – a big thank you. To Wild China, whose patient support and award aided and smoothed the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Tsalam – The Ancient Salt Route

Posted on April 9, 2011 by JeffFuchs

The Route of White Gold When: May, 2011 Who: Jeff Fuchs, Michael Kleinwort Where: Southern Qinghai (Amdo) One of the ancient world’s great and unheralded trade routes was the eastern Himalayas’ Tsalam, or Salt Road. Known to many Tibetans as … Continue reading →

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