Archive for May 2008: Page 2

The Dalai Lama Downer

Published on May 13, 2008 | 1 Response

When the Dalai Lama speaks, everyone listens.In Dharmshala, India, where his exile government has existed for fifty years, his kingdom… read more

Published on May 11, 2008

At 6:30 in the morning in Kathmandu, Nima, his daughter, Jeeba the agent, Karen and Brad joined us for early… read more

Published on May 9, 2008 | 1 Response

We were booked on the first flight out of Lukla at 8 in the morning, but really we were about… read more

Published on May 7, 2008

A new post is up: “Our flags fly!“

Published on May 7, 2008

The morning started with the pounding of drums, clashing of symbols and tooting of deep horns. A Puja blessing was… read more

Published on May 6, 2008

Published on May 6, 2008

You’ve never had anyone wait on you until you’ve been in the hands of the Sherpas. They are humanity’s servers…. read more

Published on May 4, 2008 | 2 Responses

We’re going down, down, down. We’ve reached our goal. And that is so hard for me to fathom that I… read more

Published on May 3, 2008 | 2 Responses

At 9 a.m. May 2nd in a cold and blithering wind although the sun had awaken the white painted peaks… read more

Published on May 3, 2008

After 48 hours of blackout, Audrey just sent me an email. She made it to Base Camp and is on… read more