Let’s contemplate the near-term function of this blog and the content on the website. I filled out some of the primary interests on the menu of the main page and I’ve been blogging a couple of times a day about how our group is preparing for and upcoming Nepal trip and I’ve been catching up on a few stories from my time with Pema. I’ll be bringing a clunker laptop with me on the trail and with all the down time I anticipate I’ll be blogging feverishly. I’ll upload the text from any cyber cafes along the way to the office here and they’ll post for me. There should be a lot of material, especially compared to now where I just stare at a brick wall for my inspiration. Pema assures me that despite all I’ve learned about trekking in Nepal and about the Sherpa people, the experience in person will be a great surprise and will be overwhelming.

As I’m there I doubt I’ll have much time to kick back because I’m being brought along to record the whole experience in text, video, and a little leftover yak odor on my boots. I realize I am visiting Nepal at a time of great political tension, and I may encounter some of it first hand if things continue to escalate/degrade (depending on your perspective). In all prudence and love of my health and freedom I will stay out of commenting on the political situation. My only interest is reporting my cultural experience and any hiking know-how I pick up along the way. Of course it won’t hurt if I get some prominent pictures of the logos of our sponsors looking more superior than their competitors.