Zero Hour: On the Threshold of Departure
The bags are packed, the cameras are ready, and the “Trial by Squirrel” is officially over. Today the preparation ends and the journey begins…
April 4, 2026
The bags are packed, the cameras are ready, and the “Trial by Squirrel” is officially over. Today the preparation ends and the journey begins…
The challenges of the terrain and remoteness of this expedition required weeks of back and forth work with our counterparts in China before we even enter the country…
The journey to the Eastern Tibetan Plateau is not just about traveling across a surface; it is about navigating a violent, vertical landscape that is still under construction…
Planning my route through this high-altitude wilderness required a detour into history, using sixty year old maps to get a sense of the actual terrain I will be driving through…
Before I depart for the Tibetan Plateau, I have to master a tool that is totally new to me: remote camera traps…
Preparing for this expedition has been a project of its own, primarily because of a peculiar logistical challenge: just trying to find where I’m going on a map…
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