The author recounts his life teaching in a Nepali village as a Peace Corps volunteer and his return to the same village thirty-four years later.
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<div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 15: Tribhuvan International Airport </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 16: Dube Village </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 17: Thoripaani </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 18:Thoripaani 7,200 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 19:Deuraauli 8,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 20:Waapsu 6,700 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 21:Karikhola 6,800 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 22:Chaurikharka 8,500 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 23, 24:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 25:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 26:Thyangboche 12,687 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 27:Pangboche 13,074 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 28:Pheriche almost 14,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 29:Lobuche 16,175 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 30:Lobuche 16,175 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">March 31:Lobuche 16,175 feet to Kala Pattar 18,192 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 1:Lobuche Village to Lobuche East </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 2:Lobuche </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 3:Lobuche 16,175 feet to Everest Base Camp 17,700 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 4, 5:Lobuche to Pheriche to Chukung </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 6:Chukung 15,518 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 7:Island Peak High Camp 18,400 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 8:Island Peak High Camp 18,400 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 9:Pheriche almost 14,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 10:Tshola Tsho 15,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 11:Dzongla 15,889 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 12:Nyimaganoa Camp 17,300 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 13:Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 14:Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 15:Gokyo 15,720 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 16:Gokyo Kang 17,600 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 17:Dole Village 13,400 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 18, 19, 20,21:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 22:Namche </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 23:Thame 12,500 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 24:Patch of Yak Grass 15,700 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 25:Tasi Lapcha Pass around 19,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 26:Tasi Lapcha Pass 19,000 feet </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 27:Tasi Lapcha Pass </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">April 28:Tasi Lapcha </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">Epilogue </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">Glossary </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">Nepali Facts </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">Acknowledgments </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 106.35pt right 425.25pt" class="MsoNormal">Maps </p></div>
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