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Leeches in the Himalayas: Part 2 –Bloody Little mess!
The first day of our backpacking trip we arrived at our camping location a little bit later than I would’ve liked. We were exhausted from the backpacking and were anxiously racing to set up our camp before dark. The trails … Continue reading
Posted in Geology Sagas
Tagged backpacking, chai, leeches, security threat, topographic maps
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LSU is the Berkeley of the South (segment 4)
Dr. Deetz had introduced me to Glassie’s analysis of folk housing and other material culture anlaysis of the South. Glassie was influenced by Fred Kniffen who had been a professor at LSU until his death. The faculty at LSU’s department … Continue reading
India – Leeches In the Himalayas (Segment No. 11)
Yeah, I know. Who has ever heard of leeches in the Himalayas? I certainly never have, and everybody I ever talked to about hiking in the Himalayas never has. Who would think that there are leeches in the Himalayas… but … Continue reading
Academic Challenges (segment 3)
At the age of 35, I applied to Northern Arizona University’s Anthropology program to study archaeology and was accepted for entrance Fall 1992 – once again another recession was leveling the middle class in California and I entered the wave … Continue reading
India – landslide (Segment No. 10)
She almost died – my God it was so close! It was just our first day on the trail backpacking into the Himalayas and already the extreme danger of what we’re about to face made itself apparent. The head geologist … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacks, Himalayas, porters, propane tank, schist, scree slope
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Macabre Tendencies (Segment 2)
Death Heads and Cherubs In the late 1970s, I followed the Gringo Trail through Mexico into Guatemala and Belize. I had visited most of the major Mayan sites, including Tikal and at Pelanque had an opportunity to participate stone carving … Continue reading
◾ My First Gold Panning Trip
We Struck Gold! (Part 2 of 2) We may have trekked about an eighth of a mile down into the wash which was at the bottom of the waterfall, so it wasn’t too far of a walk. Finally we came … Continue reading
India – More Danger on the High Himalayan Roads (Segment No. 10)
A Game of High Mountain Chicken (Continued) The cargo area of the truck was one to two inches away from the windows of the bus, and that distance varied between one and two inches the entire time – never more. … Continue reading
India – More Danger on the High Himalayan Roads (Segment No. 9)
A Game of High Mountain Chicken It was 10 o’clock pitch black on a moonless night and we had a problem. There was a truck in the oncoming lane as big as the bus. It had stopped in front of … Continue reading