NEPAL MANASLU BALCONY TREK PRESENTATION
On Wednesday August 1, at 5.30pm at the Aspen library, I will show the last trek I organized in Nepal, the Manaslu Balcony trek. It will be about the same as my winter presentation at ACES with a [...]
MEDITATE A FEW MINUTES AND/OR 21 DAYS
On Saturday, my hiking friend and I found a spot that seems quite magical high up on the Continental Divide area. We enjoyed a great moment of contemplation of this open space looking [...]
HIKING TIP FOR A PERFECT DAY
Crisp air, good light and no crowd are the perfect ingredients for a great hike and the reasons why I always choose to start early. Safety is another very good reason especially when going high. [...]
A FLOWERY DAY TO REMEMBER
Flowers in high alpine terrain are peaking and Saturday was a very flowery day for me. The Queen’s crown is one of my very [...]
TIBET MEMORIES
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Tibetan Symposium at the Aspen Institute in 2008. For me, it is also a great memory of the photo exhibit I mounted at that occasion, which [...]
HIKING IN WILDERNESS IS BEAUTY IS WHOLENESS
“Beauty is a sense of totality, or wholeness.” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche It is how I felt during a wonderful hike up Tabor Creek on Saturday. Hiking in wilderness is indeed connecting [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA!
Today, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet turns 83. He is no longer the official head of the government-in-exile of Tibet, but is still very revered in the hearts of Tibetans worldwide. Tirelessly [...]
SAVE WATER! NO WATER, NO LIFE…
To worship and save water has never been as relevant. Water is one of the five elements of nature in Eastern philosophies. It is quite tempting to take water for granted when it runs so easily [...]