INSIDE KORA
Michael vists the nomadic communities
Arctic Norway: Ski Touring on the Finnmarksvidda Plateau
Trip Summary Time: 7 days Distance: 90km / 56 miles Total Ascent: 1,200m / 3,940ft Highest Point: 600m / 1,970ft Difficulty Level: Demanding Have you ever harboured dreams of arctic exploration, or wondered what...
Sho’La – the Sacred Pass Crossed
Jeff Fuchs, kora ambassador Another team, another time, another season, the same pass. Sho’La and its stone heights await once more, as it always has and always will. One of...
Gold Pass - the Way Through the Sky
Jeff Fuchs, kora ambassador Small pops sound as wind-driven pellets pile into my jacket; precipitation hardened into small flying shells. The snow and ice is coming from the northwest, as...
The Dangers of the Mountains
Andrea Binning, kora ambassador This is somewhat of a morbid topic but one you can’t ignore. Just today I find out that someone has died in the mountains in Chamonix....
A Himalayan Trade Route and a Glacier
Michael Kleinwort, kora founder We are flanked by towers of rock and set upon by a raging sun. The team scrambles over boulders - better to avoid the crevasses that...
The Pass and a Threshold for the Tibetan Changpas
For the 'Changpas', the nomads of the remote Changtang plateau, the Parang Pass is the main access point to the markets of the prosperous Spiti Valley. Michael Kleinwort, kora Founder...
Adventures with a Medicine Hunter
Explorer Jeff Fuchs accompanies one of the few remaining practitioners of traditional Himalayan medicine on a journey through his old herb-hunting grounds. Slopes run northwards and bend towards Tibet proper....
Why Kora Is Not Just a Cold Weather Piece of Kit
kora founder Michael Kleinwort explains the science behind yak wool's ability to help you stay cool - and keep warm. Trekking in the afternoon sun near Kawa Karpo, Yunnan, China...