I guess the photo from my last entry is a metaphorical representation of how brown and lumpy Kala Patthar is set in the context of its setting among the world’s most stunning mountains. It’s not much of a stretch of the imagination because Kala Patthar really is brown and lumpy, and you eat a lot of potatoes on the trek to the top of the Himalayas, and at some point everything looks like a potato. To be more accurate, I would say that especially at the the final mound atop Kala Patthar, with it’s sizable, chunky boulders did I start to get these ideas. Thanks to the light head and the surreal setting I was getting a little creative. You have to wonder what a pile of chunky boulders is doing on top of a worn, rounded mound in the middle of a snowy, pristine setting.