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!

Hey guys!

With the devastation in Nepal with the recent earthquake, I wanted to share an organization that I am working to support. A friend of mine is working with the Cloudbase Foundation and the donation page is here - http://thecloudbasefoundation.org/site/donate/

They are a group of paragliders that also work to help the people of Nepal in many other ways. This group was one of - if not THE - first group to get to the remote area just north of Gorkha, which is close to the epicenter of the quake. Watch the video below to understand the level of devastation they are facing.

Situation this morning. Since this time helicopter has landed at Saurapani to bring the severely injured to hospital. Our team has distributed all our supplies to the small villages above. Some people will eat and sleep dry tonight due to your generosity. Thank you donors. Many people are streaming past on foot heading to Barpak, which we know was totally destroyed. They are going there to search for their families members. They are asking us for the most basic of supplies for their dangerous trek to this totally cut off region: plastic tarps to stay dry and some food. We are waiting for our resupply vehicles to arrive from Pokhara as we have fully exhausted our resources. In addition it's now again raining heavily.

Posted by Isabella Messenger on Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Please give what you can! Again, to donate - http://thecloudbasefoundation.org/site/donate/

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!