In the last few days, we followed the glacier on foot. It’s been a complete whiteout.The wind is blowing snow onto your mask. You can’t see. The weather is deep into negative temperatures. The feeling in your extremities is biting pain. You can’t feel your digits. You start asking questions.“I don’t belong here?”“Is it time […]

Maxine: We have hired a domesticated yak to help carry our stuff. These yaks are invaluable to people in these parts. Their wool is on our backs now as we travel among the giants (hovids and peaks). Slate: I hope it goes better with this yak than it did with the horse that we hired […]