Tag Archives: Tibetan Plateau

Mountain Eyes

Posted on November 8, 2013 by JeffFuchs

One of the immortal faces of the mountains…even though only four-years old. A nomadic girl, whose predecessors were a clan of ‘guardians’ for trade caravans on the top of the world. Caravans of precious salt, tea, and wool passed through … Continue reading →

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UNESCO article on Nomadic Perspectives of Climate Change is up

Posted on August 22, 2012 by JeffFuchs

  “It is in the mountains that fate is decided” nomadic saying Delighted that a piece I’ve done on Tibetan nomadic perspectives on Climate Change is up on UNESCO’s “Ethics and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific” page here. For a link … Continue reading →

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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 →

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The Sun and Wind in Golok

Posted on May 4, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Sun (neema in Tibetan) blasts into the day as we wake to a reckless blue sky and a wind that hums. Snow capped peaks shimmer on the horizon and wind whips smoke and sand into mini-tornadoes. Morning Glory at 3700 … Continue reading →

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