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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

I just received word from National Geographic.  "The Nepali team, Babu and Lakpa, nabbed it! There were about 72,000 votes cast. And they came out on top. Pretty exciting and unexpected and wonderful."  I want to thank all my friends and family for voting for Erik and me.  But at the same time, here is my response to the National Geographic Team; "Of course it would have been a feather in our caps if we had won, but I am so glad that Babu and Lakpa took the prize.  In addition to the physical and logistic aspects of their incredible adventure, they had so many economic and social barriers to overcome.  This total combination of accomplishments makes their feat so remarkable.  Hat’s off to those two."
 

Moolynaut passed away in early Dec, 2011. For those of you who read, The Raven's Gift, she was the Koryak healer who helped me mend my pelvis. She was born during the reign of Czar Nicholas II, in a near Stone Age existence, and is probably one of the last of the aboriginal Siberian shamans. We all morn her passing, but it was inevitable, just as the sun rises and the seasons change.  Along with our sadness it is important to keep the ancient wisdoms alive in this internet crazed, oil soaked world.