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    • Climbing Tianyou Peak 天游峰 @ Wuyi Shan 武夷山
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      • A Tale of Two Jahans
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      • Horriday In India – Trains
      • Sarnath – first lesson
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      • Taj Mahal
      • The Mahabodi Temple, Bodhgaya
      • Varanasi, a city as old as time
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      • Beautiful Bali 2019
        • Batur Mountain & Lake
        • Kuta Sunset
        • Marvellous Munduk
        • Nusa Penida 1
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        • Tirta Gangga
      • Dieng Antiquities
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      • Gunung Lawu 2019
      • Sex & Temples
        • Candi Kethek & Ceto
        • Candi Sukuh
      • Back In Mt Bromo With A Kid In Tow 1
      • Back In Mt Bromo With A Kid In Tow 2
    • Magical Myanmar 2019
      • Hsipaw Trek
      • Paya Ko Thaung
      • Pining For Pyin Oo Lwin
      • Sunset In Sittwe
      • The Goteik Viaduct
      • Yangon Memories
    • Nepal
      • Tilicho Lake
      • Annapurna On Wheels With Two Kids In Tow
      • Gosainkund Winter Trek
      • Lost In Lumbini
    • The Water Curtain Cave
    • Kunming, Dali With A Kid In Tow
  • Wacky Workouts
    • Climb Stairs
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    • Metabolic Principle – Fat Burn
    • Metabolic Principles – Muscles
    • Pull Ups Step By Step
    • Push Up Variations
    • Pushup Variations
    • Working With Elastics
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  • Fighting Fit
    • 1000 Squats
    • Alternatives For Prevention of AMS?
    • Buffering Your Blood
    • Carbo-loading: The Real Thing
    • Cold Dips
    • Fluid Replacement
    • Food For Hikes – Sweet Potatoes
    • Healthy Coffee?
    • High Altitude Diarrhoea
    • Jumpstart Cream
    • L-Carnitine
    • Low Carb Myths & Risks
    • MacRitchie To Bukit Timah Hike
    • Preventing Blisters
    • Sandfly Bites
    • Cheating AMS
  • Gear & Stuff
    • Choosing Footwear
    • Cooking Set
    • Cushion Gloves
    • Dressing Right For The Himalayas
    • Gelert Boots
    • High Fashion (Frogg Toggs)
    • Hiking Footwear Cheap & Good
    • How To Clean Mouldy Slides
    • My Neat Knapsack
    • The Humble SAF Combat Boot
  • The Aging Adventurer
    • Bye Bye Bunions
      • 6 Weeks Post-op
      • Day 1
      • Day 2
      • Day 7
      • One Month Post-op
      • Trying On My Boots & Thongs
      • Week 3
    • Clogged Arteries: everyone has them!
    • Don’t Lose That Muscle
    • Foot On Ice
    • How Exercise Affects Blood Pressure
    • Keeping Fit Past 70
    • Secret To Burning Fat
    • Stairs Workout
    • Strength Training
    • The Best Doctors In The World
    • Toes & Poles
    • Too Old To Run?
    • Training For Seniors
  • Legends
    • Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)
      • The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
    • Gigi The Bikini Hiker
    • Khoo Swee Chiow – K2, the ultimate peak
    • Xiao Peng 小鹏
    • Yu Chun Shun 余纯顺
    • Lei Dian Sheng 雷殿生
      • Horsehair & Blisters
      • Trust & Kindness
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About Chan Joon Yee

Welcome to Knapsack Treks. My name is Chan Joon Yee, a 50-something Singaporean writer/blogger who writes on a range of subjects from fiction and poetry to health, wellness and adventure travel. I started a website called Knapsack On My Back, a title named after a book on backpacking first written in Chinese by one of the pioneers of backpacking in Singapore, Mr Ng Wai Choy. I was the translator for the English version of 背包走天涯.

A backpacker myself, I have been travelling to Thailand, Indonesia, Borneo, Australia, China, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Greece. Some of my notable antics include:

1. Climbing super active volcano Gunung Merapi (Indonesia) via the now banned Kaliurang route in 1993
2. Travelling across China from Beijing to Pakistan in 1996
3. Climbing to the summit of Mt Kinabalu twice from Laban Rata on the same day in 2000.
4. Climbing Mera Peak 6476m (Nepal) in May 2000 followed by a Hongu Valley trek and a backdoor entry into Khumbu Valley via Amphu Laptsa (total of 3 Everest treks under my belt).

Got married end of 2000.

5. Exploring the interior of Mae Hong Son Province (Thailand) solo in 2003.
6. Exploring the Mekong Canyon in Yunnan Province to locate the real Shangrila in 2005.
7. A failed attempt to climb Island Peak 6189m (Nepal) in 2009 in 8 days (normally takes 18 days) in winter.
8. Survivor of magnitude 6.3 earthquake at Kangding, Sichuan, China on 22nd Nov 2014 at about 5.00pm.
9. Did a post-earthquake climb of Mt Kinabalu for the 5th time in May 2016 @ age 52.
10. Summitted Gunung Rinjani 3726m in 2017 @ age 53
11. Winter trek of Tilicho Lake 4950m in Nepal in 2017 age @ 53
12. Summitted Gunung Sindoro 3136m in 2018 @ age 54

13. Underwent bilateral bunion surgery to correct feet deformity in 2019.

I also served as Publication Chairman at the Singapore Adventurers’ Club for 3 terms. My passion for adventure was financed by writing magazine articles and trips which I conducted in Thailand and Nepal. Marriage and kids put an end to such indulgent ways. But I soon realised that the rat race is not for me. With a little more free time nowadays, I’ve decided to revive this project gradually as I work towards an active and meaningful retirement in the field of travel planning and writing.

Life is short. Seize the day. The Knapsack spirit is beautifully summed up by this Andy Lau song.

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