Over the last several months I have been fully engaged in learning about the culture and the experience of Nepal. I certainly haven’t touched on every side of life in Nepal but as far as getting to know all about Pema and his life of leading treks up and down the trails past his home in Khumjung I have involved myself very intensely. I spent over a month just talking with Pema and recording all of his stories, then I spent a month researching and setting up this website, then a month in Nepal living the experience first hand, and now it has been over a month since I’ve been back. I’ve written lots of blogs and articles on the subject and I’ve wandered the topics widely in my writing. It’s amazing to think of all that I’ve learned and how familiar I have become with the ways and viewpoints of the Nepalese people, especially the Sherpas. It looks like the others from our group have settled in and adjusted back to the world, but with slightly changed perspectives. Actually the Stranges (Steve and John) may not be back to normal just yet. Their plan was just to rest up for a couple of weeks and then get back out on a trekking route to Patagonia way down at the bottom of South America. Of course it’s actually summer down there now, so I don’t feel so bad for them, but they sure don’t have any luxuries where they’re going.