Close to 360º pano of EBC. Click for larger view It’s hard to do Everest justice with a photo. The mountain is just too big, too unreal, and much too temperamental to simply hand out good images. My previous experiences with Everest only left me with memories of an annoying disappearing act – only seeing the summit ever…
I have to apologize. I haven’t been around for a few weeks. The Chinese version of the flu and my firmly American immune system got into a cage match. The Chinese flu won in what will go down as one of my immune systems weakest performances. After 17 solid days of being sick and a…
“Going to the Mountains Is Going Home” – John Muir No – I’m not cutting corners. Not much happened for me on day 4. Infact, I took less than 100 pictures that day. Why? Well, part of leading a tour in central Tibet is the dirty work – the business side. Keeping our workmates happy…
Who doesn’t like a good debate? Lhasa’s Sera Monastery is known for it’s debates. Before I even attempt to describe it to you, try to mentally block out all the “debates” you’ve been to and fallen asleep at in the past, because these debates deviate wildly from what you would imagine a good ol’ fashioned run-of-the-mill…
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien I have absolutely no apologies for using one of Tolkien’s most overused and bastardized lines. This quote couldn’t describe more accurately how I feel when I stepped foot into the alleyways of Lhasa. The advice I often give to people visiting for the first time:…
Very few things in the world compare to stepping off of an airplane onto the Tibetan plateau in Lhasa. Going from just above sea level to around 13,000 feet, coupled with landing in the famous Yarlung Valley surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks, literally takes ones breath away… mostly from lack of oxygen. Try to walk…
We are 6 days into Matt and I’s photo workshop – halfway to Mount Everest. Arguable the middle of nowhere (yet I’ve found internet). Tomorrow we get our first glimpse of Everest and the day after that we get to visit the mountain itself before we drop off the plateau onto the subcontinent. I have…
Five days into our Lhasa, Everest, Nepal Overland Workshop and and we are having great time. We’ve visited two monasteries, watched monk debates, spent time at a prayer festival, and cruised around the Barkhor region of downtown Lhasa. Unfortunately, the day before the tour started my iPad camera connector bit the bullet in a most…
Corny jokes aside, it’s good to get our 2011 Tibet, Everest, Nepal Overland tour started. It’s been a busy last few days for me getting tons of stuff ready for the trip that kicks off this evening. The good kind of busy. I’ve been able to enjoy a true spring in Chengdu over the last…
About 4 months ago I posted on my visit to Beijing and some shooting I did in the Beijing with my friend Jonah Kessel. See my images from that day of shooting here. My shooting was just for fun and to burn some time while I was waiting on some answers about visa issues –…