New photo pages and video of a Nepali bus ride!

Sorry for such a long delay in between posts, guys. I just wanted to share a few updates!

1 - I have a new Facebook page devoted to my budding photography. I will be incorporating my fundraising efforts for the Snow Leopard Trust when I can via eBay auctions of my prints, etc. Visit the following link to check it out - https://www.facebook.com/waltzinkphotography/

2 - I also have a new Instagram account where I will be doing the same as with the Facebook page. The link is right here - https://www.instagram.com/walt_zink_photography/


3 - Lastly I want to share a video of a bus ride I took in Nepal. This was taken coming back from the Last Resort to Kathmandu. In it are the villages of Ghati and Bahrabise. At 1:10-1:15 in you will see just how terrifying some of these roads are! More importantly, if you look closely you will see the utter destruction I saw. These villages were close to the epicenter of a second quake on May 12th that registered a 7.3 on the richter scale. If you are able to find it in your heart to give even a few dollars the organization I recommend is the Cloudbase Foundation. A friend of mine has done a lot of spectacular and selfless work in the last year plus and belongs to this group. Visit http://thecloudbasefoundation.org/ for more. Check below for the video.



4 - Lastly, THANK YOU! So far between this site and my fundraising odds and ends, you all have helped give over $1,700 to help the Snow Leopard Trust! It may not sound like a gigantic number but you can help by donating. Remember that any amount is better than zero. Don't ever let anyone dissuade you from giving even a few dollars by saying it won't help. It will!

I still have a good amount of GoPro videos to sift through and will try to post more within the next few weeks. I hope all of you are well and again, THANK YOU!

New pics are up - one to be in Lonely Planet Traveller!

Check the tabs above! I have posted pictures from my 2015 Everest Base Camp trek! Even better? One of the pictures I submitted to Lonely Planet Traveller for their "Postcards" section will be published in the February '16 issue! I've never had one of my pictures make it into such a major publication. Not even a minor one! So this is something I'm extremely excited about. Below is the one to be used. If you can, please click the "Donate Now" button above to give to the Snow Leopard Trust!

The Mystique of Manang

Not long ago I dug up some old audio I took of a brief interview I did with the owner of a guesthouse in Manang, Nepal. I initially was wanting to try to submit a piece in some way to PRI's "The World". They are a great resource to hear some amazing news stories from around the globe via the avenue of public radio. While I didn't end up using this audio for them, I decided to finally put something together. It's an amalgamation of snippets of the short interview, pictures I took on the last Nepal trip, and music. The song in this video is "Complex Heaven" by Brian Eno. The mood of the song - as well as the title! - is incredibly fitting. I hope you guys enjoy it! If you can, please click the link above to donate to my fundraiser for the Snow Leopard Trust!

Patagonia Video

So while on my trip I took some timelapse as well as some video via a chest harness with my GoPro. I wanted to share the compilation of all of this with you. Feel free to share it!

And please give if you can! Even a five dollar donation would mean the world!

Snow Leopard news

First of all, thanks for taking the time to view this. So far no donations - outside of one generous 40$ donation from a guest at my bar - but it's all good!

Read this story about how the Stone Zoo up here in Stoneham, MA is trying to help the cause!

New pics are up! Site updated!

Hey guys! I have added a tab above with pictures from the latest trip. Also, there is no longer a tab for donations to the World Wildlife Fund. You will notice that there is a tab that shows how you can donate to the Snow Leopard Trust.



The above button will now be added to all future posts and will link directly to the Snow Leopard Trust's donation webpage. Thanks for your patience and I hope to help raise a good amount of money for these awesome big cats!

Raising money for Snow Leopards? Yep! And Patagonia pics soon!

Soon I will be switching who I help to fundraise for. For about two years I've worked to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund. To coincide with my trip next fall to trek in the Everest region in Nepal I will be working to help raise money for the Snow Leopard Trust. Hopefully within two to three weeks I will have this switch made completely. Not just on here but on our Facebook page.

As of now the Snow Leopard Trust doesn't have individual fundraising pages like the World Wildlife Fund so it may be a bit harder to update how much any of you would donate as a whole but perhaps we will figure out a way. Perhaps a referral note? I will look into this. In any case I want to thank everyone that has been supportive of what I've tried to do. It's only a small thing but if everyone did just a couple of small, helpful things? The world would be so much better off. Don't get discouraged or overwhelmed - just act!

Also! I will soon be adding a tab where pictures from my recent trip to Patagonia will be located. Perhaps I will try to use the sale of prints of some of these pictures as a way to help garner donations. Again, the idea stage is a work in progress. Keep checking back!

Blogger On The Go!

I've just downloaded the Blogger app onto my Galaxy Tab, and this post is part test / part new posts soon announcement on my tablet!

First, I have to apologize for the lack of updates. I've been playing catch-up with many friends that I haven't seen in some time, so the posts have been slow to come along. The next few days of the trek should be up quite soon, though, so do check back often!

Also, while the idea of this blog was to use my Nepal trip to help out, I've already begun looking at the costs for a trip to South America and the likelihood of trekking in the Patagonian Andes. Since the title of this blog is "trek" in the general sense, why not try to use my growing fascination with nature and wildlife as a whole to help continue raising money for the World Wildlife Fund?

Please, if you can, click here to donate! As of today, you have contributed over $1,300 to help not me, but the WWF and the wildlife and habitats that need it. Everyone that has given? I seriously can't thank you enough.