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30,000 Feet over Burma – May 5, 1990 – Journal Entry

November 20, 2024 – 1:10 am

Previously published May 24, 2023 I have a flight to Kathmandu. I wish I could stay in Bangkok, but my money is getting low. I called New York from the Malaysia Hotel lobby. A collect call to Rickie Boy, who complained, “I haven’t had anyone to drink with since you left. The city sucks. The […]

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Langtang Glacier Trek 1991

November 11, 2024 – 9:36 am

Published Jun 14, 2023 Back in Kathmandu at the end of the Langtang trek. Before we reached the trailhead, Lance, Todd, his friend, and I bathed in a pool safe from the river rapids. We toweled off in the bright sunlight, glad to be clean for the first time in over a week. My towel […]

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May 12, 1990 – Langtang Trek, Nepal – 1990 – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 2:03 pm

Published May 30, 2023 The passing clouds obscure the 6000-meter snow-tipped peaks towering over the Langtang Valley, but the 5000-meter ragged summits cut through the mist with each parting of the clouds. The tea house serves a good cup of yak butter tea. I’m not liking the salty brew, but it does provide warmth and […]

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May 12 Rinche – Lama Hotel – Langtang – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 1:04 pm

Day two and we dined with the Sherpa porters, cooks and guides by a campfire. There is no electricity in this valley other than our flashlights and my Sony World Band radio.I turn it on getting a scratchy Nepali station playing local music sounding much like Indian music. The Sherpa are happy and break out […]

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May 14, 1990 – Langtang Glacier – Nepal – Journal Entry

November 10, 2024 – 12:00 pm

Published on: May 22, 2024 As promised the trek across the landslide was tricky. Loose shale and rocks under foot. Dorge said two houses had been swept away by the avalanche. “No one was killed. One man still missing.” He said this with resignation to the danger of living in the Himalayas. Another trekker Miriam […]

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