Puja Ceremony – an Update from Wendy Booker « Outposts from the Other Side: The Other Side of Everest Educational Foundation

Puja Ceremony – an Update from Wendy Booker

Published April 9, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a Comment

We have been officially blessed, having partaken in an impressive Puja ceremony overseen by a Lama and all our Sherpa team. This is my third time participating in a Puja, and they never lose their impact. To be sitting in a circle listening to the chants, drums and cymbals overshadowed by these incredible mountains and the bluest sky as prayer flags flutter and incense sends the blessings to the heavens is pretty inspiring. One of those magical moments when all is right in the world.

Chorten Alter at the Puja Ceremony - Everest Base Camp

Great footage of our climb can be seen at http://blog.firstascent.com/. 25 year old Leif Whittaker is climbing Everest in honor of his father Jim. Jim Whittaker was the first American to summit in 1963. His climb with RMI is being documented… great viewing.

Climb On!

Wendy

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Many hundreds of Sherpa fathers have been killed while climbing in the Himalaya and providing support for foreign climbers. Due to the traditions of Sherpa culture, the children of deceased Sherpa guides and porters are left destitute with few options for care or schooling. Widows are viewed as outcasts and seldom remarry.

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