SLOAT SHAW

Half of our group weren't able to finish the trek to Mt. Kailash. My roommate developed severe  altitude sickness and nearly died. From 4:30 AM until 10 PM, I stayed with her as we pushed  toward shelter, watching her fade as we crossed heartbreakingly beautiful land. She forgot how  to button her coat, how to drink water.

A close friend of the Dalai Lama, endured 33 years in Chinese prisons for protesting Tibet’s invasion. His autobiography Fire Under the Snow inspired a 2008 documentary. When I met him in Sweden, he placed a postcard of my work on his forehead, meditated for 20 minutes, and then said simply, “Good thangka"Instagram Caption VersionMet Palden Gyatso, who spent 33 years in Chinese prisons for protesting Tibet’s invasion.