The Silent Witness: The Duality of Kailash
I saw it first from a distance. A gray-blue triangle against the gray-white clouds. Far off across the Tibetan plains...
Around the Unmoving – Kailash Mansarovar Series
Around the Unmoving – Kailash Mansarovar Series A Physician’s Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, in Three Parts Mount Kailash does nothing. It...
At the Foot of the World
At the Foot of the World Medicine runs on control. We measure, we intervene, we count a life in vital signs....
The Mountain Within: Bringing the Silence Home
Mountaineers and mountain trekkers have a saying. Getting to the top? That’s optional. Getting down? It’s mandatory. After the spiritual...
Stones of Silence, Guardians of Snow
In my last note, I walked you through the physical grind of getting to Everest Base Camp (EBC). The steps,...
The Sixth Walker: A Pilgrimage to Everest Base Camp
Medicine, Mortality and 5,364 Meters In medicine, control is everything. We intervene. We stabilize. We measure life in clear, quantifiable...
