Lucille phoned me at home. She is having problems connecting to Gabcast as they changed their numbers over the weekend. I gave her the new numbers.
Lucille left Phortse early, and walked/ran to Pangboche and managed to catch up to the group in time for the Puja ceremony at Lama Geshi's house. He gave them each a Kota, the white silk scarf around their necks. There were blessings and throwing of rice, traditional in a Puja ceremony. He then gave them each a Sungdhis. This is a special red cord that has a special knot tied in it and they wear it around their necks. The idea is that you will never take this off until it deteriorates and falls off by itself. It is believed to provide you with special protection until you are no longer in need of it, at which time it chooses to leave you and falls off.
In the picture, you can just see short little Lucille behind Lama Geshi's right shoulder.As they were leaving Pangboche, Lucille ran into Domhnall, who was just going in to see Lama Geshi himself. They left, and got to Dingboche around 2:00. She says it is too cold after dark to stand outside and try and make a Satellite Phone call. It doesn't work well indoors.
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I heard a story about the Sungdhis cord. John Miller of TheRestOfEverest.com podcast was travelling in Nepal and Tibet in 2007. Him and his wife had been trying to conceive a child, and while in Tibet he learned that their most recent hopes were a disappointment. After he got back home, about two months later, they conceived and had a healthy baby boy. The day that they confirmed the conception, the Sungdhis cord that he had been wearing fell off, as he was no longer in need of it.
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