what do people really want?
<photo: Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan> Po Bronson, the author of the bestseller book "What Should I Do with My Life?" posed this...
go fever - journey to the moon
<photo: overlooking Lake Tahoe at sunset, USA> the moon has been associated with countless legends, stories and festivals. this month,...
1st basecamp.cafe meet up 好的开始,是成功的一半
<photo: Campers' Corner> there is a Chinese saying that says 好的开始,是成功的一半, which translated means anything that starts well would have...
the story of the good Samaritan
<photo: last 50 metres to the peak of Mount Kinabalu> a traveller was robbed, beaten up and left for dead on the side of the road. a...
more randomness
<photo: sunset at Mount Rinjani> in 1976, a young director managed to convince 20th Century Fox to produce a movie based on a script that...
3 rules of life and mountaineering
<photo: trail at Yosemite National Park, California, USA> there is an anonymous quote on the 3 rules in life that you often see - 1) if...
keep your feet on the ground
<photo: sitting on the peak of Mount Rinjani, Lombok> we all want to look better, earn more and be happier. who doesn't? and these...
coming down is mandatory
<photo: descending on the Ranau Trail from the peak of Mount Kinabalu> on 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary became the first climber to reach...
because it's there
<photo: view of Mount Elbrus taken from Barrel Huts> mount elbrus, together with Everest, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Denali, Puncak Jaya and...
taking chances
<photo: sunset at Lake Tahoe> in a classic behavioural experiment, one group of participants were told that they will receive a small...