Follow Daimer "Jack" Kinross while he journeys by foot and bicycle
bringing you news from the jungles and forests of the Terai Arc in 2010
"The Year of the Tiger"....
bringing you news from the jungles and forests of the Terai Arc in 2010
"The Year of the Tiger"....
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| Blog 3 14 February 2010 - The start of the Year of the Tiger. The place I wanted to be at the start of the Year of the Tiger 2010 was Namo Buddha, so that's where I went. Why did the Buddha give his life to the starving tigress? So that she could feed her cubs.... and because we are the tiger... COMING SOON - INTO THE JUNGLE Namo Buddha video below 4mins |
My travelling mate
Ivebeeneverywhereman in 2003,
looking a little worried I was going to
get him to climb that big black thing
behind him, Mt Everest.
He decided to stay home in 2010.
Ivebeeneverywhereman in 2003,
looking a little worried I was going to
get him to climb that big black thing
behind him, Mt Everest.
He decided to stay home in 2010.
Namo Buddha in 2003, the stupa that
is, not the guy in the black T shirt.
Read below the significance of this
place and join me there in 2010.
is, not the guy in the black T shirt.
Read below the significance of this
place and join me there in 2010.
January 2010 - The plan for 2010
2010 will be different. It is a special year, a special time
in tiger conservation. The Year of the Tiger has long
been in the minds of conservationists and many see it as
the start of a pivotal era for the big cat, fellow wildlife
and habitat. It is twelve years till the next Year of the
Tiger in 2022. The success of this era will perhaps be
measured by the status of the tiger in that year.
TigerTrek 2010 will be in two stages. Pre-monsoon I will
be spending time in the jungles of western Nepal after
which I will be bring you a full report of the status of the
tiger in that area. I will video blog just prior to vanishing
deep into the area...and you wont hear from me for a
while after that :)
In the middle of 2010 you will hear from tiger people, the
men and women who are fighting to save the big cat...
Post monsoon, TigerTrek begins in earnest. We have
some great surprises in store....
More details soon...
2010 will be different. It is a special year, a special time
in tiger conservation. The Year of the Tiger has long
been in the minds of conservationists and many see it as
the start of a pivotal era for the big cat, fellow wildlife
and habitat. It is twelve years till the next Year of the
Tiger in 2022. The success of this era will perhaps be
measured by the status of the tiger in that year.
TigerTrek 2010 will be in two stages. Pre-monsoon I will
be spending time in the jungles of western Nepal after
which I will be bring you a full report of the status of the
tiger in that area. I will video blog just prior to vanishing
deep into the area...and you wont hear from me for a
while after that :)
In the middle of 2010 you will hear from tiger people, the
men and women who are fighting to save the big cat...
Post monsoon, TigerTrek begins in earnest. We have
some great surprises in store....
More details soon...
November 2009
A message from Jack Kinross...
" In 2003 I travelled by bike and on foot through
the Terai and Himalaya of India and Nepal on a
trip called "TigerTrek" with the aim of raising
awareness of the plight of the Tiger.
It was a journey in amazing landscapes where I
met incredible people doing their best to save
the environment.
A message from Jack Kinross...
" In 2003 I travelled by bike and on foot through
the Terai and Himalaya of India and Nepal on a
trip called "TigerTrek" with the aim of raising
awareness of the plight of the Tiger.
It was a journey in amazing landscapes where I
met incredible people doing their best to save
the environment.
As part of the journey in 2003, I visited Namo Buddha.
Namo Buddha is a very sacred place for Buddhists. There is a legend behind the reverence of this
place. According to the Buddhist legend, the King Mahasattva gave his body to a hungry tigress at
this place. He did it so that the tigress could feed her cubs. His reliquary Stupa remained
underground for centuries. One day a hermit called Bhagavan (Sakyamuni) came to this site
and got attracted to the bulge. It is said that he clapped his hands, and miraculously the Stupa
appeared.
It was a sacrifice made for nature, for the environment, for wildlife. At the time I was there the
situation for the tiger in the wild was serious.
Today it is worse.
Recently it was announced Panna Tiger Reserve, which had a population of forty tigers in 2003, had
no tigers.
Zero.
In the photograph above I am in the land of my birth, New Zealand. In the mountains you see here,
there once roamed a giant flightless bird, the Moa.
Today there are none.
Zero.
The cause of their extinction?
Us.
Over the years I have visited many tiger landscapes and have seen the situation get progressively
worse. This does not let me sleep easily at night.
But there is hope...
We must act now. Please join us in the fight to save the great cat and other wildlife by becoming
part of EarthGalleries. You can help by buying prints, maybe becoming a contributing
photographer, or you can simply stay informed and spread the word.
We must not let the Tiger go the way of the Moa...
In 2010 I will return to Namo Buddha and bring you the first of video blogs from tiger landscapes.
Follow my journey through this amazing land and see for yourself why we must protect and conserve.
You don't have to sacrifice in quite the way of
Mahasattva, but you can play your part...
Jack Kinross
Co Founder of Wild Tiger
Namo Buddha is a very sacred place for Buddhists. There is a legend behind the reverence of this
place. According to the Buddhist legend, the King Mahasattva gave his body to a hungry tigress at
this place. He did it so that the tigress could feed her cubs. His reliquary Stupa remained
underground for centuries. One day a hermit called Bhagavan (Sakyamuni) came to this site
and got attracted to the bulge. It is said that he clapped his hands, and miraculously the Stupa
appeared.
It was a sacrifice made for nature, for the environment, for wildlife. At the time I was there the
situation for the tiger in the wild was serious.
Today it is worse.
Recently it was announced Panna Tiger Reserve, which had a population of forty tigers in 2003, had
no tigers.
Zero.
In the photograph above I am in the land of my birth, New Zealand. In the mountains you see here,
there once roamed a giant flightless bird, the Moa.
Today there are none.
Zero.
The cause of their extinction?
Us.
Over the years I have visited many tiger landscapes and have seen the situation get progressively
worse. This does not let me sleep easily at night.
But there is hope...
We must act now. Please join us in the fight to save the great cat and other wildlife by becoming
part of EarthGalleries. You can help by buying prints, maybe becoming a contributing
photographer, or you can simply stay informed and spread the word.
We must not let the Tiger go the way of the Moa...
In 2010 I will return to Namo Buddha and bring you the first of video blogs from tiger landscapes.
Follow my journey through this amazing land and see for yourself why we must protect and conserve.
You don't have to sacrifice in quite the way of
Mahasattva, but you can play your part...
Jack Kinross
Co Founder of Wild Tiger