Here, as promised, is a picture of a suspension bridge:
I cheated, though, we didn't actually have to cross this - there's a much newer, and nicer bridge directly above this one. It's frightenting, though, you see the remains of bridges all over the place. Trying to build on a glacier is like building on shifting sand.
During the hike today we saw several himalayn tahrs, which look like mountain goats to me:
We ended up at the "Hotel Arizona" with this wonderful view from our window:
Thankfully our toilet is actually inside the hotel.As we were resting Jen and I started talking about our developing fear of yaks. I told her that I was especially afraid, since I'm a gore-a-phobic. She didn't laugh, so I repeated it. It turns out she got it the first time and just didn't think it was funny.
I'll grant you that it's not this (which I first heard at Camp Orr as a Boy Scout), or this (which I heard from a consultant on a gig in Houston), or the one that ends with "Pardon me, Toi, is that the Shadow's nougat you chew" (which Jen's uncle Gary told me once - AND I CAN'T FIND ONLINE!!!). But it is mine. Guess I'd better hope my computer-fu holds up through this trip, huh?
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Did you guys run into the reincarnation of Buddha in Katmandu?
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I have read about bridges like that in "Three Cups of Tea" (which you might enjoy if you are looking for Kindle material) I don't think you could pay me enough to cross one of those things. In fact, I would choose to live the rest of my life in a small mountain village with nothing but yaks, if the only way out was via one of those bridges.
Also, I will grant you I am kind of stressed today so my standards for humor are low, but, the "gore-a-phobic" joke made me laugh out loud.
The mountain goats are cute.
Blonde assassinator,
Nope, we didn't run into the reincarnation of Buddha in Kathmandu, although Jen ran across that story today. She maintains that based on his muscle mass there's no way he hasn't eaten in 3 years.
BTW, love the pic for your profile - it's quite the likeness...
Here's two more terrible joke punch lines I remember from elementary school:
"A Benny shaved is a Benny urned."
"I left my harp in Sam's clam disco."
And no, the setups weren't vulgar.
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