The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: The Sacred and Profane

6 November

The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: The Future Is Hidden For Good Reason

7 October

The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: Stardust and Solitude

22 September

The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: Take The Long Way Home

17 September

The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: The Golden Temple – Turbans & Tea

4 September

The Eleventh Step

THE ELEVENTH STEP Film Expedition: Planes, Trains, Rickshaws…and a Wobble

31 August

The Tenth Step

Happy Holidays

12 December

Friends and family,   As you know it’s been over a year since I embarked on our “Roof of the world” film expedition. We started with an idea – to […]

The Tenth Step

The Heart of Resilience Beats In Nepal

29 May

Kathmandu.  8:00PM. I’m sitting in the lobby of the Yak and Yeti, eerily bereft of the typical bustling tour groups and tourists this hotel usually hosts.  I’ve only been here […]

The Tenth Step

Grace Under Fire in Kodari

20 May

I’m hiking with a team of Global Medic relief workers along a rugged jeep road to Kodari – a remote village in the Sindhupalchok district of Nepal, one of the […]

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On The Ground In Nepal…The Aftermath

16 May

  It’s 6am.  From my tent I hear birds and the familiar sound of the Bhote Khosi river flowing by our camp.  I’m back at Sukute Beach, a whitewater resort […]

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The Last Mile

14 December

             6:47am.  I can’t hear anything but my own breathing and the soft crunch-slide of my skins against the groomed corduroy snow.   My breath crystallizes in the cold morning air […]

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Expedition Day 105: Are We There Yet?

2 December

  I’ve been on the road for 105 days and it definitely shows…I don’t want to see another plate of dal bhat for quite awhile…my bike’s been through the ringer […]

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Expedition Day 79: The Great Game

13 November

  Kathmandu – just the name itself evokes something exotic for most people.  It’s been my home away from home for the past 32 years.   At the moment, my […]

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Expedition Day 65: Apple Crumble and Entrepreneurs

7 November

  Anyone who knows me knows I have a special place in my heart for the city of Pokhara. When I first came here 30 years ago, it was an […]

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Expedition Day 57: Annapurna

29 October

I’m sitting in the Moondance Restaurant Lakeside, Pokhara, getting ready to hit the trail but watching the weather on BBC world news.   Cyclone Hudhub made landfall on India’s east coast […]

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Expedition Day 47: On Faith and Camels…

14 October

  The Bedouin have a great saying about faith and personal responsibility: “Trust in God…but don’t forget to tie up your camel!”  I think that about sums up my modus […]

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Expedition Day 38: All You Need Is Love…and a Waste Management System

9 October

  I’m sitting cross-legged in a small Ashram with about 20 other people – mainly Westerners.  We’re awaiting the arrival of Swami G – the spiritual leader of this small […]