27 January 2014

"This dog just appeared out of nowhere..."

"This dog just appeared out of nowhere and followed us for an entire week during our trekking trip in the Himalayan outback . . . When I decided to get up at 4 a.m. to climb the next 5000 m peak for sunrise he accompanied me as well. On the top he was sitting for the entire 30 minutes on this place."
Posted at Reddit EarthPorn, where the interesting comment thread includes the following:
"Your spiritual journey of a lifetime. His average Tuesday."
"These people just appeared out of nowhere and followed me for an entire week."
"Maybe it wasnt a dog, but a spirit guide."
"We met the same dog trekking over the Korzok Range near Tso Moriri! The first night he slept under my tent's fly, then in my friend's vestibule. For a couple of days we didn't feed him, trying to encourage him to go 'home' - that was very hard because he was such a lovely dog. After we crossed a 5900+m pass we had no choice, and fed him well. He was a wonderful companion, but eventually abandoned us for a group of mountain bikers, who presumably had better food! I only have one picture of him, but it was taken at the top of a pass, the only time he was cold and sad."
p.s. - click the photo to embiggen to awesome wallpaper.

Photo credit: Sebastian Wahlhuetter Photography.

10 comments:

  1. Looks an awful lot like this painting: http://www.socialhistoryofart.com/photos/undefined/GeromeTwoMajesties1883Milwaukee%20web.jpg

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  2. Well spotted, Anonymous!

    "Embiggen"??!! Does that mean the same as "enlarge"? My vocabulary transparently needs enlargerating...

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    1. It's a neologism -

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embiggen#Embiggen_and_cromulent

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  3. NOT COOL TO STEAL THE WORK OF OTHER PEOPLE !

    SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=232507553578263&set=a.233439660151719.1073741837.201387590023593&type=1&theater

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    1. Methinks Minnesotastan made a good faith effort to cite his source. Is it inconceivable that the same person posted this on Reddit and Facebook concurrently?

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    2. @Sebastian -

      Noted. Reddit thief's name deleted, and your Facebook citation added to the post.

      @032125 -

      At the Facebook thread, Sebastian was asked if he posted the photo at Reddit, and he indicated that "someone else did." His outrage is appropriate.

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  4. Very cool picture.

    Is "embiggen" a real word?

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  5. Well, well, embiggen is indeed a real word, ever since it was invented for cartoon characters way back and self-commenced usage by genuine human beings. I'm transitioning my old dictionary out to the timber-made storage structure in the vegetative and lawn area of my domecile. :)

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  6. Indeed, 'embiggen' is a perfectly cromulent word.

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