what does the number 6 mean?
<photo: 6th time on the summit of Mount Kinabalu, October 2016> for many of us, the number 6 is just a number. it can represent the...
inspiration and perspiration
<photo: learning how to cross crevasses at base camp, Nepal> #alwaysbelieve in his book Peak, Anders Ericsson brings together decades of...
bend with the wind
<photos: taking time to look at the trees along the trail up Mount Kinabalu> #alwaysbelieve "Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily...
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...
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...
you can't connect the dots looking forward
<photo: somewhere along the trek to Everest Base Camp> The history of the world is filled with explorers and the epic journeys that they...
6 useful quotes about base camps in life
<photo: Sagarmatha National Park Visitors Centre @ Namche, Nepal> we all love to read quotes about success to inspire us to keep pushing...
in pursuit of happiness: we fear loss more than we value gain
<on the way up to the peak of Mount Elbrus> people prefer avoiding losses to making gains. this is behavior is known as loss aversion....
in pursuit of happiness: you have to keep running just to stay in the same place
<photo: windmills going round and round endlessly in the Gobi Desert> would winning the million dollar Toto first prize make you the...
what if someone offered you a pill that would make you permanently happy?
<photos: in the middle of the Gobi Desert> the Gobi Desert measures over 1,600 km by 800 km and occupies 1,295,000 square km. it is the...