choosing the right path is never easy
<photo: Scott Fischer's chorten, a traditional Nepalese memorial @ Thokla Pass in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal> the movie Everest (2015) is...
to pee or not to pee - that is the question
<photo: doing your business in the open, Gobi Desert> warning: this page contains disturbing photos of toilets mountaineers and...
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...
journey to the point of no return 破釜沉舟
<photo: foothills of Mount Elbrus, southern Russia> General Xiang Yu crossed the Yangtze River with an army of 20,000 Chu soldiers to...
why do you work?
<photo: south ascent to summit of mount elbrus> many work-related surveys often ask employees if they think they will perform better if...
which is better?
<photo: views from the summits of Mount Kinabalu and Mount Rinjani> mount rinjani and mount kinabalu are popular peaks amongst beginner...
what's behind the door?
<photo: toilets at Barrels Huts 3900m, the base camp at Mount Elbrus> you are a participant in a TV game show, and you are shown three...
I do not understand what I do. for what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do
<photo: in the middle of the Gobi Desert> running an ultra marathon race in the Gobi Desert is tough, it's tiring and you can get lost. ...
birds of a feather
<photo: sunset in the Gobi Desert> are there more English words that start with the letter K or more words with K as their third letter?...
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...