We had a number of amazing sponsors who spiked our gear with the best equipment in the field. Here’s my testimonial for Jetboil, who equipped us with our entire kitchen for our month in the…
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pilgrimage of poem & music (an intimidating book to open)
Opening the book on our adventures in the Dolpa (rural Nepal) is as intimidating as the 17,000 foot passes we crossed to get there. Just look at a single page of my notes! So instead…
17,000 feet of appreciations
IMG_7585, originally uploaded by seekingsol. (A Punjabi man helps himself to Sangeta’s song on the first of many days of adventure on our way into the Dolpa.) <img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2627228383_98a5e45731.jpg?v=0″ You know when you begin to…
on-pilgrimage & off-line; 3 June – 7 July
IMG_7139, originally uploaded by seekingsol. Specifically, following the nomadic yak caravan tracks in the general nether-regions of Nepal known as Upper & Lower Dolpa: Taken from Wikipedia: The Dolpo people (or “Dhol-wa” in their own…
and, finally, more photos (Nepal)
It was an exhausting search, but for all those other seekers out there, it’s the KATHMANDU GUEST HOUSE (in Thamel) that has the best internet connection in town. It still took me hours to upload,…
photos first
While my bags are packed (flying to Nepal today) my thoughts are not. I’ve actually two flights, the final landing me in Lukla, where the biggest mountains in the world grow. I’ll be high in…
a stone on simmer
Handing me back the piece of paper with the single word on it, my student says, “Um. I’m not sure I know what this is…” Part of the mission of my work (in experiential education)…
6 minutes from my doorstep
Captions below….. This is the doorstep to the house where I live. The house used to be owned by the King of Nepal. This is the stray dog, Muchachito, that guards my doorstep. He was…
arranged love marriage
IMG_5263, originally uploaded by seekingsol. One of my students recently quipped, “…arranged marriages give me faith in marriage.” And as quickly as I agreed with her, I wondered, “what a once-foreign idea with which I…