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expedition in the Tangkhul area |
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the joy of exploring the hills |
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Then down from Nungbi we went, and away to the north, to the hills I had looked at so longingly the year before. It was like a dream now to be walking their rise and fall : the air of morning in one's face, the mist clearing, the file of porters in front, the pad-pad of barefooted followers behind. Never had I known such exhilaration, such passionate happiness; your loads up, your porters off, the mountains round you and the world ahead - can anyone twenty-four and adventurous ask for better ? |
