Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, November 2, 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)
Directions: From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.
Come join us for a show by our own Dan Morse, who just returned from Nepal, visiting Kathmandu, Pochura, and completing a trek in Lo Manthang of 130 kilometers (about 80 miles) over 16 days.
Lo Manthang is a medieval walled city and Village Development Committee in Mustang District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. Even though foreign visitors have been allowed in the kingdom since 1992, tourism to Upper Mustang remains limited, with just over 2000 foreign tourists in 2008. To step through the gateway of the fabled walled city of Lo Manthang is like stepping into Tibet 5 centuries ago, with its Royal Palace, aristocrats on splendid horses, and its culture and customs. Although the modern world is rapidly catching up with this remote kingdom, much of its traditional way of life still remains. The city is surrounded by a rocky desert of wind-eroded red-gold cliffs and pinnacles, a testament to the ingenuity of the Lo-ba, as the inhabitants call themselves, as they were able to develop a prosperous community in the midst of this barren desert, mainly through their trade.
FUTURE SHOWS and TRIPS
November 6: American Alpine Club Climbing at Castle Rock and Party
November 11 (Thursday): Warren Miller’s Wintervention at LBC
December 5: AAC Holiday Dinner at Spengers’s
January 28-30: AAC Lost Trail Lodge Ice Climbing
See here for all info on the AAC events.
