Chomolungma, travel towards the sky

Chomolungma means “mother goddess of the earth”, in Tibetan. It is the original name of the highest and most spectacular mountain of the world: the Everest (as it is known in the western world).

An article on the review montagnard documents the recently started travel of Lorenzo Gariano, a mountain climber who has chosen an alternative way to approach the roof of the world. A nomadic travel will carry him to tightened contact with people of the Tibetan and Nepalese valleys that develop around the Chomolungma, chasing the rhythm of the encounters and the sharing: catching up the summit of the giant will become therefore a deep travel in the spirit of the Himalayas and its caretakers.

Nomadic travel by bicycle

A 60 years old Australian man, in the course of the last year, has covered thousands of kilometers by bicycle along the roads and paths of Latin America, in complete solitude and with the only aid of its legs and the hospitality of the people who met along the way… A nomadic travel along the Americas faced with the right speed, chasing the rhythm of the seasons and the curiosity, without conditionings of sort. An unforgettable nomadic travel!

The synthesis of this experience is in his words: “La importancia de viajar es comprender con tus propios ojos la realidad, es decir observar de una manera crítica, sin que te lo cuente un tercero. Se trata de contemplar sin prejuicios” (the importance of traveling is to experience the reality with your own eyes, that is to observe in a critical way with no one telling you the story. It means contemplate without prejudgments).

Alex, paddling towards the Americas

He had left from Genoa the 18th of September, 2005. Alex Bellini, who was born near my small town (that is in the mountains!), has crossed the whole Atlantic Ocean alone with the only power of his arms. He has finally landed on the coasts  of Latin America the last Sunday, near Fortaleza (Brasil).

I was not there, but I can imagine seven months of hard fights against the uncontrollable ocean and its traps! Maybe a methodical adventure, but surely a genuine nomadic travel. And above all a lot of courage and determination, many compliments…

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