mountain climbing is extended periods of intense boredom, interrupted by ...
<photo: abseiling training> approximately once every 4 years, one day is added to the month of February. with that we have 29 days in...
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...
waiting for the "aha!" moment
<photo: climbing in the dark, Mount Kinabalu> the "aha!" moment is a "moment of sudden and great revelation or realization, inspiration,...
it's just 5 more minutes to the peak!
<photo: at 3653m, it's just 5 more minutes to the summit of mount kinabalu. (actually it's at least another 2 more hours)> the summit...
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...
no one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich
<photo: dawn at the peak of Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia> in the book "Outliers", the author Malcolm Gladwell claims that the key to...
journey to the point of no return ç ´é‡œæ²‰èˆŸ
<photo: foothills of Mount Elbrus, southern Russia> General Xiang Yu crossed the Yangtze River with an army of 20,000 Chu soldiers to...
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,...