Cam stared down at the tags in Michelle’s hand a moment, then looked up. “I think so, too. Where do you want to put them?”
Michelle pointed to a waist-high stone monument with a dharchok on top a few yards away. “Over there, next to that shrine. That way he can see the whole valley and the mountains.”
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That night after supper in Yak Kharka, Michelle, Mark, Scott and Cam sat around in their coats playing crazy eights and drinking Nepalese wine. Sitting next to them was Nick, who was nursing a mug of ginger tea. Brian had since retired and the gym jocks had retreated to their rooms as well. The conversation at the moment revolved around Dan having made the mistake of staring at a yak when they’d come into the settlement. Michelle could still see Dan leaping up onto one of the fieldst
