Tag Archives: Michael Kleinwort
Live Chat with Michael Kleinwort and Kora this Wednesday April 15th at 16:00 PST
Will be chatting all things mountains, trade routes, yak wool…and tea, with friend and longtime expedition partner (and founder of Kora) Michael Kleinwort this coming Wednesday April 15th here: https://www.facebook.com/koraoutdoor/ at 16:00 PST. The chat will be live, and tea … Continue reading
Expedition Update: A Team’s Faces
The skin, bones, and essence of our trip: the faces and personalities behind the efforts. I thought it time to properly ‘introduce’ the team with some thoughts, some colour, and some quotes from our magnificent team. We begin with Suresh … Continue reading
Expedition Update: Purple and the Pass
Mornings, and particularly bad one’s can be down to simply being unable to shut off the mind the night before, or too much cold, maybe the tent location is off, or sometimes they can simply be down to an unknown. … Continue reading
Expedition Update: Spiti, The Middle Land
Suresh and his power are gone. We have come out of the Chandra River Valley and climbed up and over and into the Spiti Valley…known to locals simply as the ‘Piti’ Valley or ‘Middle Land’. As significant Suresh’s powers are, … Continue reading
Expedition ‘The Route of Wind and Wool’ – Getting There
A trader once said that there was no point thinking too much about how one would spend his money when he was only half way to his destination to trade. Too much could happen, the fates could decide an alternative … Continue reading
Expedition Preparation in Hong Kong – The Route of Wind and Wool
With Hong Kong’s torrents coming down and heat coming off of every surface, it seems strange to be packing down jackets, crampons, gloves, and kit for the mountains (though tea will not seem a strange addition to any). With the … Continue reading
Expedition Team – An Introduction
Nothing – no journey, no endeavour can happen without a team and somewhat of a shared vision. Journeys through the mountains require friendship, often brutal directness, and beyond all else a respect for all of the beings that share in … Continue reading
Prostration and the Town of Thieves
Jana is one of those towns that looks to be embarrassed with itself, somehow inward looking with its newly built homes falling into disrepair and a winding dusty road that is littered with refuse. We one depart it one … Continue reading
A Devil’s River of Heat
The kora, for Buddhists and Hindus, circumambulating in a clockwise direction follows the apparent movement of the sun. The sun in question is now hidden as we wake in the camp of Chube’ka. Tucked into the valley there is … Continue reading