Oct. 19 | The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

In Terra Incognita Sacred Langurs Stalk Yeti; Yet, Nearly Nothing is Known of the Snow Leopard; Dogs' circle of compassion extends autumn roots

Snow leopard taste: oatmeal, raw purple kidney beans; maize on the cob; tomatoes
At home: soy yogurt, coffee

Yeti print? Photo by British Himalayan mountaineer
Eric Earle Shipton (1 August 1907–28 March 1977)
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Snow leopard sight: dead white diet; 41 Himalayan langurs; a blanket of fine colors; a goral
At home: the cat perched on the armrest
Snow leopard sound: "Sahib!"; "Ho Diddi!"
At home: panting, shaking; the groan of the electric heater
Snow leopard touch: "my gut feels as heavy as my spirits"; a sudden loss of altitude
At home: sitting cross-legged, two dogs on lap
Snow leopard words of the day: terra incognita-unknown land; xerotic-abnormal dryness
Snow leopard quote of the day:

"How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountain in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?"

"I long to let go, drift free of things, to accumulate less, depend on less, to move more simply."

Snow leopard notable: "The Nepal government takes yeti seriously, and there is a strict law against killing them."; $18, the cost of this blanket, was 12 times their daily wage; slash-and-burn agriculture, "...a ruined wilderness: very soon, the last of the trees that hold these mountainsides together will be gone."
Snow leopard extra: the monkey god Hanuman; "time seems circular past and future have no meaning"
At home:

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ― Albert Einstein

Snow leopard gratitude: Tibetan Plateau
At home: solitude, a day at home

Panthera progress: how often things take exactly as much time as they are given

What is this? Blogging The Snow Leopard project.

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