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...often, it's not easy. Trekking facilities are rare to nonexistent. And the Himalayas are so vast you need a platoon of porters, a cook and a couple of guides to see you through. (Two reputable firms are Himalayan River Runners in New Delhi, tel: (91-11) 685-2602, and Zingaro Travels in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, tel: (91-1902) 52-736. Our 10-day hike cost $950 per person, including transport, accommodation at the end and a sleeping bag.) Try to do it on your own, as you can in Nepal, and you'll most likely disappear...
...danger involved was underscored in 1998 when a graduate student named Shawn Wight, 26, died of complications following a severe case of altitude sickness suffered while accompanying Thompson to the flanks of a 26,000-ft.-tall Himalayan peak. Wight's parents charged negligence and sued Ohio State for $21 million in damages. Although the judge dismissed the case and exonerated Thompson, the experience cast a pall over his high-altitude odysseys. "I don't understand," he says, "why anyone would want to climb a mountain...
...wouldn't sell. I see Himalayan piles of remaindered books. Anything new and juicy in the book would be instantly picked up and reported by the media even before publication. Why would people spend $30 or $35 for the book, when they'd have the only good stuff immediately, from the papers and the evening news...
...signs of killing disappear quickly in Kashmir. In the Muslim tradition, the dead are buried within hours. When suspected militants are shot by Indian security forces, the process is even hastier: the bodies are buried before their numbers are verified and recorded. The Himalayan isolation, the shifting political crosshairs, the chill breeze of oppression: all conspire against tracing what happened or where the victims lie. Nobody knows exactly how many people have died in the fighting between Indian forces and Kashmiri separatists?not to mention Pakistani and Afghan mercenaries?since the valley erupted in violence 11 1/2 years ago. (India...
...Bharat Thakur, a living Himalayan master, teaches the ancient art of yoga and meditation and has a wide following in India. He can be contacted at bharatyogi@hotmail.com