Johnny Fenn

Field Director of the Gurkha Welfare Trust. @gwt.org @Photo_Journey1 #pokhara #nepal #gurkhas

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When you’ve been away from the UK for a year - get into LHR late in the evening ready for a 2.5hr drive and the bags are stuck on the aircraft for over an hour. Thanks @qatarairways fabulous!

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I had the best porters.
Mini Tamang and Rakcha Tamang carried up to 45kg each; food, tents, fuel, everything.for the entire journey. Never complaining. Always smiling.
I couldn’t have done it without them.
With @GWT and @gurkhawelfaretrust
#TheNepaliWay #Nepal #PortersOfNepal

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Food was simple.
Vegetables were often kindly given. Most days we bought what we could. No meat, no alcohol, for sixteen weeks.
Total cost (food and kerosene included): £1.23 per day
The Nepali Way; 114 Days Crossing Nepal without a Map
#TheNepaliWay #Nepal #WalkingNepal

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Not every image needed mountains or context.
Some of the strongest photographs were just small moments; noticed, not arranged.
The Nepali Way; 114 Days Crossing Nepal without a Map
#TheNepaliWay #Nepal #VisualStorytelling

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@Hari_BudhaMagar

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Honoured to announce that Hari Budha Magar MBE has agreed to write the foreword to my book.
A Gurkha veteran, Everest summiteer and ambassador for @gwtorg and someone I’m proud to call a friend.
The Nepali Way; 114 Days Crossing Nepal without a Map
#TheNepaliWay #nepal

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@MatthewStadlen Most of us already knew Mandelson was a bad egg; the worst of our kind. His immorality was "in your face" at every juncture. Journalists & political insiders didn't/don't care, their moral compasses are broken. And now they deflect.

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I’d never been as fit in my life.
The first three weeks, my legs were on fire crossing those hills.
Then my body adapted.
Despite losing 17kg, I felt strong.

The Nepali Way; 114 Days Crossing Nepal without a Map
With @gwtorg and @HelloWorld_Org

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Despite the remoteness and the lack of resources, the colours were extraordinary.
Not fashion.
Identity.
The Nepali Way; 114 Days Crossing Nepal without a Map
#Nepal #TheNepaliWay @gwtorg @HelloWorld_Org

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The kit I carried for 114 days walking Nepal.
Nikon Z7 + 24–120 f4 (which never left f4).
Simple. Reliable. Out of the way.
There’s a conversation in that.
@NikonUK
In support of @GurkhaWelfareTrust.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nikon #TravelPhotography

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@SaudAlShambq2y It’s the space for weight that makes it so good…

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My tent mattered enormously.
114 nights, and as good at the end as the start.
Light, stable, tall enough to sit upright.
I couldn’t have chosen better.
MSR Hubba Hubba.
@GurkhaWelfareTrust.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #MSR #CampLife #Nepal

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I was constantly drawn to faces on the walk.
People from remote villages, often living only just at subsistence level.
It was these encounters, not the views, that defined the journey.
Book out in Oct!
Supporting @GurkhaWelfareTrust.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #FacesOfNepal #PeopleFirst

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@dc_liston Thanks Derek!

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@LukeBeaumont Aha - it looks like code above …. It’s an #MSRhubbahubba

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This walk was about people, not views.
But for nearly three weeks, the Everest region stayed on my left as I walked east.
Some things can’t be ignored.
@GurkhaWelfareTrust. @HelloWorld_Org
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Himalayas #Nepal

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I met schoolchildren everywhere on the walk.
Different places, different schools.
As well turned out as circumstances allowed. And always determined.
With thanks to @GurkhaWelfareTrust.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Nepal #Education

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Dal bhat. Twice a day. Every day.
Except every second Tuesday...when Mini made chips.
Small things matter on long walks.
So do the people who make them possible.
With thanks to @GurkhaWelfareTrust
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Gratitude #Nepal

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@DanMRex @timespolitics @FUDdaily …Even a modest parallel with 70s Iran should encourage some healthy caution…

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In very remote places, people were fascinated by the camera.
Many were keen to be photographed; not for the image, but for the experience of being involved.
From a 114‑day walk across Nepal, west to east, without a map.
#NoMapAcrossNepal #Photography #Nepal #Montane #HelloWorld