In other non ranty-ness, I went on a two hour hike with dad and the two boxers. The highlight was winding up skirting the edge of someone's meadow at the bottom of a hill worthy of cows with bells, where we met a dog that looked like it had some Chesapeake in it, and she frolicked with Gizmo and Cisco and even spared me and dad some friendly licks. I named her Buster. Then it was time to be on our way. We said bye, I said stay. She came with us. Out past the little duck pond and back onto the atv trail. My dad was completely oblivious to our extra companion or just st didn't give a hoot. I knew the dog would most likely find her way bac home eventually but I didn't want to risk it. We hit another trail and were about to hang a left and take the next girl, and that dig was still with us. I confirmed which fork dad was taking and leashed my new buddy and walked back to Switzerland and let her go, and thankfully the excitement of her new canine buddies was forgotten.
I felt a little like that awful cartoon with the kangaroo.
Buster! Come back!
Paging Tep: I have been seized by a desire for a Dina and Hannelore crossover event.
I had to tell someone who would understand.
ETA: also, finished the one more thing so I have a good couple of hours of leisure before bed, hooray!
Paging Tep: I have been seized by a desire for a Dina and Hannelore crossover event.
I had to tell someone who would understand.
HELL. YES. My 2 favorites! Jeff Jacques and Dave Willis are friends, so this could happen in theory.
Does anyone know the original name of Mt. Everest? What do the Sherpas call it?
I know, Tep!
Please, universe, I have been a very good girl.
The Sherpas are an ethnic group in Nepal. The Nepalese name of Mt. Everest is Sagarmatha.
The Sherpas are an ethnic group in Nepal. The Nepalese name of Mt. Everest is Sagarmatha.
This is all coming straight off Wikipedia: apparently the Nepalese name was only coined in the 1960s. Up till then, the Nepalese (and most others in the vicinity, it seems) had used the Tibetan name, Chomolungma.
Thanks, guys. I hope they mean something cool like "Pillar of Heaven" or "Spine of the World" or "Divine Throne." Apparently all Denali means is "tall." Which, points for succinctness, but I like my mountain names to have a bit more cosmic resonance.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the impression that Everest isn't all that significant in the culture/myths of the locals despite its fascination for record-obsessed Western mountaineers. I think I remember hearing of a nearby lower peak that's a much bigger figure in Tibetan folklore. (Possibly because it's a lot more landslide-y than Everest and tends to kill people who try to climb it...)
Chomolungma apparently means "Holy Mother", which isn't too bad. (The Yangtze River is actually known as Chang Jiang in China, which means literally "Long River". Beijing is the literal translation of "Northern Capital"; Shanghai mean "On-the-Sea". And all their months translate as "Month 3" or such like. One might be grateful Everest was named by Tibetans.)
