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Post-trek pilgrimage to Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini, southern Nepal. The modern exterior of the temple was built on top of the remains of the original temple which had been constructed to preserve the location of Siddhartha Gautama's birth -- nearly 2,600 years ago. A white oblong stone that you view through bulletproof glass while standing on an elevated platform inside the temple marks the exact spot of the birth of the one who would be called "Buddha" after his attainment of enlightenment at age 35. For centuries, religious scholars, historians, and archaeologists doubted the legitimacy of the claims that the Buddha had been born in this precise spot, but in the mid-1990s an excavation of the temple's grounds revealed a commemorative pillar that had been placed by the first Buddhist king, Ashoka, which bore an inscription attesting to the year of his visit to the birth site which was in 249 BC.
Day 9 - Blizzards, freezing lodges, yak dung diesel furnace-induced nausea, AMS headaches, hacking cough, and no sleep notwithstanding, I scrambled up that glacial rock at 5363m/17,600ft quick!
Day 6 - Acclimization hike up to 4800m/15,750ft during which I had the strange experience of having words slur in my mind.
Day 3 - Rest day at Namche Bazar (3440m/11,300ft), but ended up on a 8-mile quest to find a legendary Tibetan Buddhist monastery in possession of a 300 year old yeti scalp. Last confirmed sighting of a yeti in the Sherpa village of Khumjung was in 1974 when a local woman was attacked by one while herding yaks.
Day 1 - White-knuckling in heli into the world's most precariously perched airport.
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