Summit of K2 above the clouds
K2 or Mount Godwin Austen or Qogir; Chinese: 乔戈里峰, Pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng; other names include Lambha Pahar (“Tall Mountain” in Urdu), Qaumi Pahar (“National Mountain” in Pakistani Kashmir) Dapsang,...
View ArticleMasai woman in Tanzania
During the PlanetRace TV series we spent one week in Tanzania. Of course this is not enough, but that was part of the project: 5 continents in 5 weeks. Just 2 days on Kilimanjaro and a few days of...
View ArticleStreet kids in Taschi Dzom, Tibet
Taschi Dzom is not much more than a crossroad on the Tibetan plateau. But the one dead end road that forks off here, makes it special as it is the road to Everest BC, Tibet side. Most expeditions and...
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Tibetan kids in love
When relaxing in Taschi Dzom, we took some hikes through the fields to see the life of the Tibetans. Of course the children were intrigued by our cameras and the white skin -hellomoney! Even when they...
View ArticleClimbers on Dome de Miage ridge, France
The summer was so dry in 2003 that even the normally easy ridges of the Domes de Miage showed some cracks. Not many people climbed here this week and the solitude was overwhelming as was the nature....
View ArticleGlobalisation in Nepal
When briefly stopping for a security checkpoint somewhere between Kathmandu and the Tibetan border, I noticed this scene. Every where in Nepal and other 3rd world countries people have painted global...
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Taschi Dzom Hells Angels
A group of tourists arrived in a cloud of dust on their old Royal Enfield motorbikes. They were traveling from Lhasa to Kathmandu over the dusty Friendship Highway, only named so because of the...
View ArticleEverest from Rongbuk Monastery
About 8km from Basecamp and more than 25 from the summit of the world, the Chinese have built a hideous hotel. Next to the Rongbuk Monastery the red building stand out from the colourless surroundings...
View ArticleTibetan Chickensoup
Some Tibetan restaurants have English menus. That is, they use some English words, though not particlulary in any order that makes sense. For example we saw the “Nourishing Chicken”, the “Tomato Fish”,...
View ArticleKilimanjaro from the air
I climbed Kili in 1998, summiting at X-mas morning, creating a very special experience. Not only was this the first of my “7summits”, but it was quite amazing to have a white X-mas close to the equator...
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