I’m back from Annapurna. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. If you add up all the stairs I’ve climbed in my life, it might just equal the number of stairs I climbed in the last nine days.
I have stories (leeches, blisters, rain, more rain, and even a corpse, and [...]
See PJ.
See PJ’s bellayer.
See PJ fall.
See PJ’s bellayer go flying.
Ok, so I didn’t get a picture of the Flying Nepali. But I still got a great story…
The setting: Rock Climbing, Kathmandu
Me, PJ, and a couple other friends go rock climbing. Most places have tie downs in which the person bellaying [...]
I’m back in Kathmandu! I had a great time in Bangladesh, but its good to be home. I will post more about my trip as soon as I can go through the 1000 pictures I took.
For now, I wanted to share my trip back. To begin, I found out that I was [...]
Its finally raining! Friday afternoon a thunderstorm came through. It didn’t rain a whole lot, but it rained none the less! Saturday it rained a bit also. Its strange, though, because its been thundering and lightening everyday since Wednesday, but very little rain. But today, I can actually say its raining! I’m still praying for [...]
I had recently shaved my head as I normally do in the States, and today my language teacher, Manjul, asked me if I was joining a Buddhist Monastery. In the States I would be mistaken for a Skinhead. But here, I’m mistaken for a Buddhist monk. Two things could not be at [...]
photo by Ryan Detzel
While eating dinner tonight I was suddenly rushed way back in time to when I was 7 or so years old. I was living in Portland, Indiana and signed up for Judo classes. I was excited. What 7 year old boy wouldn’t be excited to punch and kick and prove his “manhood”? [...]
Languages are pretty amazing things. When you really get into it, they give a lot of insight into the people who speak it. The way they use the words and the order shows their way of thinking. For instance, in English we would say ‘I have a fever’, but in Nepali you would say that [...]
I arrived Monday morning at 945 for the 10 o’clock class. A little after 10 the registrar came in and said he was mistaken. The class is actually at 11 and that we should just wait for an hour. I’m glad I brought a book.
The teacher came a little before 11 and class began. Immediately [...]
Not entirely a day in the life, but at least a trip in the day. If you have never taken pictures while riding on the back of a motorcycle, you should try it. Its fun. You would probably get pulled over doing this in the States, but I doubt they even have [...]
Its amazing what happens when people share their stories; simply enough, lives are changed. But too often we are afraid to share our stories. We feel that nobody wants to hear it, or that we will be scorned for our past failures and pains. We need to realize, however, that it prepares [...]
B - 'Bike' across the States
E - visit 'Everest' base camp
G - visit 'Greece'
J - take the 'jump' and skydive
M - 'Madagascar'
T - witness the 'Tricentennial' of the United States
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