In search of purpose: 2018 resolutions
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”...
In search of purpose: Expect the unexpected.
<photos: Basecamp.Cafe before and after> The start of a journey is always exciting. There’s the thrill of the unknown and the...
In search of purpose: The next 5 more minutes
<photo: with Romzi and Ajab at Panar Laban basecamp, Mount Kinabalu on 25 Sept 2017> Just over 3 months ago, a few of us got together and...
In search of purpose: In seventh heaven
<Photo: Seventh time at the summit of Mount Kinabalu on 26 Sept 2017> If you say that you are "in seventh heaven", it means that you are...
In search of purpose: Don't judge a camel by its humps
<Photos from left: 1) Bactrian camel with Mount Khuiten and Malchin Peak in the background 2) Ships of the Desert carrying our loads 3)...
In search of purpose: Which road to take
<photos: from top left clockwise: 1) Love at first sight, meeting the Russian UAZ van for the first time after landing at Ölgii...
In search of purpose: A hole in the ground is worth more than rocks in the open
<photos: from left 1) hole in the ground toilet near Ölgii, Outer Mongolia 2) it takes two to poo - helping to keep the toilet doors...
In search of purpose: Slow and last to reach the summit
<photo: Climbing Malchin Peak , with a view of the Potonin Glacier in the background, Outer Mongolia. Photo credit - Andrew Chok>...
In search of purpose: Disconnect to connect
<photos: clockwise from top left: 1) Mount Khuiten basecamp at Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, 2) Mount Khuiten advanced basecamp with...
In search of purpose: Ropes and knots
<photo: Learning to tie figure of eight knot and classic Prusik knot and how to climb out after falling into a crevasse.> Mountaineering...