A little something from May 2003 National Geographic, " The Sherpas" by T.R. Reid
The journalist asked a sherpa why the lack of roads on himalaya which was humanly possible to build on such lands.....
'The Rimpoche listened to my outbrust with a pained look on his face, then answered, politely but firmly. "If Solu and Khumbu were in AMerica," he says, "I have no doubt that there would be a road system through these mountains. That is what you do. But here, there will never be a road - not in my lifetime, not in the children's lifetime. We are Sherpas. We walk."
The journalist asked a sherpa why the lack of roads on himalaya which was humanly possible to build on such lands.....
'The Rimpoche listened to my outbrust with a pained look on his face, then answered, politely but firmly. "If Solu and Khumbu were in AMerica," he says, "I have no doubt that there would be a road system through these mountains. That is what you do. But here, there will never be a road - not in my lifetime, not in the children's lifetime. We are Sherpas. We walk."
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