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Prayers, silent prayers, screaming inside your tiny little head

On 4th October, 2022, I was standing below this, not by accident, but by choice. It certainly was not my first close encounter with an ice-fall. And that is precisely why I was afraid. How many times can one squeeze through an ice-fall and come out unscathed? It is a game of Russian roulette baby! It is only a matter of time before it gets you.  I was belaying Lakpa and he was climbing fast. We were searching for a passage to the higher ground and this seemed to be the only gateway. I was there below this particluar serac probably for 10 mins or may be it was slightly more. But boy it seemed like eternity.  Suddenly it seemed the seracs around us were collapsing in real time. They were crashing around us like little thunders. I could feel the vibration of the rumbling avalanches on the tiny belay stance of mine. Gosh the stance was littered with debris too.  What were we doing there? Our morning's boldness was quickly evaporating. Caught red-handed, we were the trespasser...

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āϝাāϰা āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āϝুāĻ— āĻĻূāϰেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা, āϝোāϜāύ āĻĻেāĻ–েāύāύি āϤাঁāϰাāχ āφāϜāĻ•াāϞ āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āĻ…āĻŽুāĻ• āĻ•্āϞাāχāĻŽ্āĻŦāϟা āϝুāĻ—াāύ্āϤāĻ•াāϰী, āϤāĻŽুāĻ•āϟা āϐāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ• āĻŦāϞে āĻŦāϜ্āϰ āύিāϰ্āϘোāώ āφāϰāĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ।  āϏোāĻļ্āϝাāϞ āĻŽিāĻĄি⧟া⧟ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ, āϝেāĻŽāύāϟি āϤাঁāϰা āĻ•āϰেāχ āĻĨাāĻ•েāύ। āϤাāϤে āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻ›িāϞ āύা। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻ–া āϝা⧟ āĻāχ āϟাāχāĻĒেāϰ āύিāώ্āĻĒাāĻĒ āύিāϰ্āĻŦোāϧāĻĻেāϰ āϘোāώāĻŖা⧟ āϝাঁāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻļিāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাঁāϰা āĻŦেāĻļীāϰāĻ­াāĻ—āχ āϜীāĻŦāύে āĻāĻ• āĻĒিāϚāĻ“ āĻ•্āϞাāχāĻŽ্āĻŦ āĻ•āϰেāύāύি। āĻāϰা āϏāĻŦেāϤেāχ āĻšā§Ÿ āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāϞিāϤ āωāϚ্āĻ›্āĻŦাāϏে āĻšাāϤāϤাāϞি āĻĻেāύ, āύ⧟ āϘৃāĻŖাāϰ āĻŦিāώ āĻ›ā§œি⧟ে āĻĻেāύ। āĻāύাāϰা āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰāχ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž, āύিāϜেāĻĻেāϰ āĻĢোāύেāϰ āĻāϜāϞাāϏে āĻāύাāϰা āύিāϜেāϰাāχ āϏাāĻ•্āώী, āύিāϜেāϰাāχ āĻŦিāϚাāϰāĻĒāϤি।  āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāϜāĻ•াāϞ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āϘোāώāĻŖা⧟ āĻ–āĻŦāϰেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ—āϜ āϟিāĻ­িāĻ“ āύ⧜েāϚ⧜ে āĻŦāϏেāύ। āϏোāĻļ্āϝাāϞ āĻŽিāĻĄি⧟া⧟ āϝাāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϞাāĻĒ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ–াāĻŽāϚা āĻŽেāϰে āĻ–āĻŦāϰ  āĻŦাāύি⧟ে āĻĻেāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰāϟাāĻ“ āφāϜāĻ•াāϞ āύāϰ্āĻŽাāϞ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰ-āϤা āϏে āϏেāϞিāĻŦ্āϰিāϟি āĻ—āϏিāĻĒ āĻ•িংāĻŦা āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ•্āϞাāχāĻŽ্āĻŦ - āϝাāχ āĻšোāĻ• āύা āĻ•েāύ।  āĻāĻ•ো āϏাāĻšেāĻŦ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰেāχ।  āϤāĻŦে āϏোāĻļ্āϝাāϞ āĻŽিāĻĄি⧟াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āϝāĻĻি āĻĢোāύেāϰ āϏ্āĻ•্āϰিāύেāχ āϏীāĻŽাāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻĨাāĻ•āϤ āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻ­াāϞ āĻšāϤ। "āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏেāϟি āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āύা। āϏে āĻšāĻŦাāϰ āϝো āύেāχ।"  āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ āύিāϜেāϰ āϚāϰāĻ•া⧟ āϤেāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻ•্āϰ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒāύে āϧাāϰ āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϟাāχ āĻŦেāϏ্āϟ āĻĒāϞিāϏি।   

āϚ্āϝাāϟাāϰāϟāύ āĻŽাāϰা āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ, āϚ্āϝাāϟাāϰāϟāύ āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽাāϰা āϝাāĻŦেāύ

āĻĻি āĻĄেāĻĨ āĻ…āĻĢ āϚ্āϝাāϟাāϰāϟāύ, ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§Ŧ, āĻšেāύāϰি āĻ“ā§ŸাāϞিāϏ  āϏাāϰাāĻĻিāύ āϧāϰে āφāĻŽাāϰ āϘāϰেāϰ āĻĻেāĻ“ā§ŸাāϞ, āϜাāύāϞাāϰ āĻĒাāϞ্āϞা,  āĻĒা⧟া-āĻ­াāĻ™া āϚে⧟াāϰ, āϏ্āϤূāĻĒাāĻ•ৃāϤি āϧুāϞো-āĻĸাāĻ•া āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āφāϏāĻŦাāĻŦ- āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĻেāĻ–ি āφāĻŽি।  āϏāϤ্āϝি, āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĒুāϰোāύো, āϧুāϞোāĻĒ⧜া, āĻ­াāĻ™াāϚোāϰা।  āϤāĻŦু āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ•্āϞাāύ্āϤ, āĻŽāϞিāύ āϞাāĻŦāĻŖ্āϝ āϝেāύ āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে āĻ•োāĻĨাāĻ“।  āĻ াāĻŽ্āĻŽাāϰ āφāĻĻāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤ, āϞেāĻĒ্āϟে āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে āϏāĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰ āĻ—া⧟ে।   āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āĻāχ āϘāϰে āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻĨাāĻ•āϤ।  āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāχ āϘāϰে āφāĻŽি āĻĨাāĻ•ি।  āφāĻŽি āϚāϞে āϝাāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻšā§ŸāϤ āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻ•েāω āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦে।  āϤাāϰ āϚোāĻ–ে āĻāχ āϞাāĻŦāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĻেāĻŦে āĻ•ী? āĻŽāϞিāύ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ“ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĻেāĻŦে āĻ•ী?  āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ, āύা āĻĻিāϞেāχ āĻŦা āĻ•ী āφāϏে āϝা⧟!  āϚ্āϝাāϟাāϰāϟāύ āĻŽাāϰা āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ, āϚ্āϝাāϟাāϰāϟāύ āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽাāϰা āϝাāĻŦেāύ।  

'āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āϘোāϞা āϜāϞে āĻŽাāĻ› āϧāϰা āĻ•ী āϝাāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽ?'

āĻ—āϤ ⧍ā§Ļ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍, āĻĄ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻ“ā§Ÿাāύ্āĻĄেāϰāϞুāϏ্āϟ āĻāĻŦং 'āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤি āĻĒāϰিāĻŦ্āϰাāϜāĻ• āϏāĻŽিāϤি'āϰ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻ—āĻŖ- āϝৌāĻĨ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āφāϞোāϚāύা āϏāĻ­াāϰ āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ। āφāϞোāϚāύাāϰ āĻŦিāώ⧟ āĻ›িāϞ- 'āĻ•োāύ āĻĒāĻĨে āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖ'।   āĻŦিāώ⧟ āĻļিāϰোāύাāĻŽেāϰ āĻļেāώে āϜিāϜ্āĻžাāϏাāϰ āϚিāĻš্āύ, āĻ•িংāĻŦা āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽā§Ÿ āϏূāϚāĻ• āϚিāĻš্āύ- āĻĻুāϟোāϰ āĻ•োāύāϟাāχ āύা āĻĨাāĻ•া⧟  āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰ āφঁāϚ āĻ•āϰে āύেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āϏেāϟা āĻšāϞ āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽāĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āĻ—āϤিāĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤি āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧে āĻāĻ•āϟা āϏংāĻļ⧟ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞেāĻ“ ( āϏংāĻļ⧟ āύিāĻļ্āϚ⧟āχ āĻ›িāϞ, āϤা āύা āĻšāϞে āĻ–াāĻŽোāĻ–া āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻāĻ•āϟা āϏāĻ­া āĻĄাāĻ•āϤে āϝাāĻŦেāύ āĻ•েāύ? ), āϤাঁāϰা āϏেāϟা āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāϰāϜা⧟ āϞিāĻ–ে āĻĻিāϤে āϚাāύāύি। āĻŽাāύে, āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŽাāĻ› āϧāϰাāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›ে āĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āύিāϜেāϰা āϜāϞে āύাāĻŽāϤে ( āĻ•িংāĻŦা āĻ›িāĻĒ āĻĢেāϞāϤে) āϤাঁāϰা āϰাāϜী āĻ›িāϞেāύ āύা। āϏে āĻĻ্āĻŦা⧟িāϤ্āĻŦ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦেāχ āĻ›িāϞ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻŦāĻ•্āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϘা⧜ে।  āύিāϜেāϰা āϚিāĻš্āύিāϤ āĻŽাāωāύ্āϟেāύি⧟াāϰ āύা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ“, āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—েāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āφāĻŽি āϏাāϧুāĻŦাāĻĻ āϜাāύাāχ। āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ•āĻĨা āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ- āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻāχ āĻ•ৌāϤূāĻšāϞ ( āĻŽাāύে, 'āĻ•োāύ āĻĒāĻĨে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰāϟা'? āĻ—োāϞ্āϞা⧟? āύা, āĻ•েāĻŦāϞāχ āĻĒাāϰāϏ্āĻĒāϰিāĻ• āϤোāϞ্āϞা⧟?) āĻĒ্āϰāϏূāϤ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে āϤাঁāĻĻেāϰ āĻšিāĻŽাāϞ⧟ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āφāύ্āϤāϰিāĻ• āĻ­াāϞāĻŦাāϏা āĻĨেāĻ•ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­ুāϞāϞে āϚāϞāĻŦে āύা- āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤা...

The old man and the bridge

I met an old man by the hanging wire bridge in the vale.  We were traveling in the same direction, I could tell.  As I slowed down with a smile, it was just a moment, but there we lived for a while.  Only the hanging wire bridge knows our tale.

āχāϚ্āĻ›ে āĻšāϞে āϞিāĻ–āĻŦ, āύা āĻšāϞে āϞিāĻ–āĻŦ āύা! 😆

'āĻĒাāĻŦāϞিāĻļ āĻ…āϰ āĻĒেāϰিāĻļ-  Publish or Perish'  āχāύ্āϟাāϰāύেāϟ āĻŦāϞāĻ›ে āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨাāϟা āύাāĻ•ি āĻĄ্āϝাāύি⧟েāϞ āϜে āĻŦাāϰ্āύāϏ্āϟাāχāύ āύাāĻŽেāϰ  āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§Ÿেāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ—āĻŖিāϤāϜ্āĻž āĻŦāϞেāĻ›েāύ।  āϤāĻŦে āφāĻŽাāϰ āϧাāϰāĻŖা āĻ›িāϞ āĻ•āĻĨাāϟা āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āĻāĻŦং āφāĻŽি āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰি, āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āϤāĻĨাāĻ•āĻĨিāϤ āĻ…্āϝাāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽি⧟া āύ⧟, āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ āϏাāϧāύাāϤেāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāϝোāϜ্āϝ। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύেāϰ āϝাāĻĨাāϰ্āĻĨ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা⧟, āϟ্āϰāĻĢি āĻļিāĻ•াāϰে āύ⧟।  (āĻāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে 'āϟ্āϰāĻĢি āĻšাāύ্āϟিং' āĻ•āĻĨাāϟা āφāĻŽি āφāĻ•্āώāϰিāĻ• āĻ•āĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āϰূāĻĒāĻ•াāϰ্āĻĨে āĻŦেāĻļী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϚে⧟েāĻ›ি। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ, āφāĻĢ্āϰিāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻĒāύ্āύ āĻĒ্āϰāϜাāϤিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖী āĻļিāĻ•াāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻŽাāωāύ্āϟ āĻāĻ­াāϰেāϏ্āϟ āφāϰোāĻšāĻŖ- āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟিāχ āφāϜ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ—োāϤ্āϰে āĻĒ⧜ে āĻ—েāĻ›ে। )  āφāĻĒāύি āĻ িāĻ•āχ āĻĒ⧜েāĻ›েāύ, āϞেāĻ–াāϰ āĻļুāϰুāϤেāχ  āφāĻŽি 'āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟিāϰ āĻĒāϰ 'āϏাāϧāύা' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟি āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽি āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰি, āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāϤ্āϰীāϰা āĻāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏাāϧāĻ•।  āĻ—া⧟āĻ•, āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāĻ•, āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāϤ্āϰীāϰাāĻ“  āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύেāϰ āωāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻ–ুঁāϜে āϚāϞেāĻ›েāύ।  āĻĢ্āϰাঁāϏোāϝ়া āφāϰাāĻ—ো āĻŦāϞেāĻ›িāϞেāύ- " To get to know, to discover, to publish- this is the destiny of a scientist."  āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•āĻŦিāϰ āĻ­াāώা⧟ āĻāχ āĻ–োঁāϜ-   " āφāĻĒāύাāĻ•ে āĻāχ āϜাāύা āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻĢুāϰাāĻŦে āύা" , āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ- "āĻāχ āϜাāύাāϰāχ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϤ...

āĻšুāχāϏ্āĻ•ি āύি⧟ে 'āĻĒিāϟ'-āĻĒিāϟাāύি

āĻĒিāϟ (Peat) āĻŦ্āϰিāĻ•āϏ āĻŦাāύাāύোāϰ āĻ•াāϜ āϚāϞāĻ›ে। āĻ›āĻŦিঃ findrarewhisky.com āĻāχ āϞেāĻ–াāϰ āύা⧟āĻ• 'āĻĒিāϟ' āĻāĻŦং āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻĒāϟāĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া 'āĻšুāχāϏ্āĻ•ি'।  āϝāĻĻি 'āĻĒিāϟ' āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšী āĻĨাāĻ•েāύ āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻāχ āϞেāĻ–াāϰ āĻļেāώে āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ•āϟা āϞিংāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āφāĻ›ে- āϏেāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒ⧜ে āϜাāύা āφāϰāĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ। āĻšুāχāϏ্āĻ•ি āύা āĻšā§Ÿ āύাāχ āĻ–েāϞেāύ- āϜাāύāϤে āϤো āφāϰ āĻŦাāϧা āύেāχ। āϏ্āĻŦ⧟ং āĻŽাāϰ্āĻ• āϟো⧟েāύ āĻ•ী āĻŦāϞেāĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻŽāύে āφāĻ›ে āϤো? āϏেāχ āϝে- “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”

āĻ•ে-āϟুāϤে āĻ•াāϤুāĻ•ুāϤু

āĻ•ে-āϟুāϰāĻ“ āĻ•ী āĻļেāώে āĻāĻ­াāϰেāϏ্āϟāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤি āĻšāϞ?  āĻ•ে-āϟুāĻ“ āĻŽি āϟু āĻŦāϞāϞ? k2 says 'me too'*? Blimey!  āĻ•ে-āϟু āĻ“ āĻŦāϞāĻ›ে āĻŽি āϟু , āĻ›āĻŦি āϏুāϤ্āϰঃ āχāύ্āϟাāϰāύেāϟ  āĻāĻ­াāϰেāϏ্āϟে āĻĢি-āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϟ্āϰাāĻĢিāĻ• āϜ্āϝাāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻāĻ–āύ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­্āϝāϏ্āϤ, āϤাāχ āĻ—āϤ āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ•েāω āϏেāϰāĻ•āĻŽ 'āĻ—েāϞ āĻ—েāϞ' āϰāĻŦ āϤোāϞেāύ āύি। āϏ⧟ে āĻ—েāĻ›ে। āϤাāχ āĻŦāϞে āĻ•ে-āϟুāϤেāĻ“ āĻ•াāϤুāĻ•ুāϤু? āĻāĻ“ āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻšāϞ?  'Savage Mountain'-āĻāĻ“ āϏেāχ āϤাāϰāĻ•েāĻļ্āĻŦāϰে āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨা⧟ āϜāϞ āĻĸাāϞাāϰ āĻŽāϤ āϞাāχāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻŦিāĻĻāĻ—্āϧāϜāύেāϰা āϏেāϰāĻ•āĻŽāχ āĻŦāϞāĻ›েāύ।  āĻŦ্āϰা⧟াāύ āĻšāϞেāϰ āĻĒোāϏ্āϟ āϏুāϤ্āϰঃ āĻĢেāϏāĻŦুāĻ•  āύিāĻŽāϏ āĻĻাāĻ‡ā§Ÿেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒোāϏ্āϟ āĻļে⧟াāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻŦ্āϰা⧟াāύ āĻšāϞ āĻĢেāϏāĻŦুāĻ•ে āϞিāĻ–েāĻ›েāύ, "I am perplexed, and I am unable to process the importance of this ascent. Only time will put it in historical context. From when I was on K2 in 1986 and again in 2000 I can only see it as a different game to what I took part in. Mountaineering has become a goal orientated pursuit where style and ethics have been discarded by using the maximum resources available particularly for the clients, who totally rely on fixed ropes, oxygen and everything prepared and carried by a team of highly or...

āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāχ āĻ•ৃāϤāϜ্āĻž, āϤāĻŦে āĻ•āĻĢিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰে

āĻŽাāĻেāĻŽাāĻে āϰাāϤে-āϰ āϘুāĻŽ āĻ­াāĻ™াāϰ āφāĻ—েāχ āφāĻŽি āϜাāύāϞাāϰ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻāϏে āĻĻাঁ⧜াāχ। āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āϟাāύা āĻ…āύেāĻ•āĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āĻšāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĢিāĻ•ে āĻšāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ āϰাāϤāĻ•েāĻ“। āϤāĻ–āύ āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāύ্āϤ āύীāϰāĻŦāϤা āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰে। āĻ•āĻ–āύোāϏāĻ–āύো, āϏেāχ āύীāϰāĻŦāϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ āωāϚ্āϚāϤা āĻ–ুঁāϜে āĻĒাāχ āφāĻŽি। āϤāĻ–āύ āϤাāĻ•ে āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāϚিāϤ āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ।  āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āĻĒাāĻšা⧜েāϰ āϚু⧜াāϤেāχ, āĻāχ āωāϚ্āϚāϤাāĻ•ে āĻ…āύুāĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি āφāĻŽি। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāϞু⧜েāϰ āĻ—āĻ™্āĻ—াāϰ āϧাāϰেāϰ āĻāχ āĻ­াāĻ™া āϜাāύāϞা⧟, āĻŽাāĻেāĻŽাāĻে āϏেāχ āωāϚ্āϚāϤা āύেāĻŽে āφāϏে āĻ•ী āĻ•āϰে? āĻŽুāĻ—্āϧ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽā§Ÿে āφāĻŽি āĻšāϤāĻŦাāĻ• āĻšā§Ÿে āϝাāχ।  āφāϏāϞে āϜীāĻŦāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽুāĻšূāϰ্āϤে āĻāĻ•āϟা āωāϚ্āϚāϤা āĻ–ুঁāϜে āϚāϞি āφāĻŽি। āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰে āύাāĻ›ো⧜āĻŦাāύ্āĻĻাāϰ āĻŽāϤ। āϤাāχ āĻšā§ŸāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻŦিāϰāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϞেāĻ“, āϏে āφāĻŽাāϰ āϜাāύāϞা⧟ āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĻি⧟ে āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•োāĻĨা⧟ āϝেāύ āϚāϞে āϝা⧟ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻŽāύāϏ্āĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤāϤা⧟। āĻāĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āϟাāύা āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāύ āĻāĻ•āϜা⧟āĻ—া⧟ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞেāχ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āϚāĻž্āϚāϞ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻĒ⧜ে। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽি āϜাāύি āĻāχ āϜীāĻŦāύ āφāϰ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻĻিāύ āύেāχ। āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϏীāĻŽিāϤ, āϤাāχ āĻĻুāϚোāĻ– āĻ­āϰে āĻĻেāĻ–ে āύিāϤে āϚাāχ āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦী, āĻ…āϜাāύা āĻĒাāĻšা⧜-āύāĻĻী āĻāĻŦং āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āϚেāύা āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ•ে। āĻŦিāϚāĻ•্āώāĻŖেāϰা āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›েāύ  āĻ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāĻ• āϰোāĻ—। āϏেāχ āĻŦিāϚāĻ•্āώāĻŖāĻĻেāϰ āϜাāύাāχ, āĻ•āĻŦি āύীāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨ āϚāĻ•্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী  āϤো āϏেāχ āĻ•āĻŦেāχ āĻāχ āĻŦ্āϝাāϧিāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাāϰে āϞিāĻ–ে āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ।  (āĻ•āĻŦিāϰ āĻĄা⧟াāĻ—āύোāϏিāϏেāϰ āϞিংāĻ• āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĻি⧟ে āϰাāĻ–...

āĻ…āϰāĻŖ্āϝে āϰোāĻĻāύ

āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āύ⧟, āϤāĻŦে āĻŽাāĻেāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϞেāĻ–াāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āϤাāĻ—িāĻĻ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰে āĻŦāϞেāχ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ https://himalaya-raja.blogspot.com/   āĻāχ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ— āĻĒেāϜāϟা āĻ–ুāϞেāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ। āύাāĻŽ āĻĻি⧟েāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ- 'Soliloquy of a Wandering Pilgrim or In Dialogue with Destiny' ।  āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϧা āύেāχ āϝে āĻāϟি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦিāϚিāϤ্āϰ āύাāĻŽ। āĻāχ āĻŦāϞāĻ›ি 'āϏāϞিāϞোāĻ•ি', āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŽুāĻšুāϰ্āϤে āĻŦāϞāĻ›ি 'āĻĄা⧟াāϞāĻ—'। āφāϏāϞে āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāϞ āϏ্āĻŦāĻ—āϤোāĻ•্āϤিāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϧāϰāĻŖেāϰ āφāϞাāĻĒāϚাāϰিāϤা āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে- āĻšোāĻ• āύা āϤা āύিāϜেāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—েāχ। āύিāϜেāϰ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ—ে āϞিāĻ–āϤে āĻĒ⧟āϏা āϞাāĻ—ে āύা āĻāĻŦং āĻ•াāωāĻ•ে āϜāĻŦাāĻŦāĻĻিāĻšিāĻ“ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ āύা! āϤাāχ āϜāύ্āϝāχ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻāχ āĻŦ্āϞāĻ— āĻĒেāϜ।  āύিāϜেāϰ āϝা āĻ–ুāĻļী, āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ–ুāĻļী āϞিāĻ–āĻŦ- āĻāχ āĻ­েāĻŦেāχ āĻ–ুāϞেāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ। āφāĻŦাāϰ āϝāĻĻি āĻ•োāύāĻĻিāύ āχāϚ্āĻ›ে āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāĻŦ āϞেāĻ–া। āĻ•েāω āϤো āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āĻĻিāĻŦ্āϝি āĻĻে⧟āύি āϝে āϞিāĻ–āϤেāχ āĻšāĻŦে।    āϏেāχāϰāĻ•āĻŽāχ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ›োāϟ āϞেāĻ–া āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ•āĻĻিāύ āφāĻ—ে āϞিāĻ–েāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ āĻāĻ–াāύে। āύাāĻŽ āĻĻি⧟েāĻ›িāϞাāĻŽ- 'āχāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āĻŽাāϰ āĻšাāϤি' । āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝাāĻ•াāĻļে āϘāϟে āϝাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āχāĻĻাāύীংāĻ•াāϞেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻ­েāϞ্āĻ•িāĻŦাāϜি āĻ›িāϞ āϏেāχ āϞেāĻ–াāϰ āĻŦিāώ⧟। (āĻĒ্āϰāϏāĻ™্āĻ—াāύ্āϤāϰে āĻŦāϞে āϰাāĻ–ি āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āφāϟ āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻŽিāϟাāϰি āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤাāϰোāĻšāĻŖেāϰ āϏংāĻ•্āώিāĻĒ্āϤ āχāϤিāĻšাāϏে āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ­েāϞ্āĻ•িāĻŦাāϜিāϰ āϘāϟāύা āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে)  āϝাāχāĻšোāĻ•, āχāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āĻŽাāϰ āϏেāχ āĻšাāϤি āύ...

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āφāĻŽāϰা āϜাāύি, āĻ•ুāϰুāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻĨাāĻŽা āĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻ•ৌāϰāĻŦāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒāĻ•্āώে। āĻāĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻ›েāϞেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ āύা āĻŦāϞেāχ āĻ—ুāϰু āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖāĻ“ āĻ•ৌāϰāĻŦāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāχ āĻĻাঁ⧜াāύ।  āϝāĻĨাāϰীāϤি, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖাāϚাāϰ্āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰোāϧ্āϝ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻ“āĻ েāύ। āĻĒাāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŦāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ“āĻ ে āϤ্āϰাāĻšি āϤ্āϰাāĻšি āϰāĻŦ। āϤāĻ–āύ āĻļ্āϰীāĻ•ৃāώ্āĻŖ āĻĒাāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŦāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāϞেāύ āĻ•োāύāĻ“ āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝāĻĻি āĻ—ুāϰু āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖেāϰ āĻ•াāύে āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻĨাāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ 'āĻ­ুāϞ' āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĒোঁāĻ›াāύো āϝাāϝ় āϤাāĻšāϞে āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖ āφāϰ āĻŽাāϰāĻĻাāĻ™্āĻ—া āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ āύা। āφāϰ āϏেāχ āϏুāϝোāĻ—ে, āϧৃāώ্āϟāĻĻ্āϝুāĻŽ্āύ āϤাঁāĻ•ে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে।  āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāύāĻŽাāĻĢিāĻ•, āĻ­ীāĻŽ āĻŽাāϞāĻŦāϰাāϜ āχāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āĻŽাāϰ āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻĨাāĻŽা āύাāĻŽāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϟি āύিāϰীāĻš āĻšাāϤিāĻ•ে āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻ•āϰেāύ āĻāĻŦং āϏেāχ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāϰ āϏাāĻ•্āώী āϰাāĻ–া āĻšā§Ÿ āϝুāϧিāώ্āĻ িāϰāĻ•ে। āϏāĻŦাāχ āϜাāύāϤ, āφāϚাāϰ্āϝ্āϝ āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖ, āφāϰ āϝাāχ āĻšোāĻ• āϝুāϧিāώ্āĻ িāϰেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ āύা, āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϤিāύি āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦেāĻž্āϚāĻŽাāϰ্āĻ• āϏāϤ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻ•িāύা। āĻŦ্āϝāϏ, āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύিāώ্āĻ াāĻŦাāύ āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽāϤ āϝুāϧিāώ্āĻ িāϰ āĻĻ্āϰোāĻŖāĻ•ে āϜাāύাāύ āϝে, 'āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻĨাāĻŽা āĻšāϤঃ- āχāϤি āĻ—āϜ'।  āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏেāχ āϏংāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāύে āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŽোāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āϚাāϞ āĻ›িāϞ। āϝুāϧিāώ্āĻ িāϰ, 'āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻĨাāĻŽা  āĻšāϤ'- āĻāχāϟুāĻ•ু āϚেঁāϚি⧟ে āĻŦāϞেāύ āĻāĻŦং 'āχāϤি āĻ—āϜ' - āϟুāĻ•ু āĻŦāϞেāύ āϏ্āĻŦāϰ āύাāĻŽি⧟ে, āĻŽিāύāĻŽিāύ āĻ•āϰে। āĻāĻ•ে āĻŦ⧟āϏ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে, āϤাāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϧুāύ্āϧুāĻŽাāϰ āϧāϰ্āĻŽāϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āϚāϞāĻ›ে, āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ–োāϞ...