Namaste!

In case you were wondering, I made it out of the field alive. I've never had anything in my life go as smoothly as this expedition (unless you count being rained into a tent for 5 days). But on the bright side, while we were trapped in by the rain in the Pindari valley, it was dumping fresh snow on the glacier which made for PERFECT conditions for the traverse. So the moral of the story: we made it up and over the Dhanadura Pass at 18,500 with nothing but minor set backs.

After the NOLS course ended, I spent a few days in Delhi, a two days in Agra at the Taj Mahal (and at the full moon) and now I am in Dharamsala. I haven't started my job writing just yet, I'm hoping to work out all the details tomorrow. But hopefully I will have access to a computer, but in the meantime I'm paying for time at a cafe. Which translates into very brief posts, my apologies.

But most importantly, I wanted to let everyone know I am alive and well, and having the time of my life despite missing everyone :)

And, just so you know: when I get back to the states, if anyone mentions the words 'dhal' or 'rice'--I'll, well, I dunno what I would do. But I think I've already eaten enough to last the lifetime of at least 5 people.