making your own luck
<photo: not sitting around, Kew Gardens, London> opportunity, it is said, knocks but once and you should seize it because it's not going...
100 year plan
<photo: Trees lighted up for Christmas at Kew Gardens, London> it takes time to build and nurture talent. in a recent report by Swiss...
do not go gentle into that good night
<photo: sunset at Mount Rinjani> <photo: sunset at Mount Kinabalu> <photo: sunset at the Himalayas> Do not go gentle into that good...
on the road to somewhere
<photo: Pasang Tharkey Sherpa> Hikers on the Everest Base Camp trek will come across a familiar figure after passing Namche Bazaar. ...
taking a step towards the first step
<photo: climbing Mount Kinabalu, October 2016> today is Evaluate Your Life Day. it's a day where we take stock of our achievements, near...
8 reasons why you should climb Mount Kinabalu
<photo: Google Earth image of Mount Kinabalu> Located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, climbing Mount Kinabalu is on the bucket list...
learning how to fly
<photo: beach in Perth, Australia> Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a story of a seagull who is frustrated with...
how many men have walked on the moon?
<photo: overlooking Mount Elbrus, Russia> at 10:56 p.m, on 20 July 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong said the famous words “That’s one small...
be like water
<photo: winter at Yosemite National Park, USA> water is an amazing thing. it covers 71% of the Earth's surface, and is vital for life as...
what is a base camp?
<photo: leaving base camp at dawn, and going on final summit climb to the peak of Mount Elbrus, southern Russia> a base camp is a place...