I’ve hated biking my whole life. Chances are it’s because I always owned $50 Walmart cycles that were heavy as they were ugly. Not a great combo when your cardio is lackluster. This, though, is a guide about biking across Taiwan’s East coast. Obviously I don’t hate it anymore, so why bring up the fact…
If you haven’t already, now’s a good time to check out part one of this report. My whole plan for this Western Sichuan trip had been to climb a random 5000 meter peak in Tagong with no guide or logistical support. My partner on that expedition and I did not succeed. We gave up at…
A picture is worth a thousand words when it causes you to spend a thousand dollars. Or when it forces you to act, and spray thousands of words about your goal to anyone who’ll listen. In this case the goal was 5000 meters, and the town a Tibetan hamlet called Tagong. My idea started with…
Western Sichuan has it all: jaw-dropping vistas, vertiginous alpine lakes and rolling grassland populated by nomads, all dotted with proprietary stupas, temples, prayer flags, and monks carrying relics of Tibetan Buddhism.