While watching The Natural World ...
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susanreadsthe episode on the (natural and cultural) life of The Himalayas:
David Attenborough talks about the legend of the Axis Mundi; here is Mount Kailash, source of three of the greatest rivers of Asia; here are Buddhist, Hindu and Jain pilgrims; here are prayer flags, and paper prayers being wafted up to the summit where the gods live ...
The summit, David Attenborough tells us, is so sacred that it has never been climbed.
... I'm thinking, Don't tell everyone! Some People will insist on climbing it!
(I guess it's harder to reach than Uluru.)
PS: If you've seen it (or if you haven't), can you guess what annoyed me about "Plant Pioneers of the Himalayas", the ten-minute bit at the end? (apart from the fact that they can't seem to schedule a 50-minute programme nowadays without rounding it up to an hour with DVD extras.)
David Attenborough talks about the legend of the Axis Mundi; here is Mount Kailash, source of three of the greatest rivers of Asia; here are Buddhist, Hindu and Jain pilgrims; here are prayer flags, and paper prayers being wafted up to the summit where the gods live ...
The summit, David Attenborough tells us, is so sacred that it has never been climbed.
... I'm thinking, Don't tell everyone! Some People will insist on climbing it!
(I guess it's harder to reach than Uluru.)
PS: If you've seen it (or if you haven't), can you guess what annoyed me about "Plant Pioneers of the Himalayas", the ten-minute bit at the end? (apart from the fact that they can't seem to schedule a 50-minute programme nowadays without rounding it up to an hour with DVD extras.)
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