That One Time We Had to Build a Bridge to Get Home Lete was the last post in my journal. I am not sure why, likely because I was, after nearly two months, exhausted. Dates and such in this post will therefore be sketchy as I am relying on my memory and a handful ofContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 30”
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Winds of the Himalaya – Part 29
Jomsom to Lete Saturday, July 14, 2001, was a long, hard day but the view was incredible and the trek was full of joy and laughter. We set out from Jomsom at 9:00 am. The first leg of our trek was through the Kali Gandaki Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world as measured fromContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 29”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 28
Kagbeni to Muktinath After breakfast we headed north for the four-hour trek to Muktinath. That stretch is all uphill [Kagbeni – 9200 ft, (2804 m), Muktinath – 12,343 ft (3762 m)] but not so steep as I had expected. There, however, was not much air! I felt that I was supernaturally carried along because myContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 28”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 27
Jomsom to Kagbeni The remainder of our group arrived in Jomsom at 7:30 am. After steamy fresh bread, yak butter, wild honey, eggs, and the ever present and luscious milk tea we began the walk to Kagbeni. Since we would return through Jomsom, Emma felt that she would better serve by staying behind to pray.Continue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 27”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 26
Kathmandu to Jomsom Monday, July 9, 2001, started early. The US team of sixteen representing five Alaskan churches, plus Robby and Leona and their Nepali team, and Pastor CB and his wife IB departed Kathmandu by bus at 7:00 am bound northwest for Pokhara. Daniel G and his Bible Institute students would join us alongContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 26”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 25
Final Days in Kathmandu Sunday morning I awoke feeling better, just weak so I took the day to rest and recuperate. Dudley’s team arrived from California and I moved downstairs to a lovely guest room that Robby and Leona had built onto their house. Their youngest, Espes, decided she would be my new roommate. IContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 25”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 24
Tibetan Border Trip Friday morning, June 15, Valerie, Dudley, two Nepali friends, and me, with Mr. G. in the driver’s seat headed northeast towards Kodari on the border with Tibet, the same area I had visited with an Alaskan team just six months before (see WotH Part 20). The Chinese highway was still rough andContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 24”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 23
Prayer at the Palace Before breakfast on Friday, June 8, I headed to Himalayan Ezra Institute on foot since it is an easily walkable distance from Robby and Leona’s house. It was a lovely walk and I was accompanied by all the early morning sounds of a city waking up. I taught on prayer usingContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 23”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 22
Three Kings in Four Days While in a coma Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal was crowned King. He died on Monday, June 4, and was cremated with little ceremony and few witnesses. On the same day Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, the former king’s middle brother who was not at theContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 22”
Winds of the Himalaya – Part 21
The Royal Massacre – Trip 3 Begins Preparations for Himalayan trekking in Nepal had become quite easy, almost routine. Trip 3, though, would be in summer and would, for me, be two months long as I was going six weeks ahead of the team. One other difference, I had been sternly warned to be sureContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya – Part 21”
Coffee, Tea, and Reverie 