Tag Archives: Pashmina
A Snow Pass, The ‘Feel’, and Karma’s Chai
The mind wanders back to a mountain pass, a blizzard, and that wonderful thing that exists still: instinct. On a day of few words along a portion of a trade route in Ladakh as a blizzard piled in at 5000 … Continue reading
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Tagged chai, Expedition, exploration, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Pashmina, Photography, Tea, tea and mountains, trade routes
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Himalayan Pashmina – The Journeys That Wool Took
Along with salt, resin, and of course that wonderful stimulant fuel, tea, Pashmina was another of the commodities that allowed nomads and remote communities some autonomy. Continue reading
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Tagged Himalayan History, Himalayan Trade, Himalayas, India, Jeff Fuchs, Karnak, Ladakh, mountains, Pashmina, Rupshu, Tea, Tibet, Trade Route, trekking
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Glacier Melt – Nomad Streams
Exploring water and glaciers in the Himalayas Continue reading
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Tagged Asia Travel, glacier, Himalayan exploration, Himalayan travel, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Karnak, Nomads, Pashmina, Third Pole, trekking, Water
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Expedition Update: West, Up, North
-Back for the final instalments of our expedition along the Route of Wind and Wool. Leh is gentle pandemonium, but this is an overstatement really because it is more a case of Michael and I being overly sensitive to … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Glaciers, Global warming, Himalaya Expedition, Himalaya Travel, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Ladakh, Ladakh travel, Leh, Nubra Valley, Pashmina, The route of wind and wool
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