Is there a mountain tiger?

I'm close now to my fourth trip into the Annapurna this year. This time I wont be coming out for a while. The other difference is that although my main base will be a decent day's walk from the nearest road it will have a more than OK internet signal. It means I can approach things differently. While the days will be busy there will be many nights back at base with my laptop and sleeping bag as company during this Himalayan winter. It'll give me the chance to better communicate what's going on in various areas of the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), a land of mountain and jungle where the interplay between people and nature is both fascinating and important. The ACA is of global interest as a template for community conservation. It is a land of the snow leopard, the common leopard lives there as well ... and there are many convinced the tiger still roams.

While the polar ice caps melt, the rainforests shrink and we exploit our planet in so many ways, there are areas which can be saved. We must protect them. I'm looking forward to sharing some of these areas with you, introducing some of the great characters I've got to know over the years and continuing my own quest to help guard these magnificent habitats, their wildlife, their people...