Travel stories and reflections by Yoki — from Himalayan passes and desert forts to the reef.https://peakandfathom.com/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/master-of-none-and-fine-with-it/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/master-of-none-and-fine-with-it/Everyone knows the saying about jacks of all trades. Nobody finishes it. I'm choosing curiosity over passion, and a ten-year-old in a helicopter seat saw it coming.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/why-isnt-it-unfair-in-my-favour/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/why-isnt-it-unfair-in-my-favour/A cricketer beat cancer, fought his way back into the Australian side at 34, and scored nothing. I think he won anyway.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/my-blueberry-nights/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/my-blueberry-nights/I've walked away from almost everything. Then came the one person I couldn't, and a flight back to Osaka to try one last time.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/before-coffee-gets-cold/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/before-coffee-gets-cold/One night leaving for Ooty led, link by link, to a leaky bus, a crying teacher and a 10×10 room in Osaka. I'd go back in a heartbeat.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-art-of-walking-away/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-art-of-walking-away/Everyone taught me not to quit. Nobody taught me when to. So I worked it out myself, one exit at a time.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/ozzy-and-may/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/ozzy-and-may/Two birds I never asked for, never fed, and never got to say goodbye to.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/everyone-has-parents-right/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/everyone-has-parents-right/A remark from my mom when I was 13, two films, and a plan to raise the kids who are already out there.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-courage-to-say-lets-see/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-courage-to-say-lets-see/A gold loan, a trekking company I knew nothing about, and four years of the best kind of chaos.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-schemer-who-only-wanted-light/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-schemer-who-only-wanted-light/Two halves of one story, written six years apart.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/thorong-la/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/thorong-la/Most people drown a broken heart in alcohol. I chose to drag mine up the highest trekkable pass in the world, in February, to freeze it.Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/vietnam-before-the-world-stopped/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/vietnam-before-the-world-stopped/Ha Long Bay, one very red eye, and four days with a host family, right before the world hit pause.Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-land-of-thunder-dragon/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-land-of-thunder-dragon/Overland from Siliguri to Paro, Thimphu and the cliffs of Tiger’s Nest.Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/rajasthan-diaries/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/rajasthan-diaries/The Blue City, the Golden City and the desert in between, scouting for Hygge Journeys.Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-audacity-of-a-mountaineering-course/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/the-audacity-of-a-mountaineering-course/Twenty-eight days in Kashmir, a language I barely spoke, and a lie about amnesia I somehow kept running for six weeks.Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/goa-without-beaches-and-booze/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/goa-without-beaches-and-booze/A month to kill before mountaineering school, and a Goa most people never see.Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/abode-of-clouds/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/abode-of-clouds/Straight out of engineering exams and alone to the Scotland of the East.Sun, 29 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/selfies-overloaded/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/selfies-overloaded/On the camera that was meant to freeze a moment and ended up stealing it.Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/a-day-in-vedanthangal/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/a-day-in-vedanthangal/The bird sanctuary a whole village keeps quiet for, even on Diwali.Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/stepping-into-the-unknown/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/stepping-into-the-unknown/The night-before fear, and the first step of a long journey anyway.Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://peakandfathom.com/stories/life-back-then/https://peakandfathom.com/stories/life-back-then/A printing-press town, a dream of astronomy, and where it all started.Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT