Thursday, June 5th, 2008...9:02 pm
Leopard!
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Before I forget and it gets lost in the cloud of pictures, I wanted to put this up, from the trek.
We were walking up out of a bamboo forest, and into a Rhododendron forest, at an altitude of about 13,000 feet (if I recall correctly–it might have been a bit lower and I wouldn’t like to misrepresent the range of the critter), when I saw these prints in the mud.
I asked the guide if it was from a leopard, but he said, no, it’s from a dog that’s running, so his claws didn’t strike. But I second guessed him, since they look so much like kitty prints, and snapped this picture.
Word from a friend in the wildlife conservation biz (and a colleague-of-the-friend) is that indeed it is a leopard.
Cool. In my book.
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June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 am
HOly Cats, batman! Leapards and leeches and moaists, o my!
You guys are just reeking with adventure. I am so loving this blog. Oh man, the pictures of the school are shocking. I love the paper stone holder- such a simple sign of …hope? I don’t know why, but it made me want to cry. And to think Saru loves her life so much it’s what she wants to be a farmer when she grows up- that’s humbling too. I wonder if that will change as she goes through school.
Scott, your description of how you felt when you first saw the school, and of wanting to capture all that you were seeing, was so visceral. You are such a compelling writer. You both bring such organic, compassionate insights to this project. I’m just enjoying following along so much. Thank you for taking the time to commit your thoughts to the screen, and share them with us all back home. Its so good.
And thank you to the cocreators! THey sound amazing. I am so glad they are making your job of telling these stories even more possible.
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